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sami al-hinnawi . jpg october 31 , 1950 1898 beirut , lebanon sunni islam aleppo syrian 1898 colonel sami al-hinnawi . jpg sami al-hinnawi
 sami al-hinnawi سامي الحناوي
sami al-hinnawi

colonel sami hilmy al-hinnawi -lrb- 1898 -- october 31 , 1950 -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- was a syrian politician and military man .
he was born in aleppo and had served in the ottoman army before serving in the french-syrian army during the french mandate of syria .
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 muhsin al-barazi to be brought to mezze prison in damascus , where both were executed in front of muhsin al-barazi 's son .
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'état -lrb- the third that year -rrb- , strengthening his dictatorship .
on october 31 , 1950 , he was murdered in beirut , lebanon , by hersho al-barazi , a cousin of muhsin al-barazi .
