Singapore order of precedence

Relative preeminence of officials for ceremonial purposes

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The Singapore order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Government of Singapore. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a national nature. The official list was gazetted in 1967.[1]

Order of precedence

Rank Position Name
1
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam
2
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
3
Former Prime Minister

Senior Minister

Lee Hsien Loong
4
Deputy Prime Ministers Gan Kim Yong

Heng Swee Keat

5
Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon
6
Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng
7
Former Presidents Tony Tan

Halimah Yacob

8
Former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
9
Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean
10
Cabinet Ministers see here
10A
Senior Ministers of State see here
10B
Ministers of State see here
10C
Senior Parliamentary Secretaries see here
11
Foreign High Commissioners and Ambassadors to Singapore see here
11A
Singapore High Commissioners and Ambassadors see here
11B
Chargés d'affaires see here
12
Awardees of the Order of Temasek
13
Attorney-General Lucien Wong
14
Chairman of the Public Service Commission Lee Tzu Yang
15
Supreme Court Judges see here
15A
State Court Judges see here
16
Deputy Speaker of Parliament see here
17
Parliamentary Secretaries see here
18
Members of Parliament see here

References

  1. ^ "Singapore order of precedence". Retrieved 4 December 2016 – via NewspaperSG.