The high commissioner of France in the Levant (; ), named after 1941 the general delegate of Free France in the Levant (), was the highest ranking authority representing France (and Free France during World War II) in the French-mandated countries of Syria and Lebanon. Its office was based in the Pine Residence in Beirut, Lebanon (present-day official residence of the French ambassador in Lebanon).
List of officeholders
High commissioners of France in the Levant Portrait Name Term of office Notes Took office Left office Time in office Henri Gouraud 9 October 1919 23 November 1922 23 November 1922 19 April 1923 Acting Maxime Weygand 19 April 1923 29 November 1924 Maurice Sarrail 29 November 1924 23 December 1925 Henry de Jouvenel 23 December 1925 23 June 1926 Henri Ponsot August 1926 13 July 1933 Damien de Martel 16 July 1933 22 October 1938 Gabriel Puaux 22 October 1938 November 1940 Jean Chiappe 24 November 1940 27 November 1940 Died on flight to take office. Henri Dentz 6 December 1940 14 July 1941 Dentz was repatriated to Metropolitan France following the Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre.
General delegates of Free France in the Levant Portrait Name Term of office Notes Took office Left office Time in office Georges Catroux 24 June 1941 7 June 1943 Catroux was also Chief of Free French Forces in Levant states. 7 June 1943 23 November 1943 Yves Chataigneau 23 November 1943 23 January 1944 Paul Beynet 23 January 1944 1 September 1946
See also Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
References
World Statesmen – Syria