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Sami al-Hinnawi

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Sami al-Hinnawi
سامي الحناوي
Personal details
Born1898
Aleppo,Aleppo Vilayet,Ottoman Syria
Died31 October 1950(1950-10-31)(aged 51–52)
Beirut,Lebanon
Political partySyrian Social Nationalist Party
Military service
RankColonel

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

Life

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On December 19, 1949,Adib Shishaklicarried out acoup d'état(the third that year), strengthening his dictatorship. On October 31, 1950, al-Hinnawi was assassinated inBeirut,the capital ofLebanon,by Hersho al-Barazi, a cousin ofMuhsin al-Barazi,the Prime Minister who had been overthrown and killed in Hinnawi's coup.[1]

References

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  1. ^Moubayed, Sami M. (2000).Damascus Between Democracy and Dictatorship.University Press of America. p. 63.ISBN9780761817444.

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