AVM Didier Tisseyre

Air Vice Marshall Didier TISSEYRE was born on 14 Sep 1966. During his career, he has been assigned in a variety of operational or technical posts as an expert or a commander, in domains such as Communication and information systems, cyberdefense, simulation or education.

He joined the Air Force as a member of the 1987 class of the French Air Force Academy during which he graduated as an engineering officer. Additionally he graduated as an engineer from the École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées and from the French advanced command and staff course “École de Guerre” in 2003.

He held various positions in French Air Force units and commands, joint structures, such as the Joint staff or the Joint direction for infrastructure networks and defence information systems. He was also posted in the French military representation within the NATO Military Committee.

He was deployed in operations in Chad in 2006 and participated in numerous Air Force, Joint or Multinational (NATO, EU) exercises. In 2015, he took command of the 721st air force base
and non-commissioned officer academy in Rochefort.

After having been the deputy of the French cyber Commander from 2017 to 2019, he was promoted Air Vice Marshall on 01 Sep 2019 and simultaneously appointed as the French Cyber Commander by decree of the President of the French Republic.

Air Vice Marshall TISSEYRE is officer of the Legion of Honour, officer of the National Order of Merit and received the aeronautical medal.