Sami al-Hinnawi

Colonel Mohamed Sami Hilmy al - Hinnaui (French Hinnaoui, Arabic محمد سامي حلمي الحناوي Muhammad Sami Hilmi al - Hinnaui; * 1898 in Aleppo, Aleppo Vilayet, † October 31, 1950 in Beirut, Lebanon) was a Syrian military and politicians, the member of the Social Nationalist Party.

Life

The Sunni Mohamed Sami Hilmy al - Hinnaui was born in Aleppo in what was then the Ottoman Empire and was used only in the Ottoman army before he joined during the time of the French League of Nations Mandate of the French - Syrian army.

Following the establishment of the Syrian Republic Hinnaui crashed in August 1949, the military government of President Husni al - Za'im. After the coup, he ordered that Za'im and the Prime Minister Muhsin al - Barazi be brought into the Mezze prison in Damascus, where both were executed before the eyes of the son of Muhsin al - Barazi. Hinnaui was then used as the leader of a new military junta, but Adib Chichakli remained militarily dominant. This led in 1949 a new military coup (the third of the year), which he strengthened the dictatorship.

On October 31, 1950 Hinnaui was in Beirut from Herscho al - Barazi, the cousin Muhsin al - Barazis murdered.