Colombian order of precedence

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The Colombian order of precedence is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Act 1444 of 4 May 2011. [1]

Order of precedence

Below is the current cabinet headed by the President of the Republic, in its respective denomination, order and precedence.

  1. The President of Colombia (Gustavo Petro) [2]
  2. The Vice President of Colombia (Francia Márquez)
  3. The Cardinal Primate of Colombia (Luis José Rueda)
  4. Former presidents of Colombia and their widows/widowers (by seniority of assuming office):
    1. César Gaviria (7 August 1990 - 7 August 1994)
    2. Ernesto Samper (7 August 1994 - 7 August 1998)
    3. Andrés Pastrana (7 August 1998 - 7 August 2002)
    4. Álvaro Uribe (7 August 2002 - 7 August 2010)
    5. Juan Manuel Santos (7 August 2010 - 7 August 2018)
    6. Ivan Duque (7 August 2018 - 7 August 2022)
  5. Former vice presidents of Colombia (by seniority of assuming office):
    1. Humberto De la Calle (7 August 1994 - 10 September 1996)
    2. Gustavo Adolfo Bell (7 August 1998 - 7 August 2002)
    3. Francisco Santos Calderón (7 August 2002 - 7 August 2010)
    4. Angelino Garzón (7 August 2010 - 7 August 2014)
    5. Germán Vargas Lleras (7 August 2014 - 21 March 2017)
    6. Oscar Naranjo (29 March 2017 - 7 August 2018)
    7. Marta Lucía Ramírez (7 August 2018 - 7 August 2022)
  6. The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Álvaro Leyva) (if there is a diplomat or foreign personalities) [3]
  7. The Apostolic Nunciature and Diplomatic corp
  8. Foreign Ambassadors
  9. Concurrent Ambassadors
  10. The President of the Constitutional Court (Cristina Pardo Schlesinger)
  11. The President of Senate (Iván Name)
  12. The President of the Supreme Court of Justice (Luis Antonio Hernández)
  13. The President of the Council of State (Jaime Enrique Rodríguez)
  14. The President of the Chamber of Representatives (Andrés Calle)
  15. The President of the Superior Council of Judicature (Aurelio Enrique Rodríguez Guzmán)
  16. The National Electoral Council
  17. Current Government Ministers (in their respective order of origin) [4]
    1. Minister of the Interior (Luis Fernando Velasco)
    2. Minister of Foreign Affairs (Álvaro Leyva)
    3. Minister of Finance and Public Credit (Ricardo Bonilla)
    4. Minister of Justice and Law (Néstor Osuna)
    5. Minister of Defense (Iván Velásquez)
    6. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Jhenifer Mojica)
    7. Minister of Health and Social Protection (Guillermo Jaramillo)
    8. Minister of Labour (Gloria Inés Ramírez)
    9. Minister of Mines and Energy (Irene Vélez)
    10. Minister of Commerce (Germán Umaña)
    11. Minister of Education (Aurora Vergara)
    12. Minister of Environment (Susana Muhamad)
    13. Minister of Housing, City and Territory (Catalina Velasco)
    14. Minister of Information Technologies and Communications (Mauricio Lizcano)
    15. Minister of Transport (William Camargo)
    16. Minister of Culture (Jorge Zorro)
    17. Minister of Sports (Astrid Rodríguez)
    18. Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (Yesenia Olaya)
  18. The National Planning Department
  19. The Administrative Department of Social Prosperity
  20. The High Commissioner for Peace (Danilo Rueda)
  21. The Presidential Advisors
    1. The Counselor for Women's Equality (Clemecia Carabalí)
    2. The Councilor for the Regions (Sandra Ortiz)
    3. The Counselor for Human Rights (Jenny de la Torre)
    4. The Counselor for National Reconciliation (Eva Ferrer)
  22. The Attorney General of the Nation
  23. The Commanders of the Armed Forces (by creation of branch)
    1. Commander of the Military Forces (Major general Helder Giraldo)
    2. General Staff of the Colombian Military Forces (Vice admiral José Joaquín Amézquita)
    3. Commander-in-chief of the National Army (General Luis Mauricio Opina)
    4. Commander-in-chief of the National Navy (Vice admiral Francisco Cubides)
    5. Commander-in-chief of the Air Force (General Luis Carlos Córdoba)
    6. Commander-in-chief of the National Police (General Henry Sanabria)
  24. Governors of Departments - when outside their own department (Relative precedence among governors, all of whom are outside their own department, is determined by each department's date of creation or alphabetically by department)
    1. Governor of Amazonas (Jesús Galindo Cedeño)
    2. Governor of Antioquia (Aníbal Gaviria)
    3. Governor of Arauca (José Facundo Castillo)
    4. Governor of Atlántico (Elsa Noguera)
    5. Governor of Bolívar (Vicente Antonio Blel)
    6. Governor of Boyacá (Ramiro Barragán Adame)
    7. Governor of Caldas (Luis Carlos Velásquez)
    8. Governor of Caquetá (Arnulfo Gasca Trujillo)
    9. Governor of Casanare (Salomón Andrés Sanabria)
    10. Governor of Cauca (Elías Larrahondo Carabalí)
    11. Governor of Cesar (Luis Alberto Monsalvo Gnecco)
    12. Governor of Chocó (Ariel Palacios)
    13. Governor of Córdoba (Orlando Benítez)
    14. Governor of Cundinamarca (Nicolás García)
    15. Governor of Guainía (Juan Carlos Iral)
    16. Governor of Guaviare (Heydeer Yovanny Palacio)
    17. Governor of Huila (Luis Enrique Dussán)
    18. Governor of La Guajira (Nemesio Roys Garzón)
    19. Governor of Magdalena (Carlos Caicedo)
    20. Governor of Meta (Juan Guillermo Zuluaga)
    21. Governor of Nariño (Jhon Alexander Rojas)
    22. Governort of North Santander (Silvano Serrano)
    23. Governor of Putumayo (Buanerges Rosero)
    24. Governor of Quindío (Roberto Jaramillo)
    25. Governor of Risaralda (Sigifredo Salazar)
    26. Governor of San Andrés y Providencia (Everth Julio Hawkins)
    27. Governor of Santander (Mauricio Aguilar)
    28. Governor of Sucre (Hector Olimpo)
    29. Governor of Tolima (José Ricardo Orozco)
    30. Governor of Valle del Cauca (Clara Luz Roldán)
    31. Governor of Vaupés (Elícer Pérez)
    32. Governor of Vichada (Álvaro Arley León)
    33. Mayor of the Capital District (Claudia López)
  25. The Vice Presidents of the Senate
    1. The First Vice President (Miguel Ángel Pinto)
    2. The Second Vice President (Honorio Henríquez)
  26. The Vice Presidents of the Chamber
    1. The First Vice President (Olga Lucía Velásquez)
    2. The Second Vice President (Erika Tatiana Sánchez)
  27. The Senators (by alphabetical order)
  28. The Members and the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court
  29. The Members of the Constitutional Court

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