Sami al-Hinnawi
Sami al-Hinnawi سامي الحناوي | |
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Born | 1898 Aleppo, Aleppo Vilayet, Ottoman Syria |
Died | October 31, 1950 (aged 51–52) Beirut, Lebanon |
Nationality | Syrian |
Political party | Syrian Social Nationalist Party |
Military service | |
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Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi (Arabic: محمد سامي حلمي الحناوي) was a Syrian politician and military officer.
Life[]
Al-Hinnawi was born in Aleppo and had served in the Ottoman army before serving in the French-Syrian army during the French Mandate of Syria.[citation needed]
Al-Hinnawi overthrew the military rule of Syrian President Husni al-Za'im on August 14, 1949 with the aid of fellow members in the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, including Adib al-Shishakli.[citation needed] After the coup, he swiftly ordered al-Za'im and Prime Minister Muhsin al-Barazi to be brought to Mezze prison in Damascus, where both were executed in front of Muhsin al-Barazi's son.[citation needed]
Al-Hinnawi was then installed as leader of a military junta, but al-Shishakli remained the military strongman.[citation needed] On December 19, 1949, Shishakli carried out another coup d'état (the third that year), strengthening his dictatorship. On October 31, 1950, al-Hinnawi was murdered in Beirut, Lebanon, by Hersho al-Barazi, a cousin of Muhsin al-Barazi.[1]
References[]
- ^ 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.
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