French order of precedence
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The French order of precedence is a symbolic hierarchy of officials in the Government of France used to direct protocol.
According to presidential decree n°89-655 of September 13, 1989 (http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/texteconsolide/PPHLX.htm).
- The President of the Republic (Jacques Chirac)
- The Prime Minister (Dominique de Villepin)
- The President of the Senate (Christian Poncelet)
- The President of the National Assembly (Jean-Louis Debré)
- The former Presidents of the Republic in the order of precedence determined according to the date of their assumption of duties (Valéry Giscard d'Estaing)
- The Government (Ministers forming the Government) in the order of precedence decided by the President of the Republic
- The former Presidents of the Council (of ministers, see Fourth Republic) and former Prime Ministers
- The President of the Constitutional Council
- The Vice President of the Conseil d'État
- The President of the Economic and Social Council
- The Members of the National Assembly
- The Senators
- The judicial authority represented by the first President of the Court of Cassation and the public prosecutor of that court
- The first President of the Revenue Court (Cour des Comptes) and the public prosecutor of that court
- The Great Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, the chancellor of the National Order of Merit, and the members of the councils of these orders
- The Chancellor of the Order of the Libération, and the members of the council of this order
- The chief of staff of the Armies
- The Ombudsman of the Republic
The following then apply in Paris
- The prefect of the Île-de-France région, prefect of Paris
- The prefect of police, prefect of the Paris defense zone
- The mayor of Paris, president of the Council of Paris
- The representatives to the European Parliament
- 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
- The general secretary of the government; the general secretary of national defense; the general secretary of the Ministry of foreign affairs
- 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
- The general delegate for weaponry; the general secretary for administration of the Ministry of defense; 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
- The president of the high council of broadcasting
- The president of the national commission "computing and freedoms"
- The president of the concurrence council
- The rector of the Paris academy, chancellor of the universities of Paris