High Commissioner of the Levant

Pine Residence, Horsh district, Beirut

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).

  1. ^ Holt, P. M.; Lambton, Ann K. S.; Lewis, Bernard (1977). The Cambridge History of Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 580. ISBN 9780521291361.
  2. ^ Malsagne, Stéphane (2011). Fouad Chéhab. p. 79.