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The Order of Precedence in the

Philippines is the protocol used in ranking
government officials and other personages
in the Philippines. Purely ceremonial in
nature, it has no legal standing, and does
not reflect the presidential line of
succession nor the equal status of the
three branches of government established
in the 1987 Constitution.

Order of precedence
1. HE The President (Rodrigo Duterte)
2. HE The Vice-President (Leni Robredo)
3. Former Presidents of the Philippines (in
order of recency of term):
1. Benigno Aquino III (30 June 2010 to
30 June 2016)
2. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (20 January
2001 to 30 June 2010)
3. Joseph Estrada (30 June 1998 to 20
January 2001)
 4. Fidel Ramos (30 June 1992 to 30
June 1998)
4. The President of the Senate (Vicente
Sotto III)
5. The Speaker of the House of
Representatives (Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo)[note 1]
6. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(Lucas Bersamin)
7. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs
(Teodoro Locsin Jr.)
8. Foreign Ambassadors Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary (in order of presentation of
their credentials, with the Apostolic Nuncio
as the diplomatic corps' traditional primus
inter pares)
1. Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
(Gabriele Giordano Caccia)
9. The Executive Secretary (Salvador
Medialdea)
10. The Secretary to the Cabinet (Karlo
Nograles)
11. The Secretary of Finance (Carlos
Dominguez III)
12. The Secretary of Justice (Menardo I.
Guevarra)
13. The Secretary of Agriculture (Manny
Piñol)
14. The Secretary of Public Works and
Highways (Mark Villar)
15. The Secretary of Education (Leonor
Briones)
16. The Secretary of Labor and
Employment (Silvestre Bello III)
17. The Secretary of National Defense
(Delfin Lorenzana)
18. The Secretary of Health (Francisco
Duque)
19. The Secretary of Trade and Industry
(Ramon Lopez)
20. The Secretary of Social Welfare and
Development (Ret. Lt. Gen. Rolando
Bautista) (acting)
21. The Secretary of Agrarian Reform
(John Castriciones)
22. The Secretary of Environment and
Natural Resources (Roy Cimatu)
23. The Secretary of the Interior and Local
Government (Eduardo Año)
24. The Secretary of Tourism (Bernadette
Romulo-Puyat)
25. The Secretary of Transportation
(Arthur Tugade)
26. The Secretary of Science and
Technology (Fortunato de la Peña)
27. The Secretary of Budget and
Management (Janet Abuel) (OIC)
28. The Secretary of Energy (Alfonso Cusi)
29. The Secretary of Information and
Communications Technology (Gregorio
Honasan)
30. Foreign Envoys Extraordinary and
Ministers Plenipotentiary
31. The Director-General of the National
Economic and Development Authority
(Ernesto Pernia)
32. Presidential Communications
Secretary (Martin Andanar)
33. The Director-General of the National
Security Council (Hermogenes Esperon)
34. The Head of the Presidential
Management Staff (Jesus Melchor
Quitain) (OIC)
35. Presidential Spokesperson (Salvador
Panelo)
36. The Solicitor-General (Jose Calida)
37. The Presidential Legal Counsel
(Vacant)
38. The Chairman of the Metropolitan
Manila Development Authority (Danilo
Lim)
39. The Secretary of the National
Commission on Muslim Filipinos (E.D.
Tahir Lidasan)
40. Other Presidential Advisers with
Cabinet rank
41. Members of the Senate (ordered by
length of service)
42. Members of the House of
Representatives (ordered by length of
service)[note 1]
43. Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of the Philippines
44. The Commissioners of Constitutional
Commissions
1. The Civil Service Commission (Alicia
dela Rosa-Bala)
2. The Commission on Elections (Al A.
Parreño) (acting)
3. The Commission on Audit (Michael G.
Aguinaldo)
45. Members of the Council of State who
are not Cabinet Members
46. Acting Heads of Departments and
Former Vice-Presidents of the Philippines
1. Living Former Vice-Presidents
1. Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (7 February
2001 – 30 June 2004)
2. Noli de Castro (30 June 2004 – 30
June 2010)
3. Jejomar Binay (30 June 2010 - 30
June 2016)
47. Undersecretaries for Foreign Affairs
1. Undersecretary for Administration
2. Undersecretary for International
Economic Relations
3. Undersecretary for Migrant and
Workers Affairs
 4. Undersecretary for Policy
5. Undersecretary for Special and Ocean
Concerns
48. Ambassadors of the Philippines
assigned to foreign posts
49. Undersecretaries of the Department,
including the Assistant Executive
Secretaries
50. Assistant Secretaries of Departments,
Directors-General and Chiefs of Mission I
and II of the Department of Foreign Affairs
51. The Governor of the Bangko Sentral
(Nestor A. Espenilla, Jr.)
52. Foreign Charges d’Affaires de missi,
Foreign Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
53. The Mayor of the City of Manila[note 2]
54. The Presiding Justice of the Court of
Appeals, the President of the University of
the Philippines, the Chief of Staff of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines,
Commissioners, or other officers with the
rank of Undersecretary
1. The Presiding Justice of the Court of
Appeals (Romeo F. Barza)
2. The President of the University of the
Philippines (Danilo Concepcion)
3. Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief
of Staff (Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero,
AFP)
55. Heads of permanent United Nations
Agencies in the Philippines who hold the
rank of Director
56. Provincial Governors
57. The Vice-Chief of Staff (Lt. Gen.
Salvador Mison, Jr., AFP)
58. Foreign Ministers-Counsellor,
Counsellors of Embassies, Consuls
General, Foreign Military Attaches with the
rank of Major General or Rear Admiral, and
other officers of equivalent rank in the
Armed Forces of the Philippines
59. Judges of the Regional Trial Courts
60. First Secretaries of Foreign Embassies,
Foreign Military Attaches with the rank of
Brigadier General or Commodore, and
other officers of equivalent rank in the
Armed Forces
61. Mayors of Chartered Cities
62. Directors or Commissioners of
Bureaus and Chiefs of Offices
63. Presidents, Chairpersons, and
Managers of Government-Owned and
Controlled Corporations
64. Second Secretaries and Consuls of
Foreign Embassies, Foreign Military
Attaches with the rank of Colonel or
Lieutenant Colonel, and other officers of
equivalent rank in the Armed Forces
65. Third Secretaries and Vice-Consuls of
Foreign Embassies, Foreign Military
Attaches with the rank of Major or Captain
and other officers of equivalent rank in the
Armed Forces

Notes
1. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (3.2, and 5
above) is the incumbent Speaker of the
House of Representatives and
Representative of the 2nd District of
Pampanga, but derives higher precedence
by virtue of being a former President.
2. Joseph Ejercito Estrada (3.3, above) is
the incumbent Mayor of Manila, but derives
higher precedence by virtue of being a
former President.

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