High Commissioner of the Levant
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The high commissioner of France in the Levant (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), named after 1941 the general delegate of Free France in the Levant[1] (Template:Langx[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 high commissioners of France in the Levant
| 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 | Template:Ayd | |
| Robert de Caix | 23 November 1922 | 19 April 1923 | Template:Ayd | Acting | |
| File:Time Maxime Weygand 10 30 33 cropped.jpg | Maxime Weygand | 19 April 1923 | 29 November 1924 | Template:Ayd | |
| File:Maurice Sarrail.jpg | Maurice Sarrail | 29 November 1924 | 23 December 1925 | Template:Ayd | |
| File:Henry de Jouvenel.jpg | Henry de Jouvenel | 23 December 1925 | 23 June 1926 | Template:Ayd | |
| File:Henri-ponsot.jpg | Henri Ponsot | August 1926 | 13 July 1933 | Script error: No such module "age". | |
| File:Damien de martel.png | Damien de Martel | 16 July 1933 | January 1939 | Script error: No such module "age". | |
| File:Gabriel puaux.png | Gabriel Puaux | January 1939 | November 1940 | Script error: No such module "age". | |
| File:Jean Chiappe 1927.jpg | Jean Chiappe | 24 November 1940 | 27 November 1940 | Template:Ayd | Died on flight to take office. |
| File:Henri Dentz.jpg | Henri Dentz | 6 December 1940 | 14 July 1941 | Template:Ayd | Dentz was repatriated to Metropolitan France following the Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre. |
List of general delegates of Free France in the Levant
| 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 | Template:Ayd | Catroux was also Chief of Free French Forces in Levant states. |
| Jean Helleu | 7 June 1943 | 23 November 1943 | Template:Ayd | ||
| File:Yves Chatigneau.png | Yves Chataigneau | 23 November 1943 | 23 January 1944 | Template:Ayd | |
| Paul Beynet | 23 January 1944 | 1 September 1946 | Template:Ayd | ||
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