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Henri Ponsot
High Commissioner of the Levant
In office August 1926 – 13 July 1933
Preceded by	Henry de Jouvenel
Succeeded by	Damien de Martel
Personal details
Born	Auguste Henri Ponsot 2 March 1877 Bologna, Kingdom of Italy
Died	5 October 1963(1963-10-05) (aged 86)

Auguste Henri Ponsot (2 March 1877 – 5 October 1963) was a French politician and statesman.

Life

Auguste Henri was born in Bologna, Italy. After law studies at the University of Dijon, Ponsot entered the diplomatic career in 1903. After having stayed in Siam, Berlin and Canada, he was appointed as the Secretary General of the Tunisian Government in 1922. Appointed to the Sub-Directorate of African Affairs, he negotiated with the Spain an agreement for a joint action in Morocco and lead the talks of Oujda in May 1925.

Ponsot became the French High Commissioner in Syria and Lebanon in August 1926 until 13 July 1933. Afterwards, he served as the French resident-general in Morocco from August 1933 to March 1936. From 1936 to 1938, Ponsot was the French Ambassador to Turkey in Ankara.

Later on, Ponsot led the discussions with Amin al-Husseini in which the French authorities expected an improvement in France's status in the Arab world through his intermediaries. After the World War II, Ponsot worked in Geneva to participate in the creation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. There he was in 1947 elected chairman of the International Refugee Organization and was also tasked with liquidating the organization in 1952. He remained in Geneva for seven years until his final retirement.

See also

• High commissioner
• Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
• Urban Blanc

References

1. French-mandated Syria and Lebanon (headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon) French High Commissioners
2. Abdellah Ben Mlih (1990). Structures politiques du Maroc colonial. L'Harmattan. p. 345. ISBN 978-2-7384-0833-4.
3. book of The French Mandate
4. ^ Général Catroux (June 1963). "Un Grand Ambassadeur: Henri Ponsot" (pdf). Revue des Deux Mondes (in French): 538–547.
5. Hershco, Tsilla (March 2006). "Le grand mufti de Jérusalem en France: Histoire d'une évasion" (PDF). Revue Controverses (1).
6. "Part 2: The specialized agencies. Section 8: The International Refugee Organization. Chapter D: Preparatory Commission". Yearbook of the United Nations 1946-47 (PDF). United Nations Publications. 1947. p. 807.
7. "International Refugee Organization". International Organization. 6 (2): 309. 1952. JSTOR 2704095.

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States	State of Syria State of Aleppo State of Damascus Al-Jazira Province Jabal Druze State Alawite State Sanjak of Alexandretta Greater Lebanon
Conflicts	1919 revolt Franco-Syrian War Battle of Maysalun Capture of Damascus Hananu Revolt 1925–1927 revolt Epic of Ain Albu Gomaa Capture of Salkhad Battle of al-Kafr Battle of al-Mazraa Battle of al-Musayfirah 1925 Hama uprising 1936 general strike Syria–Lebanon campaign Levant Crisis
Treaties	Sykes–Picot Agreement (1916) Paulet–Newcombe Agreement (1920) Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence (1936)
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