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|link=no[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).
| Portrait | width=120 rowspan=2 | Name | Term of office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Henri Gouraud | 9 October 1919 | 23 November 1922 | ||||
| Robert de Caix | 23 November 1922 | 19 April 1923 | Acting | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Henri Ponsot | August 1926 | 13 July 1933 | ||||
| Damien de Martel | 16 July 1933 | January 1939 | ||||
| Gabriel Puaux | January 1939 | November 1940 | ||||
| Jean Chiappe | 24 November 1940 | 27 November 1940 | Died on flight to take office. | |||
| Henri Dentz | 6 December 1940 | 14 July 1941 | Dentz was repatriated to Metropolitan France following the Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre. | |||
| Portrait | width=120 rowspan=2 | Name | Term of office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Georges Catroux | 24 June 1941 | 7 June 1943 | Catroux was also Chief of Free French Forces in Levant states. | |||
| Jean Helleu | 7 June 1943 | 23 November 1943 | ||||
| Yves Chataigneau | 23 November 1943 | 23 January 1944 | ||||
| Paul Beynet | 23 January 1944 | 1 September 1946 | ||||