| M. O. H. Farook | |
| Predecessor5: | S. Arumugam |
| Order5: | Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Pondicherry |
| Predecessor6: | P. Shanmugam |
| Successor6: | S. Arumugam |
| Successor5: | M. Ramadass |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Pondicherry, French India (present day Puducherry, India) |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Death Place: | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Mother: | Seyed Sultangani |
| Father: | M. O. Hasan Kuthoos Maricar |
| Alma Mater: | Loyola College, Chennai |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Term Start6: | 1991 |
| Term End6: | 1998 |
| Term Start5: | 1999 |
| Term End5: | 2004 |
| Term Start4: | 9 April 1967 |
| Term End4: | 6 March 1968 |
| Lieutenant Governor4: | S. L. Silam, B. D. Jatti |
| Predecessor4: | V. Venkatasubha Reddiar |
| Successor4: | V. Venkatasubha Reddiar |
| Term Start3: | 17 March 1969 |
| Term End3: | 3 January 1974 |
| Lieutenant Governor3: | B. D. Jatti, Chhedilal |
| Predecessor3: | President's rule |
| Successor3: | Subramanyan Ramaswamy |
| Order2: | 3rd |
| Office2: | Chief Minister of Pondicherry |
| Term Start2: | 16 March 1985 |
| Term End2: | 19 January 1989 |
| Lieutenant Governor2: | Tribhuvan Prasad Tiwary, Ranjit Singh Dyal |
| Predecessor2: | President's rule |
| Successor2: | President's rule |
| Order1: | 6th |
| Office1: | Governor of Jharkhand |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Shibu Soren Arjun Munda |
| Term Start1: | 22 January 2010 |
| Term End1: | 4 September 2011[1] |
| Predecessor1: | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan |
| Successor1: | Syed Ahmed |
| Order: | 18th |
| Office: | Governor of Kerala |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Oommen Chandy |
| Term Start: | 8 September 2011 |
| Term End: | 26 January 2012 |
| Successor: | Hansraj Bhardwaj |
| Predecessor: | R. S. Gavai |
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 [2] 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.[3] He was appointed the Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in September 2004.[4]
Farook was appointed Governor of Jharkhand in 2010[5] and of Kerala in 2011.[6] [7]
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.[8] [9] 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.