Sami al-Hinnawi

Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi (محمد سامي حلمي الحناوي; 1898 – 31 October 1950) 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 31, 1950, al-Hinnawi was assassinated in Beirut, Lebanon, by Hersho al-Barazi, a cousin of Muhsin al-Barazi, the Prime Minister who had been overthrown and killed in Hinnawi's coup.