Government

Table of Precedence

  1. Governor-General
  2. Prime Minister
  3. Deputy Prime Minister
  4. Leader of the Opposition
  5. Members of the Cabinet
  6. President of the Senate
  7. Speaker of the House of Representatives
  8. Former Governors-General and Former Prime Ministers
  9. The Chief Justice
  10. President of the Court of Appeal
  11. Ministers of State
  12. President of Jamaica Council of Churches
  13. Widows/Widowers of National Heroes
  14. Widows/Widowers of Former Governors-Generals
  15. Widows /Widowers of Former Heads of Government
  16. The Attorney-General
  17. The Cabinet Secretary (Head of the Civil Service)
  18. The Head of the Foreign Service
  19. The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
  20. High Commissioners & Ambassadors
  21. Head of Delegation of the European Union
  22. Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority
  23. Members of the Privy Council
  24. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
  25. Members of the Senate
  26. Members of the House of Representatives
  27. Judges of the Court of Appeal
  28. Judges of the Supreme Court
  29. Chairman of the Public Service Commission
  30. Chief of Defence Staff
  31. Commissioner of Police
  32. Mayors and Chairmen of Parish Councils except on municipal occasions, when they take precedence immediately after the Prime Minister
  33. Custodes of parishes except on formal occasions (other than municipal occasions) in their own parishes when they take precedence as representatives of The Governor General
  34. Chief of State Protocol
  35. Resident Representative/Resident Coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme
  36. Heads of Offices of International Organisations
  37. Consuls-General
  38. Members of the Consular Corps
  39. Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
  40. Chairmen of political parties having representation in Parliament
  41. General Secretaries of political parties having representation in Parliament
  42. Holders of Jamaican National Honours
    • Order of Merit
    • Order of Jamaica
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