Politics of Mauritius takes place in a framework of a parliamentary democracy. The separation of powers is among the three branches of the Government of Mauritius, namely the legislative, the executive and the Judiciary, is embedded in the Constitution of Mauritius. Being a Westminster system of government, Mauritius's unicameral house of parliament officially, the National Assembly, is supreme. It elects the President and the Prime Minister. While the President is voted by a single majority of votes in the house, the Prime Minister is the MP who supports a majority in the house. The President is the Head of State while the prime minister has full executive power and is the Head of Government who is assisted by a council of Ministers. Mauritius has a multi-party system. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Mauritius a "full democracy" in 2022.
The Right Honourable is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and, to a lesser extent, Australia.
The Canadian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the governing institutions of Canada. It has no legal standing, but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol.
An unofficial order of precedence in Northern Ireland, according to Burke's Peerage, 106th Edition, this is not officially authorised by or published with authority from either Buckingham Palace or the College of Arms, or the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice or the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, or the Northern Ireland Assembly, or the Northern Ireland Executive.
The Order of precedence in New Zealand is a guide to the relative seniority of constitutional office holders and certain others, to be followed, as appropriate at State and official functions. The previous order of precedence was revoked and Queen Elizabeth II approved the following Order of Precedence in New Zealand effective 20 September 2018:
- The Monarch of New Zealand.
- The Governor-General or, while acting in the place of the Governor-General, the officer administering the Government
- The Prime Minister
- The Speaker of the House of Representatives
- The Chief Justice
- The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
- The Deputy Prime Minister
- Ministers of the Crown
- Former Governors-General
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners in New Zealand and Chargés d’Affaires accredited to New Zealand.
- The Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives
- Leaders, including co-leaders and joint leaders, of political parties represented in the House of Representatives, other than Ministers of the Crown.
- Members of the House of Representatives. There is no established order of precedence over members of parliament in general, although each party has its internal ranking.
- Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the Court of Appeal and the High Court of New Zealand.
- Former Prime Ministers, former Speakers of the House of Representatives, former Chief Justices, and members of the Privy Council.
- Mayors of territorial authorities and chairpersons of regional councils, while in their own cities, districts and regions. In 1989, boroughs and counties were amalgamated into district councils. District mayors, and the Chatham Islands mayor could expect to be accorded this same precedence.
- The Public Service Commissioner, Chief of Defence Force, Commissioner of Police, and Officers of Parliament .
- The Solicitor-General, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and Clerk of the Executive Council when attending a function involving the exercise of the position’s specific responsibilities.
- Chief executives of public service and non-public service departments.
- The Vice Chief of Defence Force, and Chiefs of Navy, Army and Air Force, and other statutory office holders.
- Consuls-General and Consuls of countries without diplomatic representation in New Zealand.
- Members of New Zealand and British orders, and holders of decorations and medals in accordance with the Order of Wear in New Zealand.
The Jamaican order of precedence is as follows:
- Charles III, King of Jamaica
- Governor-General of Jamaica
- Prime Minister of Jamaica
- Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica
- Leader of the Opposition
The Government of Himachal Pradesh also known as the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It consists of an executive branch, led by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, a judiciary and a legislative branch.
The British Columbia order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of British Columbia. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The King of Canada
- The Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
- The Premier of British Columbia
- The Chief Justice of British Columbia
- Former Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia
- Hon. Steven Point OC OBC
- Hon. Judith Guichon OBC
- Former Premiers of British Columbia
- Bill Vander Zalm
- Rita Johnston
- Mike Harcourt OC
- Glen Clark
- Dan Miller
- Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh PC
- Gordon Campbell OC OBC
- Christy Clark
- John Horgan
- The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- The Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia by order of precedence
- The Leader of the Official Opposition of British Columbia
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada resident in British Columbia, with precedence given to members of the federal cabinet
- The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia
- Church representatives of faith communities
- The Justices of the Court of Appeal of British Columbia with precedence to be governed by the date of appointment
- The Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of British Columbia with precedence to be governed by the date of appointment
- The Judges of the Supreme Court of British Columbia with precedence to be governed by the date of appointment
- The Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia with precedence to be governed by the date of their first election to the legislature
- The Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia
- The Commander Maritime Forces Pacific
- The Heads of Consular Posts with jurisdiction in British Columbia with precedence to be governed by Article 16 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
- The Mayor of Victoria
- The Mayor of Vancouver
- The Chancellors of the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University, respectively.
- Hon. Steven PointOBC
- Marion Buller, CM
- Tamara Vrooman, OBC
The Alberta order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Alberta. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The King of Canada: His Majesty King Charles III
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta: Her Honour the Honourable Salma Lakhani
- Premier of Alberta: The Honourable Danielle Smith
- The Chief Justice of The Court of Appeal of Alberta: The Honourable Justice Ritu Khullar
- Former lieutenant governors of Alberta
- The Honourable Donald Ethell
- The Honourable Lois Mitchell
- Former premiers of Alberta
- The Honourable Ed Stelmach
- The Honourable Alison Redford
- The Honourable Dave Hancock
- The Honourable Rachel Notley
- The Honourable Jason Kenney
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta: Nathan Cooper
- Ambassadors and high commissioners accredited to Canada
- Members of the Executive Council of Alberta, in relative order of precedence as determined by the premier
- Leader of the Official Opposition: Christina Gray
- Current members of the King's Privy Council for Canada resident in Alberta, with precedence given to current members of the federal cabinet
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta with precedence governed by the date of their first election to the Legislature
- Members of the Senate of Canada who represent Alberta, by date of appointment
- The Honourable Scott Tannas
- The Honourable Patti LaBoucane-Benson
- The Honourable Paula Simons
- The Honourable Karen Sorensen
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada who represent Alberta constituencies, by date of election
- Superior court justices
- Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta: The Honourable Justice Kenneth G. Nielsen
- Justices of the Court of Appeal of Alberta
- Justices of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta
- Heads of religious denominations
- Heads of consular posts: consuls-general; consuls; vice-consuls; consular agents
- Judges of the Provincial Court of Alberta
- Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta
- Other judges by seniority of appointment
- Mayors of Alberta municipalities
- Aboriginal Leaders
- Chiefs of the Treaty First Nations in Alberta, in order of seniority of election to office;
- President of Métis Settlements General Council
- President of Métis Nation of Alberta: Audrey Poitras
- Deputy Minister to the Premier and Cabinet Secretary
- Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
- Ombudsman
- Provincial Auditor
- Chief Electoral Officer
- Ethics Commissioner: Marguerite Trussler
- Information and Privacy Commissioner: Jill Clayton
- Deputy Ministers
- Senior Alberta government officials with rank of Deputy Minister as determined by the Executive Council
- Chief executive officers of Crown corporations
- Leadership of Alberta universities
- Chancellor of the University of Alberta: Ralph B. Young
- Chancellor of the University of Calgary: Jim Dinning
- Chancellor of the University of Lethbridge: Shirley McClellan
- Chairman of the Board, University of Alberta
- Chairman of the Board, University of Calgary
- Chairman of the Board, University of Lethbridge
- Chairman of the Board, Athabasca University
- Chairman of the Board, Mount Royal University
- Chairman of the Board, MacEwan University
- President of the University of Alberta: David H. Turpin
- President of the University of Calgary: Ed McCauley
- President of the University of Lethbridge: Michael J. Mahon
- President of Athabasca University: Frits Pannekoek
- President of Mount Royal University: David Docherty
- President of Grant MacEwan University: David W. Atkinson
- Police and military
- Commanding Officer, "K" Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Curtis Zablocki
- Commander, 3rd Canadian Division: Brigadier-General W.H. Fletcher
- Commanding Officer, HMCS Nonsuch
- Commanding Officer, 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
- Commanding Officer, 1 Area Support Group
- Commanding Officer, 41 Canadian Brigade Group
- Commanding Officer, 4 Wing
The Yukon order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the territory of Yukon. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a territorial nature.
- The King of Canada
- The Governor General of Canada
- The Commissioner of Yukon
- Members of the Canadian Royal Family
- The Premier of Yukon
- The Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
- The Justices of the Supreme Court of Yukon
- Members of the Executive Council of Yukon
- The Leader of the Official Opposition
- Members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly with precedence governed by the date of their first election to the Legislature
- Member of the Senate for the Yukon
- Member of Parliament for the Yukon
- Yukon First Nation Chiefs and Council of Yukon First Nations
- Bishops of Roman Catholic and Anglican faiths with precedence determined by order of appointment
- R.C.M.P. Divisional Commanding Officer
- Armed Forces Commander
- Judges of the Territorial Court of Yukon
- The Mayor of Whitehorse
- Yukon Government Deputy Ministers and senior Yukon Government officials with the status of Deputy Ministers, with precedence according to the respective dates of their appointments to the position
The New Brunswick order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of New Brunswick. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The King of Canada
- The Lieutenant Governor
- The Premier
- The Chief Justice of New Brunswick
- The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
- Former Lieutenant Governors
- Former Premiers
- Former Chief Justices of New Brunswick
- Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Ministers Plenipotentiary, and Chargé d'Affaires with precedence to their date of appointment
- Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick with precedence in accordance with the Executive Council Act
- Leader of the Opposition
- Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench
- Members of the Senate
- Members of the House of Commons
- Judges of the Court of Appeal with precedence according to their date of appointment
- Judges of the Court of King's Bench with precedence according to their date of appointment
- Members of the Legislative Assembly in the following order: Deputy Speaker, Government House Leader, Opposition House Leader, Leaders of Unofficial Opposition Parties, other members with precedence according to their date and order of their swearing in as Members of the Legislature
- Elders and Chiefs of New Brunswick Indian Bands
- Leaders of religious denominations with precedence according to their date of appointment or election to the present office
- Chief Judge of the Provincial Court
- Judges of the Provincial Court with precedence according to their date of appointment
- Members of the Consular Corps in the following order: Consuls General, Consuls, Vice- Consuls, Honorary Consuls and Consular Agents with precedence among themselves according to their date of appointment
- Mayors of the Cities of New Brunswick in the following order: Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton, Edmundston, Campbellton, Bathurst, Miramichi and Dieppe
- Mayors of the Towns of New Brunswick with precedence among themselves according to the alphabetical order of the place-names
- Mayors of the Villages of New Brunswick with precedence according to the alphabetical order of the place-names
- Councillors of the Cities, Towns, and Villages of New Brunswick in the same order of precedence among themselves according to the alphabetical order of their surnames
- Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
- Ombudsman
- Auditor General
- Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick
- Clerk of the Executive Council
- Deputy Heads of the Civil Service, with precedence according to their date of appointment
- Heads of Crown Corporations and Agencies, with precedence according to their date of appointment
- Assistant Commissioner of "J" Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Commander of Canadian Forces Base Gagetown
- Chancellors of New Brunswick universities in the following order: University of New Brunswick, Mount Allison University, St. Thomas University and Université de Moncton
- Presidents of the universities in New Brunswick in the same order of precedence as the Chancellors
The Prince Edward Island order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Prince Edward Island. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The King of Canada
- The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, or, in her official absence, the Administrator
- The Premier of Prince Edward Island
- The mayor or other elected senior official of an incorporated municipality when the ceremony or event is hosted by or particularly involves that municipality
- The Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island
- The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
- Former lieutenant governors, with relative precedence governed by their date of leaving office
- Former premiers, with relative precedence governed by their date of leaving office
- Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island
- The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island
- Justices of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, with relative precedence governed by date of appointment
- The Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island
- Judges of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island, with relative precedence governed by date of appointment
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
- Members of the Senate of Canada
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Mayors or other elected senior officials of incorporated municipalities outside their municipality, alphabetically by municipality name
- The Bishop of Charlottetown, the Bishop of Nova Scotia and the President of the Queens County Ministerial Association, with relative precedence governed by date of appointment or election
- The Senior Officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Prince Edward Island
- The President of the University of Prince Edward Island
- Deputy heads of departments, agencies, commissions and offices of the Provincial Government, with relative precedence governed by date of initial appointment as a Deputy Head
The Saskatchewan order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
State Governments of India are the governments ruling over the 28 states and 3 union territories of India with the head of Council of Ministers in every state being the Chief Minister. Power is divided between the Union government and the state governments.
Government of Puducherry is the union territorial government for the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is headed by the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. Its capital is located at Pondicherry.
The Honourable or The Honorable is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions.
The 1895 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The Queen, and were published in The Times on 25 May 1895 and in The London Gazette on 25 May 1895 and on 11 June 1895.
The Republic of Korea has no officially recognized South Korean order of precedence, yet the Office of the President(EOP) once officially declared order of precedence among the chiefs of 6 highest constitutional institutions in year 2006 as following:
- the President of the Republic of Korea, as both head of state and leader of government
- the Speaker of the National Assembly, as leader of legislature
- the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the President of the Constitutional Court, as co-leader of the judiciary
- the Prime Minister, as deputy leader of government
- the Chair of the National Election Committee, as leader of constitutionally independent agency for national election administration
The Newfoundland and Labrador order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The Sovereign
- Consort of the Sovereign
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Speaker of the House of Assembly
- Former Lieutenant Governors, in order of their departure from office
- Frank Fagan
- Judy Foote
- Former Premiers, in order of their departure from office
- Brian Peckford
- Tom Rideout
- Clyde Wells
- Brian Tobin
- Beaton Tulk
- Roger Grimes
- Danny Williams
- Kathy Dunderdale
- Tom Marshall
- Paul Davis
- Dwight Ball
- Members of the Executive Council
- Leader of the Opposition
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada resident in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Members of the Cabinet of Canada who represent Newfoundland and Labrador
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Puisne justices of the Court of Appeal
- Justices of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Chief Judge of the Provincial Court
- Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court
- Puisne judges of the Provincial Court
- Associate Chief Judge of the Family Court
- Puisne judges of the Family Court
- Members of the House of Assembly
- Members of the Senate who represent Newfoundland and Labrador
- Members of the House of Commons who represent Newfoundland and Labrador
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. John's
- Bishop of Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador
- Minister of the Presbyterian Church
- Heads of Consular Post with jurisdiction in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Honorary Consulate-General of Ireland
- Consul General of France
- Consulate General of Portugal
- Honorary Consulate of Italy
- General Consulate of The Netherlands
- Mayor of St. John's
- Mayor of Corner Brook
- Mayor of Mount Pearl
- Mayors or other elected officials of incorporated municipalities
- Recipients of the Victoria Cross resident in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Commanding Officers
- CFB Gander
- CFB Goose Bay
- CFS St. John's
- HMCS Cabot
- Chief of Police, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
- Commanding Officer "B" Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- High Sheriff of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Members of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland
- President and vice-chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland