Jamaican order of precedence

The Jamaican order of precedence is as follows:

Members of the Cabinet and Ministers of State
 * 1) Charles III, King of Jamaica
 * 2) Governor-General of Jamaica (Sir Patrick Allen)
 * 3) Prime Minister of Jamaica (Andrew Holness)
 * 4) Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica (Horace Chang)
 * 5) Leader of the Opposition (Mark Golding)
 * 1) President of the Senate (Tom Tavares-Finson, KC)
 * 2) Speaker of the House of Representatives (Juliet Holness)
 * 3) Chief Justice of Jamaica, Bryan Sykes; President of the Court of Appeal
 * 4) President of the Jamaica Council of Churches
 * 5) Attorney General (Derrick McKoy)
 * 6) Head of the Civil Service, Head of the Foreign Service, Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Head of the European Union delegation, Ministers, Envoys
 * 7) Parliamentary Secretaries
 * 8) Members of the Privy Council
 * 9) Judges of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court
 * 10) Deputy President of the Senate
 * 11) Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
 * 12) Members of the Senate
 * 13) Members of the House of Representatives
 * 14) Mayors and Chairmen of Parish Councils (except on municipal occasions, when they take precedence immediately after the Prime Minister)
 * 15) Chief of Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force; Commissioner of Police
 * 16) Custodes of Parishes
 * 17) Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Financial Secretary, Auditor General, Permanent Secretaries, Director of Public Prosecutions, Solicitor General, Chairman of the Public Service Commission
 * 18) Heads of International Organisations
 * 19) Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
 * 20) Chairman and Secretaries of the Political Parties having representation in Parliament

A slightly different version of the Order of Precedence is given on the website of the Office of the Prime Minister of Jamaica:


 * 1) Governor-General of Jamaica (Sir Patrick Allen)
 * 2) Prime Minister of Jamaica (Andrew Holness)
 * 3) Deputy Prime Minister (Horace Chang)
 * 4) Leader of the Opposition (Peter Phillips)
 * 5) Members of the Cabinet; President of the Senate; Speaker of the House of Representatives
 * 6) Former Governors-General and former Prime Ministers
 * 7) Chief Justice of Jamaica; President of the Court of Appeal
 * 8) Ministers of State
 * 9) President of the Jamaica Council of Churches
 * 10) Widows and Widowers of National Heroes; Widows and Widowers of former Governors-General; Widows and Widowers of former Heads of Government
 * 11) Attorney-General (Derrick McKoy)
 * 12) Cabinet Secretary (Head of the Civil Service)
 * 13) Head of the Foreign Service; Dean of the Diplomatic Corps; Ambassadors and High Commissioners; Head of Delegation of the European Union; Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority
 * 14) Members of the Privy Council
 * 15) Deputy President of the Senate
 * 16) Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
 * 17) Members of the Senate; Members of the House of Representatives
 * 18) Judges of the Court of Appeal; Judges of the Supreme Court
 * 19) Chairman of the Public Service Commission
 * 20) Chief of Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force; Commissioner of Police
 * 21) Mayors and Chairmen of Parish Councils (except on municipal occasions, when they take precedence immediately after the Prime Minister)
 * 22) Custodes of Parishes
 * 23) Chief of State Protocol
 * 24) Resident Representative or Resident Coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme; Heads of Offices of International Organisations; Consuls-General; Members of the Consular Corps
 * 25) Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
 * 26) Chairman and Secretaries of the Political Parties having representation in Parliament