The
order of precedence
An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance and can be applied to individuals, groups, or organizations. Most often it is used in the context of people by many organizations and governments, for very formal and state o ...
(french: ordre de préséance) for public ceremonies in
France
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is established by (Decree no. 89–655 of 13 September 1989 relating to public ceremonies, precedence, and civil and military honours). The original order has been modified since 1989, for example inserting the
Defender of Rights
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*Defense (military)
*Defense (sports)
**Defender (association football)
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''The Defender'' (1989 film), a Canadian documentary
* ''The Defender'' (1994 f ...
after that office's 2011 creation. the order is as follows:
#The
President of the Republic (
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...
)
#The
Prime Minister
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(
Élisabeth Borne
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A civil engineer, government official and manager of sta ...
)
#The
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
of the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
(
Gérard Larcher
Gérard Philippe René André Larcher (born 14 September 1949) is a French politician serving as President of the Senate since 2014, previously holding the office from 2008 to 2011. A member of The Republicans, he has been a Senator for the Yveli ...
)
#The
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
of the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
(
Yaël Braun-Pivet
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)
#Former Presidents of the Republic, in order of term
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Se ...
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François Hollande
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. He previously was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from ...
#The
Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
, in the order decided by the President of the Republic (
Borne government
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Context Formation
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)
#Former Prime Ministers, in order of term
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Laurent Fabius
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Édith Cresson
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Édouard Balladur
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Alain Juppé
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Lionel Jospin
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Jospin was First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1995 to 1997 and the party's candidate for President of France in ...
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Jean-Pierre Raffarin
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He resigned after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. Howeve ...
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Dominique de Villepin
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In his career working at the Minist ...
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François Fillon
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Jean-Marc Ayrault
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Manuel Valls
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Bernard Cazeneuve
Bernard Guy Georges Cazeneuve (; born 2 June 1963) is a French politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 December 2016 to 15 May 2017. A member of the Socialist Party, he represented Manche’s 5th constituency in the ...
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Édouard Philippe
Édouard Charles Philippe (; born 28 November 1970) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Le Havre since 2020, previously holding the office from 2010 to 2017. He was Prime Minister of France from 15 May 2017 to 3 July 2020 under President ...
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Jean Castex
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#The President of the
Constitutional Council Constitutional Council might refer to:
* Constitutional Council (Chad)
* Constitutional Council (France)
* Constitutional Council (Ivory Coast)
* Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka)
* Constitutional Council (Cambodia)
* Constitutional Council (Kaz ...
(
Laurent Fabius
Laurent Fabius (; born 20 August 1946) is a French politician serving as President of the Constitutional Council since 8 March 2016. A member of the Socialist Party, he previously served as Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 Marc ...
, who ranks higher as former Prime Minister)
#The Vice President of the ''
Conseil d'État'' (
Didier-Roland Tabuteau)
#The President of the
Economic, Social and Environmental Council (
Thierry Beaudet
Thierry is a French language, French male given name, derived from the Germanic languages, Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German language, German "Dietrich (disambiguation), Dietrich" and "Dieter (disambiguation), Dieter", English langu ...
)
#The
Defender of Rights
Defender(s) or The Defender(s) may refer to:
*Defense (military)
*Defense (sports)
**Defender (association football)
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''The Defender'' (1989 film), a Canadian documentary
* ''The Defender'' (1994 f ...
(
Claire Hédon
Claire Hédon (born 5 October 1962) is a French journalist, who was appointed the 2020 Defender of Rights in France.
Early life
Claire Hédon was born on 5 October 1962 in Paris. She is the holder of a master's degree in law from Panthéon ...
)
#
Members
Member may refer to:
* Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon
* Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set
* In object-oriented programming, a member of a class
** Field (computer science), entries in ...
of the
National Assembly
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#
Senators
#
European parliament members
#The judicial authority represented by the first President of the
Court of Cassation
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(
Chantal Arens) and the public prosecutor of that court (
François Molins)
#The first President of the Revenue Court (''
Cour des Comptes
The ''Cour des Comptes'' ("Court of Accounts") is France's supreme audit institution, under French law an administrative court. As such, it is independent from the legislative and executive branches of the French Government. However, the 1946 and ...
'') (
Pierre Moscovici
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) and the public prosecutor of that court
#The Great Chancellor of the
Légion d'honneur
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, chancellor of the
National Order of Merit (
Général Benoît Puga) 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 the Defence Staff (
Général Thierry Burkhard)
The following then apply in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
:
#The
prefect
Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area.
A prefect's ...
of the ''
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région
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (french: régions, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collect ...
'', prefect of Paris (Michel Delpuech)
#The
prefect of police, prefect of the Paris defense zone (Michel Delpuech)
#The
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
of Paris, president of the Council of Paris (
Anne Hidalgo
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Hidalgo served as First Deputy Mayor of Paris ...
)
#The representatives to the
European Parliament
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#The chancellor of the
Institute of France
The (; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute m ...
, the perpetual secretaries of the
French Academy
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
, the ''Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres'', the
Academy of Sciences
An academy of sciences is a type of learned society or academy (as special scientific institution) dedicated to sciences that may or may not be state funded. Some state funded academies are tuned into national or royal (in case of the Unite ...
, 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 defence; the general secretary of the
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#The president of the administrative
court of appeal
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of Paris (Patrick Frydman); the first president of the Paris
court of appeal
A court of appeals, also called a court of appeal, appellate court, appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of t ...
(Jacques Degrandi) and the general public prosecutor of that court (François Falletti)
#The general delegate for weaponry; the general secretary for administration of the Ministry of defence; 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 ÃŽle-de-France army region
#The president of the high council of broadcasting (CSA) (Olivier Schrameck)
#The president of the national commission "computing and freedoms" (CNIL) (Marie-Laure Denis)
#The president of the concurrence council
#
Universities of Paris
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There are analogous orderings for local officials at events in
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France (french: France métropolitaine or ''la Métropole''), also known as European France (french: Territoire européen de la France) is the area of France which is geographically in Europe. This collective name for the European ...
outside Paris, for
Overseas France
Overseas France (french: France d'outre-mer) consists of 13 France, French-administered territories outside Europe, mostly the remains of the French colonial empire that chose to remain a part of the French state under various statuses after ...
, and on
naval base
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s. There are also provisions to allow subordinate to take the place of certain head officers, if absent. For events organised by a public body other than the
national government, the body's head ranks second after the representative of the State (President, prefect, or sub-prefect).
[Décret n°89-655 Articles 9]
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Politics of France