Shri M.O.H. Farook

Farook, Shri M.O.H. Constituency   : Pondicherry (Pondicherry) Party Name     : Indian National Congress (INC) Email Address : farookm[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

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 Present Address 10, Pandit Pant Marg, New Delhi – 110001 (011) 23357009 Positions Held

1964-91 Member, Pondicherry Legislative Assembly

1964-67 and 1980-85 Speaker, Pondicherry Legislative Assembly (two terms)

1967-68, 1969-74 and 1985-90 Chief Minister, Pondicherry (three terms)

March-Dec. 1990 Leader of Opposition, Pondicherry Legislative Assembly

1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

1991-96 Member, Joint Committee to Enquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology

Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs

June 1991- Dec. 1992 Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation and Tourism

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

Deputy Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme

Special Interests Books, women welfare and upliftment of the downtrodden Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading, sports, social work and horticulture Sports and Clubs Tennis; Member, Circle-de-Pondicherry 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 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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