| Birth date | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Aleppo, Aleppo Vilayet, Ottoman Syria, Ottoman Empire |
| Death date | 30 October 1950 (aged 52) |
| Death place | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Party | Syrian Social Nationalist Party |
| Office 1 | Acting President of Syria |
| Term 1 | 14 August 1949–15 August 1949 |
| Predecessor 1 | Husni al-Za'im |
| Successor 1 | Hashim al-Atassi |
| Office 2 | Chief of the General Staff |
| Successor 2 | Anwar Bannud |
| Predecessor 2 | Husni al-Za'im |
| Resting place | Damascus |
| Office | De facto leader of the First Syrian Republic |
| Predecessor | Husni al-Za'im (As President of Syria) |
| Successor | Adib Shishakli |
| Term start | 14 August 1949 |
| Term end | 19 December 1949 |
| President | Himself Hashim al-Atassi |
| Prime minister | Hashim al-Atassi |
| Prime minister 1 | Hashim al-Atassi |
| Term start 2 | 1949 |
| Term end 2 | 2 January 1950 |
Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi (Arabic: محمد سامي حلمي الحناوي; 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ Moubayed, Sami M. (2000). Damascus Between Democracy and Dictatorship. University Press of America. p. 63. ISBN 9780761817444.
Further reading
- Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel and Silk. Cune Press. pp. 56–7. ISBN 9781885942401.