Sri Lankan order of precedence

Current Order of Precedence

1. President of Sri Lanka
2. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
3. Speaker of the Parliament
4. Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
5. Leader of the Opposition
6. Ministers of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka
7. Field marshal
8. Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
9. Provincial Governors (within their respective provinces)
10. Provincial Chief Ministers (within their respective provinces)
11. State Ministers
12. Deputy Speaker of Parliament
13. Deputy Ministers
14. Deputy Chairman of Committees
15. Chief Government Whip
16. Ambassadors and High Commissioners (according to date of presentation of Letters of Credence or of assumption of duty) and Foreign Ministers and Envoys.
17. Members of the Constitutional Council
18. Attorney General of Sri Lanka
19. Supreme Court Judges
20. President of the Court of Appeal
21. Judges of the Court of Appeal
22. Members of the Parliament. There is no established order of precedence over members of parliament in general, although each party has its internal ranking.
23. Provincial Council Chairmen, Provincial Ministers and Leaders of the Opposition of Provincial Councils (in their respective provinces)
24. Members of Provincial Councils
25. Secretary to the President
26. Secretary to the Prime Minister
27. Secretary to the Cabinet of Ministers
28. Auditor General of Sri Lanka
29. Secretaries of Cabinet Ministries/Senior Additional Secretaries to the President - Secretary General of Parliament - Chief of Staff of the Presidential Secretariat - Chairmen of the Commissions - Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration - Chief Secretaries
30. Presidential Adviser
31. Deputy Secretary to the Treasury
32. Secretary General of the Constitutional Council
33. Chairmen of the University Grants Commission
34. Vice Chancellor appointed under the University Act
35. Secretaries of State Ministries
36. Additional Secretaries to the President
37. Chief of the Defence Staff
38. Heads of the Armed Forces, the Police and the Solicitor General

• The Commander of the Army
• The Commander of the Navy
• The Commander of the Air Force
• The Inspector General of the Police
• Solicitor General
• High Court Judges

1. Visiting Sri Lankan High Commissioners, Ambassador and Charges de Affaires
2. Additional Secretaries to the Prime Minister
3. Additional Secretaries to the Ministries

• Directors General
• Commissioners General
• Controllers General
• Heads of Departments Former Presidents of Sri Lanka Precedence to be given to former Presidents immediate. after the Prime Minister
• Her Excellency Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005)
• His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-2015) (Prime Minister, see above)
• His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena (2015-2019) ---

Former Precedence Table for Ceylon

1. The Governor-General of Ceylon or Officer Administering the Government
2. The Prime Minister of Ceylon
3. The Chief Justice of Ceylon
4. The President of the Senate
5. The Speaker of the House of Representatives
6. Ministers of Cabinet rank (in the order of their appointment)
7. Ambassadors and High Commissioners (according to date of presentation of Letters of Credence or of assumption of duty) and Foreign Ministers and Envoys.
8. Ministers not of Cabinet rank
9. Attorney General
10. Puisne Judges
11. The Deputy President of the Senate, the Deputy Speaker; Parliamentary Secretaries, Deputy Chairman of Committees
12. Members of the Senate in their order
13. Members of the House of Representatives in their order
14. The Chairman, Public Service Commission
15. Members of the Public Service Commission and the Judicial Service Commission
16. The Secretary of the Treasury
17. The Permanent Secretaries; The Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (in the order of their seniority)
18. Auditor General
19. Commanding officers of Regular Ceylon Forces (if of the rank of Major General or equivalent)
20. Members of Class I Grade I of the Ceylon Civil Service and Members of the Special Class of the Judicial Service
21. Solicitor General
22. Members of Class I Grade II of the Ceylon Civil Service; Heads of large Departments; Members of Class I Grade I of the Judicial Service; The Secretary to the Governor-General; The Secretary to the Prime Minister.
23. The Clerk to the Senate
24. The Clerk to the House of Representatives

References

References

1. "Archived copy".
2. (26 October 2021). "Central Bank Governor given Cabinet Minister level status".
3. (1954). "The Ceylon Civil List 1954". Ceylon Government Press.