French order of precedence


The French order of precedence is a symbolic hierarchy of officials in the Government of France used to direct protocol.
The current order of precedence was established by of September 13, 1989.
  1. The President of the Republic
  2. The Prime Minister
  3. The President of the Senate
  4. The President of the National Assembly
  5. Former Presidents of the Republic, in order of term
  6. #Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
  7. #Nicolas Sarkozy
  8. #François Hollande
  9. The Government, in the order decided by the President of the Republic
  10. Former Prime Ministers, in order of term
  11. #Laurent Fabius
  12. #Édith Cresson
  13. #Édouard Balladur
  14. #Alain Juppé
  15. #Lionel Jospin
  16. #Jean-Pierre Raffarin
  17. #Dominique de Villepin
  18. #François Fillon
  19. #Jean-Marc Ayrault
  20. #Manuel Valls
  21. #Bernard Cazeneuve
  22. #Édouard Philippe
  23. The President of the Constitutional Council
  24. The Vice President of the Conseil d'État
  25. The President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council
  26. The Defender of rights
  27. Members of the National Assembly
  28. Senators
  29. European parliament members
  30. The judicial authority represented by the first President of the Court of Cassation and the public prosecutor of that court
  31. The first President of the Revenue Court and the public prosecutor of that court
  32. The Great Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur, chancellor of the National Order of Merit and the members of the councils of these orders
  33. The Chancellor of the Order of the Libération, and the members of the council of this order
  34. The Chief of the Defence Staff
The following then apply in Paris
  1. The prefect of the Île-de-France région, prefect of Paris
  2. The prefect of police, prefect of the Paris defense zone
  3. The mayor of Paris, president of the Council of Paris
  4. The representatives to the European Parliament
  5. The chancellor of the Institute of France, the perpetual secretaries of the French Academy, the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, the Academy of Sciences, of the Académie des beaux-arts and of the Academy of moral and political sciences
  6. The general secretary of the government; the general secretary of national defence; the general secretary of the Ministry of foreign affairs
  7. The president of the administrative court of appeal of Paris ; the first president of the Paris court of appeal and the general public prosecutor of that court
  8. The general delegate for weaponry; the general secretary for administration of the Ministry of defence; the chief of staff of the army; the chief of staff of the navy; the chief of staff of the air force; the military governor of Paris, commanding the Île-de-France army region
  9. The president of the high council of broadcasting
  10. The president of the national commission "computing and freedoms"
  11. The president of the concurrence council
  12. Universities of Paris