Sami al-Hinnawi سامي الحناوي
Born	1898
Died	October 31, 1950
Nationality	Syrian
Religion	Islam
Military service
Rank	Colonel

Colonel Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi (1898 – October 31, 1950) (Arabic: محمد سامي حلمي الحناوي‎) was a Syrian politician and military man.

Col. al-Hinnawi overthrew the military rule of Syrian President Husni al-Za'im in August 1949, with the aid of fellow members in the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, including Adib al-Shishakli. After the coup, he swiftly ordered al-Za'im and Prime Minister Muhsen al-Barazi to be brought to Mezze prison in Damascus, where both were executed.

Al-Hinnawi was then installed as leader of a military junta, but al-Shishakli remained the military strongman. In 1949, Shishakli carried out another coup d'êtat (the third that year), strengthening his power and re-introducing civilian rule. On October 31, 1950, he was murdered in exile in Beirut, Lebanon, by Hersho al-Barazi, a cousin of Muhsen al-Barazi.

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• A rare picture of General Sami al-Hinnawi, the Chief-of-Staff of the Syrian Army who toppled and killed President Husni al-Za’im at syrianhistory.com

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