High Commissioner of the Levant
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).
Pine ResidenceBeirutFrenchArabicFranceFree FranceWorld War IIFrench-mandatedLebanonFrench ambassador in LebanonHenri GouraudMaxime WeygandMaurice SarrailHenry de JouvenelHenri PonsotDamien de MartelGabriel PuauxJean ChiappeHenri DentzMetropolitan FranceArmistice of Saint Jean d'AcreGeorges CatrouxFree French ForcesLevantYves ChataigneauMandate for Syria and the LebanonFrench Mandate of SyriaState of SyriaState of AleppoState of DamascusAl-Jazira ProvinceJabal Druze StateAlawite StateSanjak of AlexandrettaGreater Lebanon1919 revoltFranco-Syrian WarBattle of MaysalunCapture of DamascusHananu Revolt1925–1927 revoltEpic of Ain Albu GomaaCapture of SalkhadBattle of al-KafrBattle of al-MazraaBattle of al-Musayfirah1925 Hama uprising1936 general strikeSyria–Lebanon campaignLevant CrisisSykes–Picot AgreementPaulet–Newcombe AgreementFranco-Syrian Treaty of IndependenceYusuf al-AzmaSaleh al-AliIbrahim HananuHashim al-AtassiMustafa Bey BarmadaShukri al-QuwatliKhalid al-AzmMar'i Pasha al-MallahJamil Mardam BeyKamil Pasha al-QudsiSultan al-AtrashSaadallah al-JabiriHaqqi al-AzmAyyash Al-HajAbd al-Rahman ShahbandarCharles de Gaulle