Denis Favier

General Denis Favier is, from 2014 to 2016, the General-Director of the French Gendarmerie.

Denis Favier

Denis Favier was born on 18 May 1959 in Lons-le-Saunier.

In 1979 he joined the military academy of Saint-Cyr.

In 1992 he was appointed commander of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN). In 1994 he was promoted to chef d'escadron (major).[1]

In 1994 he commanded the assault against the terrorists who had taken the passengers of Air France Flight 8969 hostage. Following this incident, he gave interviews in silhouette or facial obscurity, which he still does until today as it was believed that the co-militants of the terrorists his team killed offered a reward for his assassination.

In 2007, after various positions in the Gendarmerie, he was again appointed commander of the GIGN, which underwent restructuring. In 2008 he joined the French forces leading the assault on the pirates who had captured the ship Ponant near Somalia.

In 2008 he was appointed general.[2] In 2013 he was appointed director-general of the Gendarmerie.[3]

On 9 January 2015 he led the operation to arrest Chérif and Saïd Kouachi following a hostage situation at a printing company in the town of Dammartin-en-Goële.[4] The Kouachi brothers were suspected of being the perpetrators of the shooting at Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo on 7 January 2015.

Awards and decorations

Intitulé
  • Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur (2015)[5]
  • Citation à l'ordre de l'Armée avec croix de la Valeur militaire (1995)
  • Citation à l'ordre du régiment avec croix de la Valeur militaire (2009)
  • Médaille de la Gendarmerie nationale avec grenade en bronze (2003)
  • Médaille d’Outre-Mer "Liban" - Vermeil (2010)
  • Médaille de la Défense nationale échelon Bronze (1988)
  • Médaille commémorative française - agrafe ex-Yougoslavie (2005)
  • Médaille d'honneur pour acte de courage et de dévouement - Or
  • Médaille d'honneur pour acte de courage et de dévouement - Argent 1ère classe
  • Médaille d'honneur de l'administration pénitentiaire en bronze (1993)
  • Citation sans croix simple à l'ordre du régiment gendarmerie (1992)
  • Citation sans croix à l’ordre du corps d’armée (2003)
  • Officier de l'ordre du mérite de la République italienne (2013)[6]
  • Officier de l'ordre national de Côte d'Ivoire
  • Commandeur de l'ordre national du Lion du Sénégal[7]
  • Grand croix de l'Ordre du mérite de la Guardia Civil (Espagne)[8]
  • Commandeur de l'Ordre du Mérite civil (Espagne)[9]
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References
  1. Presidential decree of July 1st, 1994, promoting Denis Favier to chef d'escadron
  2. Presidential decree of 14 April 2008, promoting Denis Favier to general
  3. Presidential decree of 11 April 2013, appointing Denis Davier as General-Director of the French Gendarmerie
  4. http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2015/01/09/01002-20150109ARTFIG00331-dans-la-crise-hollande-se-veut-le-garant-de-l-unite.php
  5. Décret du 25 juin 2015 portant élévation
  6. "Présidence de la République italienne".
  7. "Présidence du Sénégal".
  8. Real Decreto 823/2014, de 26 de septiembre, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito de la Guardia Civil al General de Ejército don Denis Favier, Director General de la Gendarmería Nacional Francesa.
  9. Le Roi d'Espagne décore les sauveurs du crash de la Germanwings
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