Singapore Order of Precedence

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, two years after Independence.[1]

Order of Precedence

1. President of the Republic of Singapore (Halimah Yacob)
2. Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (Lee Hsien Loong)
3. Senior Minister (Teo Chee Hean & Tharman Shanmuganratnam)
4. Deputy Prime Minister(s)
   1. Heng Swee Keat
5. Chief Justice (Sundaresh Menon)
6. Speaker of Parliament (Tan Chuan-Jin)
7. Former President(s) (Tony Tan Keng Yam)
8. Former Prime Minister(s) (Goh Chok Tong)
9. Co-ordinating Minister for Infrastructure (Khaw Boon Wan)
10. Cabinet Ministers in order of entry to cabinet
    1. Minister for Defence (Ng Eng Hen)
    2. Minister for Foreign Affairs (Vivian Balakrishnan)
    3. Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law (K. Shanmugam)
    4. Minister for Health (Gan Kim Yong)
    5. Minister for Communications and Information (S. Iswaran)
    6. Minister for Finance (Heng Swee Keat)
    7. Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (Grace Fu)
    8. Minister for Trade and Industry (Chan Chun Sing)
    9. Minister for Social and Family Development (Desmond Lee)
    10. Minister for National Development (Lawrence Wong)
    11. Minister for the Environment and Water Resources (Masagos Zulkifli)
    12. Minister, Prime Minister’s Office (Ng Chee Meng)
    13. Minister for Education (Ong Ye Kung)
    14. Minister for Manpower (Josephine Teo)
    15. Ministry of Transport (Khaw Boon Wan)
    16. Senior Ministers of State
    17. Ministers of State
    18. Senior Parliamentary Secretaries
11. Diplomats
    1. High Commissioners and Ambassadors to Singapore in order of appointment
    2. Singapore High Commissioners and Ambassadors in order of appointment
    3. Chargés d'affaires in order of appointment
12. Members of the Order of Temasek
13. Attorney General (Lucien Wong)
14. Chairman, Public Service Commission (Eddie Teo)
15. Judiciary
    1. Supreme Court Judges
    2. State Court Judges
16. Deputy Speaker of Parliament
    1. (Charles Chong)
    2. (Lim Biow Chuan)
17. Parliamentary Secretaries
18. Members of Parliament

References

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