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."

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)

See also

• French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

References

World Statesmen – Syria

French Mandate of Syria
States	State of Syria State of Aleppo State of Damascus Al-Jazira Province Jabal Druze State Alawite State Sanjak of Alexandretta Greater Lebanon
Conflicts	1919 revolt Franco-Syrian War Battle of Maysalun 1925–1927 revolt Capture of Salkhad Battle of al-Kafr Battle of al-Mazraa Battle of al-Musayfirah 1925 Hama uprising 1936 general strike Syria–Lebanon Campaign
Treaties	Sykes–Picot Agreement (1916) Paulet–Newcombe Agreement (1920) Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence (1936)
People	Syrian Hashim al-Atassi Shukri al-Quwatli Khalid al-Azm Jamil Mardam Bey Sultan al-Atrash Yusuf al-'Azma Ibrahim Hananu Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar French French High Commissioner Charles de Gaulle Henri Gouraud