Table of Precedence

JAMAICA

Revised, September 28, 2007

Protocol Department,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

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 Houses of Representatives

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 the Civil Service)

12. Head of the Foreign Service
      Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
      High Commissioners & Ambassadors
      Head of Delegation of the European Commission
      Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority

13. Members of the Privy Council

14. 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 of the Jamaica Defence Force

      Commissioner of Police

19. Mayors and Chairman 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 Protocol
      Resident Representative/ Resident Coordinator - United Nations
      Development Programme
      Heads of Offices of International Organisations
      Consuls-General
      Members of the Consular Corps

22. Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
      President of the University of Technology

23. Chairmen of political parties having representation in Parliament
      General Secretaries of political parties having representation in
      Parliament

24. Holders of Jamaican National Honours
      Order of Merit
      Order of Jamaica