Damien de Martel explained

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]

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  1. http://books.openedition.org/ifpo/3186 Bypassing the nationalists: comte Damien de Martel’s “administrative” reforms of January 1936
  2. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Syria.html World Statesmen – Syria