High Commissioner of the Levant
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| High Commissioner of the Levant | |
|---|---|
| File:Flag of Syria French mandate.svg | |
| Seat | Pine Residence, Horsh district, Beirut |
| Formation | 9 October 1919 |
| First holder | Henri Gouraud |
| Final holder | Paul Beynet |
| Abolished | 1 September 1946 |
The high commissioner of France in the Levant (French: haut-commissaire de France au Levant; Arabic: المندوب السامي الفرنسي على سورية ولبنان, romanized: almandub alsaami alfaransiu ealaa suriat walubnan), named after 1941 the general delegate of Free France in the Levant[1] (French: délégué général de la France libre au Levant[2]), 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
[edit | edit source]High commissioners of France in the Levant
[edit | edit source]| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| File:Général Gouraud 1923.jpg | Henri Gouraud | 9 October 1919 | 23 November 1922 | 3 years, 45 days | |
| File:Robert de Caix de Saint Aymour.jpg | Robert de Caix | 23 November 1922 | 19 April 1923 | 147 days | Acting |
| File:Time Maxime Weygand 10 30 33 cropped.jpg | Maxime Weygand | 19 April 1923 | 29 November 1924 | 1 year, 224 days | |
| File:Maurice Sarrail.jpg | Maurice Sarrail | 29 November 1924 | 23 December 1925 | 1 year, 24 days | |
| File:Henry de Jouvenel.jpg | Henry de Jouvenel | 23 December 1925 | 23 June 1926 | 182 days | |
| File:Henri-ponsot.jpg | Henri Ponsot | August 1926 | 13 July 1933 | 6 years, 11 months | |
| File:Damien de martel.png | Damien de Martel | 16 July 1933 | 22 October 1938 | 5 years, 3 months | |
| File:Gabriel puaux.png | Gabriel Puaux | 22 October 1938 | November 1940 | 2 years | |
| File:Jean Chiappe 1927.jpg | Jean Chiappe | 24 November 1940 | 27 November 1940 | 3 days | Died on flight to take office. |
| File:Henri Dentz.jpg | Henri Dentz | 6 December 1940 | 14 July 1941 | 220 days | Dentz was repatriated to Metropolitan France following the Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre. |
General delegates of Free France in the Levant
[edit | edit source]| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
| File:Georges Catroux 1940 (cropped).jpg | Georges Catroux | 24 June 1941 | 7 June 1943 | 1 year, 348 days | Catroux was also Chief of Free French Forces in Levant states. |
| Jean Helleu | 7 June 1943 | 23 November 1943 | 169 days | ||
| File:Yves Chatigneau.png | Yves Chataigneau | 23 November 1943 | 23 January 1944 | 61 days | |
| Paul Beynet | 23 January 1944 | 1 September 1946 | 2 years, 221 days | ||
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