High Commissioner of the Levant



The high commissioner of France in the Levant (haut-commissaire de France au Levant; المندوب السامي الفرنسي على سورية ولبنان), named after 1941 the general delegate of Free France in the Levant (délégué général de la France libre au Levant ), 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).