Since coming to power after the 1987 coup d'état, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali played the same role until his overthrow during the Tunisian revolution in 2011.

After coming to power, Beji Caid Essebsi (winner of the 2014 Tunisian presidential election) presented the cup to the 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18 editions.

[5] After the death of Caïd Essebsi, interim president Mohamed Ennaceur presented the trophy at the end of the 2018–19 final.

From 2020 to 2023, all those who held the position of Minister of Youth and Sports presented the cup with the president of the Tunisian Football Federation, Wadie Jary.

[7] During the 2023–24 final, at the request of the President of the Republic, Kais Saied,[8] the Prime Minister, Ahmed Hachani presented the cup to the winning team.

In August 2019, the 2018–19 edition bears the name of former president Beji Caid Essebsi, and the following four editions bear the name of national figures on the occasion of their death anniversary (Habib Bourguiba in 2019–20, Salah Ben Youssef in 2020–21, Farhat Hached in 2021–22 and Hedi Chaker in 2022–23).

Mokhtar Tlili has won the tournament ten times, a record number, with Espérance de Tunis (2) and CA Bizertin (1).