Order of precedence in Sabah

The Sabah order of precedence is a hierarchy of important positions within the state of Sabah, Malaysia. It has no legal standing but is used by ceremonial protocol. The order of precedence is determined by the State Order of Precedence issued by the Sabah Chief Minister's Department. The latest one was issued on 1 September 1996 with amendments entered into force on 3 October 2003.[1] Unless otherwise noted, precedence among persons of equal rank is determined by seniority. As a general rule, spouses share the same rank with another and a person with two positions will take the highest one.

Details

The following lists precedence of offices and their holders as of September 2019.

Colour legend
Heads and deputy heads of states
Members of the Federal and State Administrations
Members of the Federal and State Legislatures
Members of the Judiciary
Diplomats
Civil service, military and police members
Others

State-level ceremonies

Rank	Position	Incumbent (as of September 2019)
1	Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
2	Chief Minister	Mohd. Shafie Apdal MP MLA, Minister of Finance
3	Former Governors	By departure from office: Sakaran Dandai (31 December 2002) Ahmadshah Abdullah (31 December 2010)
4	Grand Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the Realm (SMN)[N 1]	See above[N 2]
5	Grand Commanders of the Distinguished Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM)[N 1]	None from Sabah
6	Former acting Governors and widows of former Governors	Rahimah Stephens, widow of Mohammad Fuad Stephens
7	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Syed Abas Syed Ali
8	Deputy Chief Ministers	Wilfred Madius Tangau MP, Minister of Trade and Industry Christina Liew Chin Jin MP MLA, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Jaujan Sambakong MLA, Minister of Local Government and Housing
9	Federal Ministers	No Federal Cabinet at the moment
10	Ministers of State	Peter Anthony MLA, Minister of Infrastructural Development Junz Wong Hong Jun MLA, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Dr. Yusof Yacob MLA, Minister of Education and Innovation Ewon Benedick MLA, Minister of Rural Development Aidi Moktar MLA, Minister of Law and Native Affairs Frankie Poon Ming Fung MLA, Minister of People's Health and Wellbeing Ginger Phoong Jin Zhe MLA, Minister of Youth and Sports
11	Former Chief Ministers	By departure from office: Peter Lo Sui Yin (12 May 1967) Mohd. Harris Salleh (22 April 1985) Joseph Pairin Kitingan (17 March 1994) Mohd. Salleh Mohd. Said (28 May 1996) Yong Teck Lee (28 May 1998) Bernard Giluk Dompok (14 March 1999) Osu Sukam (27 March 2001) Chong Kah Kiat (27 March 2003) Musa Aman MLA (12 May 2018)
12	Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak	Justice Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim
13	State Secretary	Sr. Safar Untong
14	Federal Secretary to the State	Samsuni Mohd. Nor
15	Army Eastern Field Commander	Lieutenant General Zamrose Mohd. Zain
16	Navy Eastern Fleet Commander	Vice Admiral Syed Zahrul Putra Syed Abdullah[2]
17	State Police Commissioner	Zaini Jass
18	Task Force 450 Commander	Major General Mohamad Khir Abdullah[3]
19	Deputy Speakers of the Legislative Assembly	Ahmad Abdul Rahman George Anthony Ginibun
20	Assistant Ministers of State[N 3]	See here
21	Judges of the High Court[N 4]	Justice Nurchaya Arshad (Kota Kinabalu) Justice Martin Idang (Kota Kinabalu) Justice Dr. Alwi Abdul Wahab (Tawau) Justice Ismail Brahim (Kota Kinabalu) Justice Celestina Stuel Galid (Sandakan) Judicial Commissioner Wong Siong Tung (Kota Kinabalu) Judicial Commissioner Leonard David Shim (Kota Kinabalu)
22	Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
23	Commanders of the Distinguished Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
24	Grand Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
25	Senators and Members of the House of Representatives[N 5]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
26	Members of the Legislative Assembly[N 6]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
27	Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
28	Consul-General of Indonesia in Kota Kinabalu	Krishna Djelani[4]
29	Chairpersons of Commission established under the State Constitution[N 7]	Ismail Awang Besar
30	State Attorney-General	Zaleha Rose Pandin
31	Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Finance	Kaim Kalimin
32	Deputy State Secretaries	Mohd. Hanafiah Mohd. Kassim (Administration) Patrick Tan Su Teck (Development)
33	Chairpersons of State Statutory Bodies	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
34	State Mufti	Bungsu Aziz Jaafar
35	Accredited Consuls, Honorary Consuls and Honorary Representatives of foreign states	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
36	Permanent Secretaries of State Ministries[N 8]	Madiyem Layapan (Ministry of Trade and Industry) William Baya (Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment) Masnah Mat Salleh (Ministry of Local Government and Housing) Mohd. Jasmin Julpin (Ministry of Infrastructural Development) Janet Chee Ken Liam (Ministry of People's Health and Wellbeing) Dr. Mariana Tinggal (Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries) Jasmine Teo Geck Choo (Ministry of Education and Innovation) Fredian Gan En Siong (Ministry of Rural Development) Faimin Kamin (Ministry of Law and Native Affairs) Mohd. Yusrie Abdullah (Ministry of Youth and Sports)
37	Presidents of Municipal Councils[N 8]	By date of incorporation: Nordin Siman, Mayor of Kota Kinabalu City Wong Foo Tin, President of Sandakan Municipal Council Ir. Amrullah Kamal, President of Tawau Municipal Council
38	Grade 52 officers[N 8][N 9]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
39	State Political Secretaries[N 3]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
40	Bishops and religious leaders	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
41	Justices of Peace	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
42	Companions of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
43	Members of Commission established under the State Constitution[N 7]	Claudius Roman, Deputy Chairman of State Public Service Commission Filik Madan Yeo Boon Kiat Mohd. Hanan Ramli Mohd. Salimi Maratim
44	Grade 41 to 51 officers[N 8][N 9]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
45	Members of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
46	Members of the First Class of the Medal of Kinabalu (BSK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
47	Members of the Second Class of the Medal of Kinabalu (BK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division

Federal-level ceremonies

Rank	Position	Incumbent (as of September 2019)
1	Yang di-Pertuan Agong	Al-Sultan Abdullah Riayatuddin al-Mustafa Billah Shah of Pahang
2	Raja Permaisuri Agong	Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah of Johor
3	Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
4	Rulers of royal States	See Malaysian order of precedence
5	Governors of non-royal States	See Malaysian order of precedence
6	Prime Minister	Dr. Mahathir Mohamad MP
6A	Heirs to the Thrones of royal States	See Malaysian order of precedence
7	Deputy Prime Minister	Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail MP
8	Chief Minister	Mohd. Shafie Apdal MP MLA, Minister of Finance
8A	Head of other State Governments	See Malaysian order of precedence
9	Former Governors	See the above list
10	Grand Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the Realm (SMN)[N 1]	Refer here
11	Grand Commanders of the Distinguished Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM)[N 1]	Refer here
12	Former acting Governors and widows of former Governors	Rahimah Stephens, widow of Mohammad Fuad Stephens
13	Chief Justice	Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat
14	President of the Senate	Senator Vigneswaran Sanasee
15	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Mohamad Ariff Md. Yusof
16	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Syed Abas Syed Ali
16A	Speaker of other Legislative Assemblies	See Malaysian order of precedence
17	Deputy Chief Ministers	Wilfred Madius Tangau MP, Minister of Trade and Industry Christina Liew Chin Jin MP MLA, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Jaujan Sambakong MLA, Minister of Local Government and Housing
18	Federal Ministers	See Malaysian order of precedence
19	Ministers of State	See the above list
19A	Ministers of State (of Sarawak)	Refer to Sarawak State Government
19B	Members of other State Executive Councils	Refer to the respective State Government
20	High Commissioners, Ambassadors, Ministers Plenipotentiary and Charge d'Affaires	Refer here
21	Chief Judges	Justice David Wong Dak Wah, Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Justice Azahar Mohamed, Chief Judge of Malaya Justice Dr. Mohd. Na'im Mokhtar, Chief Judge of Federal Syariah Court Chief Judge of State Syariah Court (vacant)
22	Chief Secretary to the Government	Dr. Ismail Bakar
23	State Secretary	Hashim Paijan
23A	Other State Secretaries	Refer here
23B	Justices of the Supreme Court	See Malaysian order of precedence
23C	Deputy President of the Senate and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives	Senator Abdul Halim Abdul Samad, Deputy President of the Senate Mohd. Rashid Hasnon MP, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Nga Kor Ming MP, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
24	Federal Deputy Ministers	See Malaysian order of precedence
25	Deputy Speakers of the Legislative Assembly	Ahmad Abdul Rahman George Anthony Ginibun
26	Assistant Ministers of State[N 3]	See here
26A	Assistant Ministers of State (of Sarawak)	Refer to Sarawak State Government
26B	Parliamentary Secretaries	None
27	Federal Attorney-General	Tommy Thomas
28	Chief of Defence Force	General Zulkifli Zainal Abidin
29	Inspector General of Police	Abdul Hamid Bador
30	Secretary General, Federal Ministry of Finance	Ahmad Badri Mohd. Zahir
31	Director-General of Public Service	Borhan Dolah
31A	Prime Ministers' Special Advisor	Refer to the Prime Minister's Office
31B	Premier Grade 2 and 3 officers[N 8]	Refer here
32	Judges of the High Court[N 4]	See the above list
32A	Governor of the Central Bank	Noor Shamsiah Mohamed Yunus
32B	Keeper of the Rulers' Seal	Syed Danial Syed Ahmad
32C	Grand Chamberlain	Azuan Effendy Zarakithnaini
33	Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN)[N 1]	Refer here
34	Commanders of the Distinguished Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM)[N 1]	Refer here
34A	Former Chief Ministers	See the above list
35	Grand Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
36	Senators[N 5]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
37	Members of the House of Representatives[N 5]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
38	Members of the Legislative Assembly[N 6]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
38A	Members of the other Legislative Assemblies[N 6]	Refer to the respective State Government
39	Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
39A	Royal Professor	Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid
39B	Commanders of the Most Distinguished Royal Family Order of Loyalty (PSD)[N 1]	Refer here
39C	Recipients of state order bringing the title of Datuk or Dato'	Refer to the respective State Government
40	Consul-General of Indonesia in Sabah and Sarawak	Krishna Djelani[4]
41	Chairpersons of Commission established under the State Constitution[N 7]	Ismail Awang Besar JP, Chairman of State Public Service Commission
41A	Federal Secretary to the State	Samsuni Mohd. Nor
42	State Attorney-General	Zaleha Rose Pandin
43	Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Finance	Bahari Hassan
44	Deputy State Secretaries	Mohd. Hanafiah Mohd. Kassim (Administration) Patrick Tan Su Teck (Development)
45	Chairpersons of State Statutory Bodies	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
46	Army Eastern Field Commander and Navy Eastern Fleet Commander	Lieutenant General Zamrose Mohd. Zain, Army Eastern Field Commander Vice Admiral Abdul Rahman Ayob, Navy Eastern Fleet Commander
47	State Police Commissioner	Omar Mammah
48	Task Force 450 Commander	Major General Zulkapri Rahamat[3]
49	State Mufti	Bungsu Aziz Jaafar
50	Accredited Consuls, Honorary Consuls and Honorary Representatives of foreign states	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
51	Super Grade A and B officers[N 8][N 9]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
52	Secretaries-General of Federal Ministries[N 8]	Refer here
52A	United Nations Resident Representative	Stefan Priesner
53	Presidents of Municipal Councils[N 8]	Nordin Siman, Mayor of Kota Kinabalu City Hu Chang Lik, President of Sandakan Municipal Council Alijus Sipil, President of Tawau Municipal Council
54	Grade 45 and above officers[N 8][N 9]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
55	State Political Secretaries[N 3]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
55A	Federal Political Secretaries[N 3]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
56	Bishops and religious leaders	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
57	Justices of Peace	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
58	Companions of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
59	Members of Commission established under the State Constitution[N 7]	See the above list
60	Grade 41 to 44 officers[N 8][N 9]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
61	Members of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
62	Members of the First Class of the Medal of Kinabalu (BSK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
63	Members of the Second Class of the Medal of Kinabalu (BK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division

District-level ceremonies

Rank	Position	Incumbent (as of August 2018)
1	Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
2	Chief Minister	Mohd. Shafie Apdal MP MLA
3	Presidents of Municipal Councils	See the above list
3A	District Officers	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
3B	Chairpersons of Town Boards	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
3C	Chairpersons of District Councils	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
4	Grand Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the Realm (SMN)[N 1]	Refer here
5	Grand Commanders of the Distinguished Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM)[N 1]	Refer here
6	Ministers of State	See the above list
7	Assistant Ministers of State	See the above list
7A	Judges of the High Court[N 4]	See the above list
8	Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN)[N 1]	Refer here
9	Commanders of the Distinguished Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM)[N 1]	Refer here
10	Grand Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
11	Commanders of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
11A	Senators[N 5]	Refer to the Parliament
11B	Members of the House of Representatives[N 5]	Refer to the Parliament
12	Members of the Legislative Assembly[N 6]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
12A	Accredited Consuls of foreign states	Refer to the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
13	Grade 52 and above officers[N 8][N 9]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
14	Political Secretaries[N 3]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
15	District Magistrates	Refer to the Registry of Sabah High Court
16	Justices of Peace	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
17	Companions of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
18	Members of Commission established under the State Constitution[N 7]	See the above list
19	Division Police Chief	Refer to the Police State Contingent
19A	Officers-in-Charge of Police District	Refer to the Police District Office
20	Armed Forces commanding officers[N 8]	Refer to the Armed Forces
21	Grand Qadhi	Baharudin Alwi
21A	Division Qadhis	Refer to the State Islamic Affairs Department
22	Grade 41 to 51 officers[N 8][N 9]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
23	Members of Municipal Councils[N 10][N 11]	Refer to the respective Municipal Council
23A	Members of Town Boards[N 10]	Refer to the respective Town Board
23B	Members of District Councils[N 10]	Refer to the respective District Council
24	Religious leaders	Refer to the respective District Office
25	District Chiefs	Refer to the respective District Native Court
26	Assistant District Officers[N 8]	Refer to the respective District Office
27	Community Development Leaders[N 8]	Refer to the respective District Office for Community Development
28	Community Development Officers[N 8]	Refer to the respective District Office for Community Development
29	Native Chiefs	Refer to the respective District Native Court
29A	District Imams	Refer to the respective District Office for Islamic Affairs
29B	Headmen	Refer to the respective District Office for Community Development
30	Chinese Captains	Refer to the respective District Office
31	Members of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
32	Members of the First Class of the Medal of Kinabalu (BSK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
33	Members of the Second Class of the Medal of Kinabalu (BK)[N 1]	Refer to the State Protocol and Ceremonial Division
34	Chairmen of Village Security and Development Committees	Refer to the respective District Office
35	Village Chiefs	Refer to the respective District Office

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Footnotes

Precedence is determined by date of investiture. Substantive recipients take precedence over honorary recipients.
Recipients of this Order have been always former Governors.
Precedence is determined by seniority of Ministers.
Judicial Commissioners are included.
Precedence is determined by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Precedence is determined by Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
The only commission established under the State Constitution has been the State Public Service Commission.
Precedence is determined by the date of appointment. Substantive officers take precedence over acting officers. Permanent officers take precedence over contractual and temporary officers.
Military and police officers are included.
Members of local governments take precedence as determined by the Minister of State for Local Government and Housing and their respective local government.
Kota Kinabalu City Advisors are included and take precedence over all members of local governments.

References

"Nota Susunan | Bahagian Istiadat dan Protokol". www.sabah.gov.my (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
"Markas Pemerintahan Armada Timur". www.psupsabah.gov.my (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-09-12.
"Markas Angkatan Petugas 450". www.psupsabah.gov.my (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-09-11.
"KJRI Kota Kinabalu - Pejabat dan Staff". www.kemlu.go.id. Retrieved 2018-09-11.

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[:2-2] Precedence is determined by date of investiture. Substantive recipients take precedence over honorary recipients.

[3] Recipients of this Order have been always former Governors.

[:0-6] Precedence is determined by seniority of Ministers.

[:6-7] Judicial Commissioners are included.

[:7-8] Precedence is determined by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

[:8-9] Precedence is determined by Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

[:1-11] The only commission established under the State Constitution has been the State Public Service Commission.

[:3-12] Precedence is determined by the date of appointment. Substantive officers take precedence over acting officers. Permanent officers take precedence over contractual and temporary officers.

[:4-13] Military and police officers are included.

[:5-14] Members of local governments take precedence as determined by the Minister of State for Local Government and Housing and their respective local government.

[15] Kota Kinabalu City Advisors are included and take precedence over all members of local governments.

[1] "Nota Susunan | Bahagian Istiadat dan Protokol". www.sabah.gov.my (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-09-12.

[4] "Markas Pemerintahan Armada Timur". www.psupsabah.gov.my (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-09-12.

[:0-5] "Markas Angkatan Petugas 450". www.psupsabah.gov.my (in Malay). Retrieved 2018-09-11.

[:1-10] "KJRI Kota Kinabalu - Pejabat dan Staff". www.kemlu.go.id. Retrieved 2018-09-11.