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High Commissioner of the Levant

The High Commissioner of the Levant (Arabic: المندوب السامي للإنتداب الفرنسي على سورية ولبنان‎‎) was the highest ranking authority representing France in the French-mandated countries of Syria and Lebanon. He was based in Beirut, Lebanon. After 1941 the position was renamed to "General Delegate."

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List of French High Commissioner of the Levant

  • Henri Gouraud (9 October 1919 – 19 April 1923)
  • 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)
  • Auguste Henri Ponsot (August 1926 – July 1933)
  • Damien de Martel (16 July 1933 – January 1939)
  • Gabriel Puaux (January 1939 – November 1940)
  • Jean Chiappe (did not take office) (24 November 1940 – 27 November 1940)
  • Henri Dentz (6 December 1940 – 14 June 1941)

    • List of French General Delegates to Syria and Lebanon

  • Georges Catroux (also Chief of Free French Forces in Levant states) (24 June 1941 – 7 June 1943)
  • Jean Helleu (7 June 1943 – 23 November 1943)
  • Yves Chataigneau (23 November 1943 – 23 January 1944)
  • Étienne Beynet (23 January 1944 – 1 September 1946)

    • References

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