High Commissioners of Syria and Lebanon (Arabic: المندوب السامي للإنتداب الفرنسي على سورية ولبنان‎) were the highest ranking authority representing France in the french mandated countries of Syria and Lebanon. They were based in Beirut, Lebanon. After 1941 they were renamed to General Delegates.

Contents 1 List of French High Commissioners of Syria and Lebanon 2 List of French General Delegates of Syria and Lebanon 3 See also 4 References

[edit] List of French High Commissioners of Syria and Lebanon

• 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)

[edit] List of French General Delegates of 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)

[edit] See also

• French Mandate of Syria
• French Mandate of Lebanon

[edit] References

World Statesmen - Syria

v • d • e French Mandate of Syria topics States Jabal al-Druze · Alawite · Aleppo · Damascus · Alexandretta Conflicts Franco-Syrian War · Battle of Maysalun · Syrian Revolution · 1936 Syrian general strike · Syria-Lebanon Campaign Treaties Sykes–Picot Agreement · Franco–British Boundary Agreement · Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence Influential People Syria Hashim al-Atassi · Shukri al-Quwatli · Khalid al-Azm · Jamil Mardam Bey · Sultan al-Atrash · Yusuf al-Azma · Ibrahim Hananu · Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar France French High Commissioners · Charles de Gaulle · Henri Gouraud