Formerly known as the Directorate of Central Services, between 1960 and 1964;

   The General Secretariat is placed under the authority of a Secretary General, a senior civil servant appointed by decree of the President of the Republic.

   Senior civil servants who have held this high office since its establishment:

• Monsieur YAYA GARGA, 1964-1965 ;
• Monsieur ISSA BAKARY, 1965 à 1966 ;
• Monsieur BELLO BOUBA MAIGARI, 1966-1974 ;
• Monsieur IBRAHIMA WADJIRI, 1974-1982 ;
• Monsieur Michel MEVA’A MEBOUTOU, 1982-1989 ;
• Monsieur Jean-Marie ALEOKOL, 1989-2005 ;
• Monsieur AMADOU VINDJEDOU, 2005-2016 ;
• Monsieur SAÏD KAMSOULOUM, from 2016 to date.

   Its current organization is governed by Decree No. 2001/177 of 25 July 2001 on the organization of the Ministry of Defense.