Kerala Governor and veteran
Puducherry politician M.O.H. Farook, 74, passed away at a hospital in
Chennai on Thursday night after ailing for some time, family and
hospital sources said.
Admitted
to the Apollo Hospitals on December 4, Mr. Farook was treated for
multiple myeloma. He was on medical leave in his last days, with
Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj holding the additional charge of
Kerala.
He is survived by his son M.O.H.F. Shahjahan and daughters F. Malika and F. Yasmin.
Mr.
Farook, who hailed from Karaikal, held several important posts in his
long career, the first notable one being Speaker of the Puducherry
Assembly at the age of 27. He was thrice Chief Minister of Puducherry
(1967-68, 1969-74 and 1985-90). He headed the governments of both the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Congress.
Elected
to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996 and 1999, he served as Union Minister of
State for Civil Aviation and Tourism in 1991-92 in the P.V. Narasimha
Rao government.
In
September 2004, he was appointed Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and in
2010 Jharkhand Governor. He was appointed Kerala Governor and assumed
office on September 8, 2011.
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