Ruler · 1898 – 1950

Sami al-Hinnawi

Lived 1898 – 1950; politician, military personnel. President of Syria (Syria), 1949; also in the line of First Syrian Republic.

Wikidata's English label: Sami al-Henaaui.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1898 – 1950; 52 years
Lines: 2; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

President of Syria

Syria · the 5th of 22 dated reigns · 1930 – 2025

1 before

Bahij al-Khatib1939 – 1941

Shukri al-Quwatli1946 – 1949

Husni al-Za'im1949

Sami al-Hinnawi1949

Hashim al-Atassi1949 – 1951

Fawzi Selu1951 – 1953

Adib Shishakli1953 – 1954

14 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1949 · under a year · came to it aged 51

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

Also in the line of First Syrian Republic (5th of 6, read from the line of Syria).

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