High Commissioner of the Levant

High Commissioner of the Levant
  • Haut-commissaire de France au Levant (French)
  • المندوب السامي الفرنسي على سورية ولبنان (Arabic)
Longest serving
Henri Ponsot
August 1926 – 13 July 1933
SeatPine Residence, Horsh district, Beirut
Formation9 October 1919
First holderHenri Gouraud
Final holderPaul Beynet
Abolished1 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 (French: délégué général de la France libre au Levant), 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).

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