Philippine order of precedence


The order of precedence in the Philippines is the protocol used in ranking government officials and other personages in the Philippines. Purely ceremonial in nature, it has no legal standing, and does not reflect the presidential line of succession nor the equal status of the three branches of government established in the 1987 Constitution.

Order of government officials of the Philippines

  1. HE The President
  2. HE The Vice President
  3. Living former Presidents of the Philippines:
  4. #Joseph Estrada
  5. #Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
  6. #Rodrigo Duterte
  7. President of the Senate
  8. Speaker of the House of Representatives
  9. Chief Justice of the Philippines
  10. Secretary of Foreign Affairs
  11. Foreign Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  12. #Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
  13. Executive Secretary
  14. Secretary of Finance
  15. Secretary of Justice
  16. Secretary of Agriculture
  17. Secretary of Public Works and Highways
  18. Secretary of Education
  19. Secretary of Labor and Employment
  20. Secretary of National Defense
  21. Secretary of Health
  22. Secretary of Trade and Industry
  23. Secretary of Migrant Workers
  24. Secretary of Human Settlements and Urban Development
  25. Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
  26. Secretary of Agrarian Reform
  27. Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
  28. Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
  29. Secretary of Tourism
  30. Secretary of Transportation
  31. Secretary of Science and Technology
  32. Secretary of Budget and Management
  33. Secretary of Energy
  34. Secretary of Information and Communications Technology
  35. Foreign Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
  36. Secretary of Economy, Planning, and Development
  37. Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office
  38. National Security Adviser and Director-General of the National Security Council
  39. Head of the Presidential Management Staff
  40. Solicitor-General
  41. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel
  42. Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
  43. Chairman of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos
  44. Other Presidential Advisers with Cabinet rank
  45. Members of the Senate
  46. Members of the House of Representatives
  47. Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
  48. Heads of Constitutional Commissions
  49. #Civil Service Commission
  50. # Commission on Elections
  51. # Commission on Audit
  52. Members of the Council of State who are not Cabinet Members
  53. Acting heads of departments and living former vice-presidents of the Philippines
  54. # Living former vice-presidents of the Philippines :
  55. ## Teofisto Guingona Jr.
  56. ## Noli de Castro
  57. ## Jejomar Binay
  58. ## Leni Robredo
  59. Undersecretaries for Foreign Affairs
  60. # Undersecretary for Administration
  61. # Undersecretary for International Economic Relations
  62. # Undersecretary for Migrant and Workers Affairs
  63. # Undersecretary for Policy
  64. # Undersecretary for Special and Ocean Concerns
  65. Ambassadors of the Philippines assigned to foreign posts
  66. Undersecretaries of the department, including the Assistant Executive Secretaries
  67. Assistant Secretaries of Departments, Directors-General and Chiefs of Mission I and II of the Department of Foreign Affairs
  68. Governor of the Bangko Sentral
  69. Foreign Charges d’Affaires de missi, Foreign Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
  70. Mayor of the City of Manila
  71. Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals, the President of the University of the Philippines, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Commissioners, or other officers with the rank of Undersecretary
  72. # Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals
  73. # President of the University of the Philippines
  74. # Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff
  75. Heads of permanent United Nations Agencies in the Philippines with the rank of Director
  76. Provincial governors
  77. Vice-Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
  78. Foreign ministers-counsellor, counsellors of embassies, consuls general, foreign military attaches with the rank of major general or rear admiral, and other officers of equivalent rank in the Armed Forces of the Philippines
  79. Judges of the Regional Trial Courts
  80. First secretaries of foreign embassies, foreign military attaches with the rank of brigadier general or commodore, and other officers of equivalent rank in the Armed Forces
  81. Mayors of chartered cities
  82. Directors or commissioners of bureaus and chiefs of offices
  83. Presidents, chairpersons, and managers of government-owned and controlled corporations
  84. Second secretaries and consuls of foreign embassies, foreign military attaches with the rank of colonel or lieutenant colonel, and other officers of equivalent rank in the Armed Forces of the Philippines
  85. Third secretaries and vice consuls of foreign embassies, foreign military attaches with the rank of major or captain and other officers of equivalent rank in the Armed Forces of the Philippines