Sami al-Hinnawi
Appearance
Sami al-Hinnawi سامي الحناوي | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1898 Aleppo,Aleppo Vilayet,Ottoman Syria |
Died | 31 October 1950 Beirut,Lebanon | (aged 51–52)
Political party | Syrian Social Nationalist Party |
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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
[edit]- ^Moubayed, Sami M. (2000).Damascus Between Democracy and Dictatorship.University Press of America. p. 63.ISBN9780761817444.
Further reading
[edit]- Moubayed, Sami M. (2006).Steel and Silk.Cune Press. pp. 56–7.ISBN9781885942401.