Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi ( ar, محمد سامي حلمي الحناوي, Muḥammad Sāmī Ḥilmī al-Ḥinnāwī; 1898 – 31 October 1950) was a
Syrian
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...
politician and military officer.
Life
On December 19, 1949, Shishakli carried out a
coup d'état (the third that year), strengthening his dictatorship. On October 31, 1950, al-Hinnawi was murdered in
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of ...
,
Lebanon, by Hersho al-Barazi, a cousin of
Muhsin al-Barazi
Muhsin al-Barazi ( ar, محسن البرازي; 1904 – 14 August 1949) was a Kurdish Syrian lawyer, academic and politician. He served a short term as a 24th Prime Minister of Syria in 1949 and was executed after a coup d'état overthrew his g ...
, the Prime Minister who was overthrown and killed in Hinnawi's coup.
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1898 births
1950 deaths
Chiefs of Staff of the Syrian Army
Politicians from Beirut
Syrian people murdered abroad
Syrian Social Nationalist Party politicians
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