Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi (; 1898 – 30 October 1950
Life
On December 19, 1949,
Adib Shishakli carried out a coup d'état (the third that year), strengthening his dictatorship. On October 30, 1950, al-Hinnawi was assassinated in
Beirut, the capital of
Lebanon, by Hersho al-Barazi, a cousin of
Muhsin al-Barazi, the Prime Minister who had been overthrown and killed in Hinnawi's coup.
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