The Jamaican order of precedence is as follows: #

Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...

, King of Jamaica #

Governor-General of Jamaica The governor-general of Jamaica is the viceregal representative of the Jamaican monarch, King Charles III, in Jamaica. The monarch, on the advice of the prime minister, appoints a governor-general as his or her representative in Jamaica. Both ...

( His Excellency The Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen) #

Prime Minister of Jamaica The prime minister of Jamaica is Jamaica's head of government, currently Andrew Holness. Holness, as leader of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), was sworn in as prime minister on 7 September 2020, having been re-elected as a result of t ...

( The Most Honourable Andrew Holness) #Deputy Prime Minister ( The Honourable Dr. Horace Chang) Members of the Cabinet and Ministers of State #Leader of the Opposition (

Mark Golding Mark Jefferson Golding (born 19 July 1965) is a Jamaican attorney, investment banker, and politician who has been Opposition Leader of Jamaica and President of the People's National Party since November 2020, following the 2020 Presidential El ...

) #President of the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the e ...

(

Tom Tavares-Finson Tom Tavares-Finson (born 7 July 1953) is a Jamaican attorney-at-law and List of presidents of the Senate of Jamaica, President of the Senate of Jamaica. Biography Tavares-Finson was born in Kingston, Jamaica.. He was educated at the Jamaica Co ...

, KC) #Speaker of the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...

( The Honourable Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert ) #Chief Justice of Jamaica, The Honourable Bryan Sykes; President of the Court of Appeal #President of the Jamaica Council of Churches #Attorney General ( The Honourable Marlene Malahoo Forte) #Head of the Civil Service, Head of the Foreign Service, Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Head of the European Union delegation, Ministers, Envoys # Parliamentary Secretaries #Members of the Privy Council #Judges of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court #Deputy President of the Senate #Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives #Members of the Senate #Members of the House of Representatives #Mayors and Chairmen of Parish Councils (except on municipal occasions, when they take precedence immediately after the Prime Minister) #Chief of Staff of the

Jamaica Defence Force The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is the combined military of Jamaica, consisting of an infantry Regiment and Reserve Corps, an Air Wing, a Coast Guard fleet and a supporting Engineering Unit. The JDF is based upon the British military model, with ...

; Commissioner of Police #Custodes of

Parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

#Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Financial Secretary, Auditor General, Permanent Secretaries, Director of Public Prosecutions, Solicitor General, Chairman of the Public Service Commission #Heads of International Organisations #Vice-Chancellor of the

University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in t ...

#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

:Table of Precedence
Office of the Prime Minister of Jamaica #

( His Excellency The Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen) #

( The Most Honourable Andrew Holness) #Deputy Prime Minister ( The Honourable Dr. Horace Chang) #Leader of the Opposition ( The Honourable Dr. Peter Phillips) #Members of the Cabinet; President of the Senate; Speaker of the House of Representatives #Former

Governors-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

and former

Prime Ministers A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is n ...

#Chief Justice of Jamaica; President of the Court of Appeal #Ministers of State #President of the Jamaica Council of Churches #

Widows A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died. Terminology The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed ''widowhood''. An archaic term for a widow is "relict," literally "someone left over". This word can so ...

and

Widowers A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died. Terminology The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed ''widowhood''. An archaic term for a widow is "relict," literally "someone left over". This word can so ...

National Heroes A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly gender-specific terms (like ''actor''), ''hero' ...

; Widows and Widowers of former Governors-General; Widows and Widowers of former Heads of Government #Attorney-General ( Derrick McKoy) #Cabinet Secretary (Head of the Civil Service) #Head of the Foreign Service; Dean of the Diplomatic Corps;

Ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

s and High Commissioners; Head of Delegation of the European Union; Secretary-General of the

International Seabed Authority The International Seabed Authority (ISA) (french: Autorité internationale des fonds marins) is a Kingston, Jamaica-based intergovernmental body of 167 member states and the European Union established under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of ...

#Members of the Privy Council #Deputy President of the Senate #Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives #Members of the Senate; Members of the House of Representatives #Judges of the Court of Appeal; Judges of the Supreme Court #Chairman of the

Public Service Commission Public Service Commission may refer to: * Public utilities commission ** Alabama Public Service Commission ** Public Service Commission (Indiana) ** Public Service Commission of Utah ** Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ** Public Utilities Com ...

#Chief of Staff of the

; Commissioner of Police #Mayors and Chairmen of Parish Councils (except on municipal occasions, when they take precedence immediately after the Prime Minister) #Custodes of

#Chief of State Protocol #Resident Representative or Resident Coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme; Heads of Offices of International Organisations; Consuls-General; Members of the Consular Corps #Vice-Chancellor of the

#Chairman and Secretaries of the Political Parties having representation in Parliament

References

{{reflist

External links

Jamaican order of precedence
Government of Jamaica Politics of Jamaica Orders of precedence