Sami al-Hinnawi

Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi (Arabic: محمد سامي حلمي الحناوي, romanized: Muḥammad Sāmī Ḥilmī al-Ḥinnāwī;‎ 1898 – 30 October 1950^[1]) was a Syrian politician and military officer.

Sami al-Hinnawi سامي الحناوي
De facto leader of the First Syrian Republic
In office 14 August 1949 – 19 December 1949
President	Himself Hashim al-Atassi
Prime Minister	Hashim al-Atassi
Preceded by	Husni al-Za'im (As President of Syria)
Succeeded by	Adib Shishakli
Acting President of Syria
In office 14 August 1949–15 August 1949
Prime Minister	Hashim al-Atassi
Preceded by	Husni al-Za'im
Succeeded by	Hashim al-Atassi
Chief of the General Staff
In office 1949 – 2 January 1950
Preceded by	Husni al-Za'im
Succeeded by	Anwar Bannud
Personal details
Born	1898 Aleppo, Aleppo Vilayet, Ottoman Syria, Ottoman Empire
Died	30 October 1950(1950-10-30) (aged 51–52) Beirut, Lebanon
Resting place	Damascus
Nationality	Syrian
Political party	Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Military service
Rank	Colonel

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]