Among its holdings are materials generated by various government offices, such as the president, prime minister, and ministries of agriculture, commerce, culture, education, finance, health, social affairs, and transport.
[1] The Centre des correspondences de l’Etat formed in 1874, and became Archives générales du gouvernement in 1883.
The archives became a "public institution in accordance with the stipulations of Act n° 88-95" in 1988.
[2] Its headquarters moved from the office of the prime minister in 1999 to its current building, designed by Samy Ateb and Fethi El Bahri.
Directors have included Moncef Fakhfakh (1986-circa 1993?