The National Theatre of Tunisia is a Tunisian Government-owned corporation of a cultural nature. Financially autonomous, the theatre was created by Law No. 113 of 30 December 1983 relating to acts 73-74 of the Finance Act of 1983 and meets the same rules and regulations as public institutions. It has been directed by Mohamed Driss since 1988 and the current secretary general is Hamdi Hemaïdi.