M. O. H. Farook
MOH Farook (Mon, Hassan Farook Maricar, Tamil: .. எம் ஓ ஆசன் பாரூக் மரைக்காயர்; born September 6, 1937 in Karaikal, † January 26, 2012 in Chennai) was an Indian politician ( Indian National Congress and DMK ) from the union territory of Puducherry ( Pondicherry ). He was a three-time chief minister ( head of government) Puducherrys, Lok Sabha, MP, Secretary of Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and governor of the states of Jharkhand and Kerala.
Life
MOH Farook was born in 1937 in Karaikal, then a part of French India. His family is from the community of Maraikkayar ( Maricar ), a Shafi ʿ itischen group of Tamil Muslims, who traditionally settled in the coastal areas. As a student MOH Farook took 1953/54, participated in the agitation for a French - Indian connection to the Republic of India, which was finally completed on November 1, 1954 de facto. His training included Farook with a bachelor's degree in economics from.
After the port French India de jure was in force and the union territory of Pondicherry was formed from the former French possessions in 1963, MOH Farook pulled a for the Congress Party in the Parliament of Pondicherry in the first elections in 1964 at the age of 27 years and was immediately elected Parliament President ( speaker ). From April 1967 to March 1968 he was briefly Chief Minister Puducherrys. Soon after, Farook left the Congress and joined the Tamil Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - nationalist party (DMK ), which had recently come to power in neighboring Tamil Nadu. After the DMK had won the election in 1969 of Pondicherry MOH Farook served from 1969 to 1974 for the DMK Chief Minister of the Union Territory. In the 1974 election, the DMK was replaced in Pondicherry from the AIADMK, which was two years earlier as a breakaway from the DMK. Against the background of the split between DMK and AIADMK to MOH Farook turned back to the Congress Party. In 1980 he moved into the Parliament for the Indira Gandhi wing of the Congress Party. After the electoral victory of the Congress Party returned Farook 1985-1989 in the office of the Chief Minister of Pondicherry back.
MOH Farook in 1991, was elected to the Congress as delegates of the constituency of Puducherry in the Lok Sabha, the all-India House. From 1991 to 1992 he held the office of Secretary of State (Minister of State ) for civil aviation and tourism in PV Narasimha Rao's cabinet. 1996 defended Farook the constituency of Pondicherry. In 1998 he lost it to the candidates of the DMK, but at the election in 1999 he was successful again.
Already between 1975 and 2000 was MOH Farook member of the Central Haj Committee, Government of India had supported the Indian Muslims in Mecca pilgrimage. After he resigned from the Lok Sabha 2004, Farook was appointed as ambassador to Saudi Arabia. In 2010 he was appointed Governor of the State of Jharkhand and 2011 to the Governor of Kerala. Three months after he had taken office, Farook was admitted for multiple myeloma in a hospital in Chennai. On January 26, 2012, he succumbed to his ailment at the age of 74 years.