 Denis Favier akaberekwa musi waMay 18, 1959 ndiye mutungamiri anozivikanwa nekutungamira kurwiswa kweAir France Flight 8969. aive, kubva muna 2013 kusvika muna 2016, General-Director weFrench Gendarmerie. Denis Favier akaberekwa musi wa 18 May 1959 muLons-le-Saunier. Muna 1979 akapinda muchikoro chechiuto cheSaint-Cyr. Muna 1992 akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri weNational Gendarmerie Intervention Group GIGN. Muna 1994 akasimudzirwa kuva chef descadron mukuru. Muna 1994, akatungamira kurwiswa kweArmed Islamic Group yeAlgeria, iyo yakanga yatora vatyairi veAir France Flight 8969 sevasungwa. Zvichitevera chiitiko ichi, akapa mabvunzurudzo mumumvuri kana kumeso kusingazivikanwe, izvo zvaachiri kuita nanhasi sezvo zvaifungidzirwa kuti vamwe varwi vemagandanga akaurayiwa nechikwata chake vakapa mubairo wekuurayiwa kwake. Muna 2007, mushure memabasa akasiyana siyana muGendarmerie, akagadzwa zvakare kuve mukuru weGIGN, iyo yakaitwazve. Muna 2008 akabatana nemauto eFrance achitungamirira kurwisa vapambi vakanga vatora ngarava inonzi Ponant pedyo neSomalia. Muna 2008 akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru. Muna 2013 akagadzwa director-general weGendarmerie. Musi wa9 Ndira 2015 akatungamira basa rekusunga Chérif naSaïd Kouachi zvichitevera kutorwa kwevanhu muindasitiri yekudhinda mutaundi reDammartin-en-Goële. Hama dzaKouachi dzaifungidzirwa kuva vapari vokupfuramupepanhau reParis Charlie Hebdo musi wa7 Ndira 2015. 