Sami al-Hinnawi

Sami al-Hinnawi سامي الحناوي
Acting President of Syria
In office 14 August 1949–15 August 1949
Preceded by	Husni al-Za'im
Succeeded by	Hashim al-Atassi
Chief of the General Staff
In office 1949–1950
Preceded by	Husni al-Za'im
Succeeded by	Anwar Bannud
Personal details
Born	1898 Aleppo, Aleppo Vilayet, Ottoman Syria, Ottoman Empire
Died	31 October 1950(1950-10-31) (aged 51–52) Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality	Syrian
Political party	Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Military service
Rank	Colonel

Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi (Arabic: محمد سامي حلمي الحناوي, romanized: Muḥammad Sāmī Ḥilmī al-Ḥinnāwī;‎ 1898 – 31 October 1950) 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 31, 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.

Further reading

• Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel and Silk. Cune Press. pp. 56–7. ISBN 9781885942401.