Name of Member: Shri M.O.H. Farook
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Constituency & State: Pondicherry (Pondicherry)
Lok Sabha Experience: 10,11,13
Thirteenth Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile
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Constituency : |
Pondicherry (Pondicherry) |
Party Name : |
Indian National Congress (INC) |
Email Address : |
farookm[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in |
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Father’s Name |
Shri M.O. Hasan Kuthoos Maricar |
Mother’s Name |
Smt. Seyed Sultangani |
Date of Birth |
06 Sep 1937 |
Place of Birth |
Karikal (Pondicherry) |
Marital Status |
Widower |
Date of Marriage |
09 Oct 1960 |
Spouse’s Name |
Late Smt. S.A. Kadhija Nachiyal |
No. of Sons |
1 |
No.of Daughters |
2 |
Educational
Qualifications |
B.A. (Economics)
Educated at Loyola College, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) |
Profession |
Social Worker |
Permanent Address |
64, Saffron Street, |
Pondicherry- 605 001 |
0413-331200,331579 |
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Present Address |
10, Pandit Pant Marg, |
New Delhi – 110001 |
(011) 23357009 |
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Positions Held |
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1964-91 |
Member, Pondicherry Legislative Assembly |
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1964-67 and 1980-85 |
Speaker, Pondicherry Legislative Assembly (two terms) |
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1967-68, 1969-74 and 1985-90 |
Chief Minister, Pondicherry (three terms) |
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March-Dec. 1990 |
Leader of Opposition, Pondicherry Legislative Assembly |
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1991 |
Elected to 10th Lok Sabha |
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1991-96 |
Member, Joint Committee to Enquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology |
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Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs |
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June 1991- Dec. 1992 |
Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation and Tourism |
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1996 |
Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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Deputy Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha |
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1999-2000 |
Member, Committee on Home Affairs |
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Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme |
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Special Interests |
Books, women welfare and upliftment of the downtrodden |
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation |
Reading, sports, social work and horticulture |
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Sports and Clubs |
Tennis; Member, Circle-de-Pondicherry |
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Countries Visited |
Australia, France, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, U.K., U.S.A. and erstwhile U.S.S.R.; attended World Tamil Conference at Paris, 1970, Disarmament Conference at Vienna; attended a Seminar at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard University, U.S.A.; Deputy Leader and Leader, Haj Goodwill Delegation in 1987 and 1989 respectively; visited Syria in 1991 for signing a protocol on Tourism |
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Other Information |
Participated in struggle for liberation of Pondicherry as a student, during 1953-54 when Pondicherry was a French colony; Member, Central Haj Committee, Mumbai, 1975-2000 |
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