Sami al-Hinnawi

Sami al-Hinnawi
سامي الحناوي
De facto leader of the First Syrian Republic
In office
14 August 1949 – 19 December 1949
PresidentHimself
Hashim al-Atassi
Prime MinisterHashim al-Atassi
Preceded byHusni al-Za'im (As President of Syria)
Succeeded byAdib Shishakli
Acting President of Syria
In office
14 August 1949–15 August 1949
Prime MinisterHashim al-Atassi
Preceded byHusni al-Za'im
Succeeded byHashim al-Atassi
Chief of the General Staff
In office
1949 – 2 January 1950
Preceded byHusni al-Za'im
Succeeded byAnwar Bannud
Personal details
Born1898
Aleppo, Aleppo Vilayet, Ottoman Syria, Ottoman Empire
Died30 October 1950(1950-10-30) (aged 51–52)
Beirut, Lebanon
Resting placeDamascus
NationalitySyrian
Political partySyrian Social Nationalist Party
Military service
Rank Colonel

Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi (Arabic: محمد سامي حلمي الحناوي, romanized: Muḥammad Sāmī Ḥilmī al-Ḥinnāwī;‎ 1898 – 30 October 1950[1]) was a Syrian politician and military officer.

Life

On December 19, 1949, Adib Shishakli carried out a coup d'état (the third that year), strengthening his dictatorship. On October 30, 1950, al-Hinnawi was assassinated in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, by Hersho al-Barazi, a cousin of Muhsin al-Barazi, the Prime Minister who had been overthrown and killed in Hinnawi's coup.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Assassin Murders Syrian General Who Engineered Coup Last Year; Sami Hinnawi is Killed in Exile in Beirut--Act is Laid to Revenge (Published 1950)". The New York Times. 31 October 1950.
  2. ^ Moubayed, Sami M. (2000). Damascus Between Democracy and Dictatorship. University Press of America. p. 63. ISBN 9780761817444.

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