Auguste Henri Ponsot (2 March 1877 – 5 October 1963)[1] was a French politician and statesman.

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.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.