The high commissioner of France in the Levant (French: haut-commissaire de France au Levant; Arabic: المندوب السامي الفرنسي على سورية ولبنان), 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 high commissioners of France in the Levant
edit| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Notes | ||
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Henri Gouraud | 9 October 1919 | 23 November 1922 | 3 years, 45 days | |
| Robert de Caix | 23 November 1922 | 19 April 1923 | 147 days | Acting | |
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Maxime Weygand | 19 April 1923 | 29 November 1924 | 1 year, 224 days | |
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Maurice Sarrail | 29 November 1924 | 23 December 1925 | 1 year, 24 days | |
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Henry de Jouvenel | 23 December 1925 | 23 June 1926 | 182 days | |
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Henri Ponsot | August 1926 | 13 July 1933 | 6 years, 11 months | |
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Damien de Martel | 16 July 1933 | January 1939 | 5 years, 5 months | |
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Gabriel Puaux | January 1939 | November 1940 | 1 year, 10 months | |
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Jean Chiappe | 24 November 1940 | 27 November 1940 | 3 days | Died on flight to take office. |
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Henri Dentz | 6 December 1940 | 14 July 1941 | 220 days | Dentz was repatriated to Metropolitan France following the Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre. |
List of general delegates of Free France in the Levant
edit| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Notes | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
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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 | ||
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Yves Chataigneau | 23 November 1943 | 23 January 1944 | 61 days | |
| Paul Beynet | 23 January 1944 | 1 September 1946 | 2 years, 221 days | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Holt, P. M.; Lambton, Ann K. S.; Lewis, Bernard (1977). The Cambridge History of Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 580. ISBN 9780521291361.
- ^ Malsagne, Stéphane (2011). Fouad Chéhab. p. 79.