Sri Lankan order of precedence
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The Order of Precedence in Sri Lanka the protocol list at which Sri Lankan government officials are seated according to their rank. This is not the list of succession.[1]
Current Order of Precedence[]
- The President of Sri Lanka
- The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- The Speaker of Parliament
- The Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
- (A)The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament.
- (B) Ministers of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka
- (C) Field marshal
- (D) Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka[2]
- Provincial Governors (within their respective provinces)
- (A) Provincial Chief Ministers (within their respective provinces)
- (B) State Ministers
- The Deputy Speaker of Parliament
- Deputy Ministers
- Deputy Chairman of Committees
- The Chief Government Whip
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners (according to date of presentation of Letters of Credence or of assumption of duty) and Foreign Ministers and Envoys.
- Members of the Constitutional Council
- Attorney General
- (A) Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- (B) President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
- Judges of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
- Members of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. There is no established order of precedence over members of parliament in general, although each party has its internal ranking.
- (A) Provincial Council Chairmen, Ministers and Leaders of the Opposition (in their respective provinces)
- (B) Members of the Provincial Council
- Secretary to the President
- Secretary to the Prime Minister
- Secretary to the Cabinet of Sri Lanka
- Auditor General
- (A) Secretaries of Cabinet Ministries/Senior Additional Secretaries to the President
- Secretary General of Parliament
- Chief of Staff of the Presidential Secretariat
- Chairmen of the Commissions
- Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
- Chief Secretaries
- (B) Presidential Adviser
- Deputy Secretary to the Treasury
- (C) Secretary General of the Constitutional Council
- Chairmen of the University Grants Commission
- Vice Chancellor appointed under the University Act
- Secretaries of State Ministries
- Additional Secretaries to the President
- The Chief of the Defence Staff
- Heads of the Armed Forces, the Police and the Solicitor General
- The Commander of the Army
- The Commander of the Navy
- The Commander of the Air Force
- The Inspector General of the Police
- Solicitor General
- High Court Judges
- Visiting Sri Lankan High Commissioners, Ambassador and Charges de Affaires
- Additional Secretaries to the Prime Minister
- Additional Secretaries to the Ministries
- Directors General
- Commissioners General
- Controllers General
- Heads of Departments
Former Precedence Table for Ceylon[]
- The Governor-General of Ceylon or Officer Administering the Government
- The Prime Minister of Ceylon
- The Chief Justice of Ceylon
- The President of the Senate
- The Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Ministers of Cabinet rank (in the order of their appointment)
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners (according to date of presentation of Letters of Credence or of assumption of duty) and Foreign Ministers and Envoys.
- Ministers not of Cabinet rank
- Attorney General
- Puisne Judges
- The Deputy President of the Senate, the Deputy Speaker; Parliamentary Secretaries, Deputy Chairman of Committees
- Members of the Senate in their order
- Members of the House of Representatives in their order
- The Chairman, Public Service Commission
- Members of the Public Service Commission and the Judicial Service Commission
- The Secretary of the Treasury
- The Permanent Secretaries; The Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (in the order of their seniority)
- Auditor General
- Commanding officers of Regular Ceylon Forces (if of the rank of Major General or equivalent)
- Members of Class I Grade I of the Ceylon Civil Service and Members of the Special Class of the Judicial Service
- Solicitor General
- Members of Class I Grade II of the Ceylon Civil Service; Heads of large Departments; Members of Class I Grade I of the Judicial Service; The Secretary to the Governor-General; The Secretary to the Prime Minister.
- The Clerk to the Senate
- The Clerk to the House of Representatives
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ https://colombogazette.com/2021/10/26/central-bank-governor-given-cabinet-minister-level-status/
- ^ The Ceylon Civil List 1954. Colombo: Ceylon Government Press. 1954. pp. xiv–xv.
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