M. O. H. Farook

M. O. H. Farook
18th Governor of Kerala
In office 8 September 2011 – 26 January 2012
Chief Minister	Oommen Chandy
Preceded by	R. S. Gavai
Succeeded by	Hansraj Bhardwaj
6th Governor of Jharkhand
In office 22 January 2010 – 4 September 2011
Chief Minister	Shibu Soren Arjun Munda
Preceded by	Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
Succeeded by	Syed Ahmed
3rd Chief Minister of Puducherry
In office 16 March 1985 – 19 January 1989
Lieutenant Governor	Tribhuvan Prasad Tiwary, Ranjit Singh Dyal
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	President's rule
In office 17 March 1969 – 3 January 1974
Lieutenant Governor	B. D. Jatti, Chhedilal
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Subramanyan Ramaswamy
In office 9 April 1967 – 6 March 1968
Lieutenant Governor	S. L. Silam, B. D. Jatti
Preceded by	V. Venkatasubha Reddiar
Succeeded by	V. Venkatasubha Reddiar
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Pondicherry
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	S. Arumugam
Succeeded by	M. Ramadass
In office 1991–1998
Preceded by	P. Shanmugam
Succeeded by	S. Arumugam
Personal details
Born	(1937-09-06)6 September 1937 Pondicherry, French India (present day Puducherry, India)
Died	26 January 2012(2012-01-26) (aged 74) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party	Indian National Congress Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alma mater	Loyola College, Chennai
Occupation	Politician

The Governor of Jharkhand, Shri M. O. H. Farook receiving the Queen's Baton 2010 Delhi, at Raj Bhavan Ranchi

M. O. Hasan Farook Maricar (6 September 1937 – 26 January 2012) was an Indian politician and three-time Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. He was the youngest chief minister of any Union Territory of India. He served from 9 April 1967 to 6 March 1968 and 17 March 1969 to 3 January 1974 and from 1985 to 1990 He was thrice elected to the Lok Sabha from Pondicherry in 1991, 1996 and 1999 and served as a Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism during June 1991 – December 1992.

Farook participated in the struggle for liberation of Pondicherry as a student, during 1953–54 when Pondicherry was a French colony and served as a Member of the Central Haj Committee in Mumbai from 1975 to 2000. He was appointed the Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in September 2004.

Governor

Farook was appointed Governor of Jharkhand in 2010 and of Kerala in 2011.

Death

He died in office on 26 January 2012 at 9:10 pm at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, due to multiple myeloma and kidney related ailments. He was 74 years old at the time of his death. He was the second governor who died in office, after Sikander Bakht, and is the shortest-served governor of Kerala. He was hospitalised for more than a month, and his condition deteriorated in the days preceding his death. As he was near death, additional charge was given to the then Karnataka Governor Hansraj Bhardwaj. In his absence, the flag hoisting ceremony of Republic Day of India in Thiruvananthapuram was conducted by the then Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy. He was buried with full state honours at Puducherry Juma Masjid.