Colombian order of precedence
Relative preeminence of officials for ceremonial purposes
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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.
- The President of Colombia (Gustavo Petro)[2]
- The Vice President of Colombia (Francia Márquez)
- The Cardinal Primate of Colombia (Luis José Rueda)
- Former presidents of Colombia and their widows/widowers (by seniority of assuming office):
- César Gaviria (7 August 1990 - 7 August 1994)
- Ernesto Samper (7 August 1994 - 7 August 1998)
- Andrés Pastrana (7 August 1998 - 7 August 2002)
- Álvaro Uribe (7 August 2002 - 7 August 2010)
- Juan Manuel Santos (7 August 2010 - 7 August 2018)
- Ivan Duque (7 August 2018 - 7 August 2022)
- Former vice presidents of Colombia and their widows/widowers (by seniority of assuming office):
- Humberto De la Calle (7 August 1994 - 10 September 1996)
- Gustavo Adolfo Bell (7 August 1998 - 7 August 2002)
- Francisco Santos Calderón (7 August 2002 - 7 August 2010)
- Angelino Garzón (7 August 2010 - 7 August 2014)
- Germán Vargas Lleras (7 August 2014 - 21 March 2017)
- Oscar Naranjo (29 March 2017 - 7 August 2018)
- Marta Lucía Ramírez (7 August 2018 - 7 August 2022)
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Álvaro Leyva) (if there is a diplomat or foreign personalities)[3]
- The Apostolic Nunciature and Diplomatic corp
- Foreign Ambassadors
- Concurrent Ambassadors
- The President of the Constitutional Court (Cristina Pardo Schlesinger)
- The President of Senate (Iván Name)
- The President of the Supreme Court of Justice (Luis Antonio Hernández)
- The President of the Council of State (Jaime Enrique Rodríguez)
- The President of the Chamber of Representatives (Andrés Calle)
- The President of the Superior Council of Judicature (Aurelio Enrique Rodríguez Guzmán)
- The National Electoral Council
- Current Government Ministers (in their respective order of origin)[4]
- Minister of the Interior (Luis Fernando Velasco)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs (Álvaro Leyva)
- Minister of Finance and Public Credit (Ricardo Bonilla)
- Minister of Justice and Law (Néstor Osuna)
- Minister of Defense (Iván Velásquez)
- Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Jhenifer Mojica)
- Minister of Health and Social Protection (Guillermo Jaramillo)
- Minister of Labour (Gloria Inés Ramírez)
- Minister of Mines and Energy (Irene Vélez)
- Minister of Commerce (Germán Umaña)
- Minister of Education (Aurora Vergara)
- Minister of Environment (Susana Muhamad)
- Minister of Housing, City and Territory (Catalina Velasco)
- Minister of Information Technologies and Communications (Mauricio Lizcano)
- Minister of Transport (William Camargo)
- Minister of Culture (Jorge Zorro)
- Minister of Sports (Astrid Rodríguez)
- Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (Yesenia Olaya)
- The National Planning Department
- The Administrative Department of Social Prosperity
- The High Commissioner for Peace (Danilo Rueda)
- The Presidential Advisors
- The Counselor for Women's Equality (Clemecia Carabalí)
- The Councilor for the Regions (Sandra Ortiz)
- The Counselor for Human Rights (Jenny de la Torre)
- The Counselor for National Reconciliation (Eva Ferrer)
- The Attorney General of the Nation
- The Commanders of the Armed Forces (by creation of branch)
- Commander of the Military Forces (Major general Helder Giraldo)
- General Staff of the Colombian Military Forces (Vice admiral José Joaquín Amézquita)
- Commander-in-chief of the National Army (General Luis Mauricio Opina)
- Commander-in-chief of the National Navy (Vice admiral Francisco Cubides)
- Commander-in-chief of the Air Force (General Luis Carlos Córdoba)
- Commander-in-chief of the National Police (General Henry Sanabria)
- 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)
- Governor of Amazonas
- Governor of Antioquia (Andrés Julián Rendon)
- Governor of Arauca (José Facundo Castillo)
- Governor of Atlántico (Elsa Noguera)
- Governor of Bolívar (Vicente Antonio Blel)
- Governor of Boyacá (Ramiro Barragán Adame)
- Governor of Caldas (Luis Carlos Velásquez)
- Governor of Caquetá (Arnulfo Gasca Trujillo)
- Governor of Casanare (Salomón Andrés Sanabria)
- Governor of Cauca (Elías Larrahondo Carabalí)
- Governor of Cesar (Luis Alberto Monsalvo Gnecco)
- Governor of Chocó (Ariel Palacios)
- Governor of Córdoba (Erasmo Zuleta)
- Governor of Cundinamarca (Nicolás García)
- Governor of Guainía (Juan Carlos Iral)
- Governor of Guaviare (Heydeer Yovanny Palacio)
- Governor of Huila (Luis Enrique Dussán)
- Governor of La Guajira (Nemesio Roys Garzón)
- Governor of Magdalena (Carlos Caicedo)
- Governor of Meta (Juan Guillermo Zuluaga)
- Governor of Nariño (Jhon Alexander Rojas)
- Governort of North Santander (Silvano Serrano)
- Governor of Putumayo (Buanerges Rosero)
- Governor of Quindío (Roberto Jaramillo)
- Governor of Risaralda (Sigifredo Salazar)
- Governor of San Andrés y Providencia (Everth Julio Hawkins)
- Governor of Santander (Mauricio Aguilar)
- Governor of Sucre (Hector Olimpo)
- Governor of Tolima (José Ricardo Orozco)
- Governor of Valle del Cauca (Clara Luz Roldán)
- Governor of Vaupés (Elícer Pérez)
- Governor of Vichada (Álvaro Arley León)
- Mayor of the Capital District (Carlos Fernando Galán)
- The Vice Presidents of the Senate
- The First Vice President (Miguel Ángel Pinto)
- The Second Vice President (Honorio Henríquez)
- The Vice Presidents of the Chamber
- The First Vice President (Olga Lucía Velásquez)
- The Second Vice President (Erika Tatiana Sánchez)
- The Senators (by alphabetical order)
- The Members and the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court
- The Members of the Constitutional Court
References
- ^ "Compilación de la Legislación Aplicable al Distrito Capital :: RÈgimen Legal de Bogotá". www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ "Manual de Protocolo y Ceremonial del Senado de la República". senado.gov.co. October 14, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ 10. Protocolo de Gobierno y Diplomáticos en Colombia. protocolo.org. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ "Nuevo orden de precedencia ministerial". elnuevosiglo.com.co. December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.