The bank is in Tunis and its current governor is Marouane Abassi, who replaced Chedly Ayari on 16 February 2018.

The Central Bank of Tunisia was formed two years later in 1958.

In December 1958 the newly created Tunisian dinar was disconnected from the French franc.

The bank maintains a Money Museum which includes a collection of recovered Carthaginian coins.

The Tunisian Dinar was less volatile in 2000–2010 than the currencies of its oil-importing neighbors, Egypt and Morocco.