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Table of Precedence

Official Order of Precedence

Rank Position
1 Governor-General
2 Prime Minister
3 Deputy Prime Minister
Leader of the Opposition
4 Members of the Cabinet
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives
5 Former Governors-General
Former Prime Ministers
6 Chief Justice
President of the Court of Appeal
7 Ministers of State
8 President of the Jamaica Council of Churches
9 Widows/Widowers of National Heroes
Widows/Widowers of Former Governors-General
Widows/Widowers of Former Heads of Government
10 Attorney General
11 Cabinet Secretary (Head of Civil Service)
12 Head of Foreign Service
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
High Commissioners and Ambassadors
Head of Delegation to the European Union
Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority
13 Members of the Privy Council
14 Deputy President of the Senate
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
Parliamentary Secretaries
15 Members of the Senate
Members of the House of Representatives
16 Judges of the Court of Appeal
Judges of the Supreme Court
17 Chairman of the Public Service Commission
Financial Secretary
Permanent Secretaries
Solicitor General
Governor of the Bank of Jamaica
Auditor General
Director of Public Prosecutions
18
  • Chief of Defence Staff, Jamaica Defence Force
  • Commissioner of Police
19 Mayors and Chairmen of Parish Councils except on municipal occasions, when they take precedence immediately after the Prime Minister.
20 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.
21 Chief of State Protocol
Resident Representative / Resident Coordinator of UNDP
Heads of Offices of International Organisations
Dean of the Consular Corps
Honorary Consuls
22 Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
President of the University of Technology
23 Chairmen of Political Parties represented in Parliament
General Secretaries of Political Parties represented in Parliament
24 Holders of Jamaican National Honours:
  • Order of Merit
  • Order of Jamaica
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