Table of Precedence

JAMAICA

Protocol Department,

Office of the Prime Minister

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 and Former Prime Ministers

6. The Chief Justice
President of the Court of Appeal

7. Ministers of State

8. President of Jamaica Council of Churches

9. Widows/Widowers of National Heroes,

Widows/Widowers of Former Governors-Generals
Widows /Widowers of Former Heads of Government

10. The Attorney-General

11. The Cabinet Secretary (Head of the Civil Service)

12. The Head of the Foreign Service,

The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps

High Commissioners & Ambassadors
Head of Delegation of the European Union

Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority

13. Members of the Privy Council

14. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives

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

18. Chief of Defence Staff,

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 the 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

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

March 28, 2011