Léon Solomiac (19 October 1873 inCajarc – 10 May 1960 inCannes)^[1] was a colonial administrator in various colonies of theFrench Colonial Empire.

Solomiac was a son of ashopkeeper. In the course of his career in the French colonial service, he was appointed in July 1925 as a delegate in Beirut then in 1930 in Damascus, during theFrench Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon.^[2] After the deposition ofTaj al-Din al-Hasani, Solomiac officiated on 19 November 1931 as head of state of the Syrian Republic until 11 June 1932, whenMohammed Ali al-Abed was elected by the Syrian Parliament to the presidency.^[3]

Later on, Solomiac went to Africa in which he became the governor ofFrench Sudan from 22 May to 30 November 1933 on an interim basis.^[4] On 15 August 1934 he became the successor ofFrançois Adrien Juvanon as a governor ofFrench India, he held this position until October 1936.^[5] On 21 April 1939 he became the Governor-General ofFrench Equatorial Africa, he remained in office until 3 September 1939.^[6] On 7 November 1940 Solomiac took over from Jean Alexandre Léon Rapenne the interim post of Governor ofNiger.^[7] However, he was deposed by theVichy regime as being not loyal to them, and was replaced on 8 December 1940 by General Maurice Falvy. In August 1944, Léon Solomiac was entrusted with the management of official duties of the prefecture ofTarn. He was the "Prefect of theLibération", replacing a prefect appointed by the Vichy regime in July 1944, and was in office until early 1946.^[8]

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