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.
Sami al-Hinnawi سامي الحناوي | |
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| Born | 1898 Aleppo, Aleppo Vilayet, Ottoman Syria |
| Died | 31 October 1950 (aged 51–52) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Political party | Syrian Social Nationalist Party |
| Military service | |
| Rank |  Colonel |
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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.[1]
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