Damien de Martel | |
Order1: | High Commissioner of the Levant |
Term Start1: | 16 July 1933 |
Term End1: | 8 January 1939 |
Predecessor1: | Henri Ponsot |
Successor1: | Gabriel Puaux |
Birth Date: | 27 November 1878 |
Birth Place: | Autruy-sur-Juine, France |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Occupation: | Diplomat |
Known For: | High Commissioner of the Levant in Syria and Lebanon |
Awards: | Commander of the Legion of Honour |
Count Damien de Martel (November 27, 1878 – January 21, 1940) was a French politician and diplomat. He was a minister plenipotentiary in China, then in Latvia, Japan and the sixth High Commissioner of the Levant in Syria and Lebanon from July 16, 1933 till January 1939.[1] [2]