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href="/wiki/Table_of_precedence_for_Barbados" title="Table of precedence for Barbados">Barbados</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belgian_order_of_precedence" title="Belgian order of precedence">Belgium</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_order_of_precedence" title="Brazilian order of precedence">Brazil</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/35px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/46px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Brunei" title="Order of precedence in Brunei">Brunei</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canadian_order_of_precedence" title="Canadian order of precedence">Canada</a> </p> <dl><dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Alberta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Alberta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Alberta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Alberta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Alberta.svg/46px-Flag_of_Alberta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Alberta" title="Order of precedence in Alberta">Alberta</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg/46px-Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_British_Columbia" title="Order of precedence in British Columbia">British Columbia</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Manitoba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Manitoba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Manitoba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Manitoba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Manitoba.svg/46px-Flag_of_Manitoba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Manitoba" title="Order of precedence in Manitoba">Manitoba</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.svg/46px-Flag_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Order of precedence in Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_New_Brunswick.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Brunswick.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_New_Brunswick.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Brunswick.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_New_Brunswick.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Brunswick.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1200" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_New_Brunswick" title="Order of precedence in New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Nova_Scotia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nova_Scotia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Nova_Scotia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nova_Scotia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Nova_Scotia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nova_Scotia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Nova_Scotia" title="Order of precedence in Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Ontario.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ontario.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1200" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Ontario" title="Order of precedence in Ontario">Ontario</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flag_of_Prince_Edward_Island.svg/22px-Flag_of_Prince_Edward_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flag_of_Prince_Edward_Island.svg/34px-Flag_of_Prince_Edward_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flag_of_Prince_Edward_Island.svg/44px-Flag_of_Prince_Edward_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1751" data-file-height="1200" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Prince_Edward_Island" title="Order of precedence in Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Quebec.svg/23px-Flag_of_Quebec.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Quebec.svg/35px-Flag_of_Quebec.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Quebec.svg/45px-Flag_of_Quebec.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Quebec" title="Order of precedence in Quebec">Quebec</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saskatchewan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="992" data-file-height="496" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Saskatchewan" title="Order of precedence in Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flag_of_Yukon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yukon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flag_of_Yukon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yukon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flag_of_Yukon.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yukon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="1400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Yukon" title="Order of precedence in Yukon">Yukon</a></dd></dl> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chilean_order_of_precedence" title="Chilean order of precedence">Chile</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_China" title="Order of precedence in China">China</a> </p> <dl><dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_order_of_precedence" title="Hong Kong order of precedence">Hong Kong</a></dd></dl> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Colombian_order_of_precedence" title="Colombian order of precedence">Colombia</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Danish_order_of_precedence" title="Danish order of precedence">Denmark</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_European_Union" title="Order of precedence in the European Union">European Union</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finnish_order_of_precedence" title="Finnish order of precedence">Finland</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_order_of_precedence" title="French order of precedence">France</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/German_order_of_precedence" title="German order of precedence">Germany</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greek_order_of_precedence" title="Greek order of precedence">Greece</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_order_of_precedence" title="Guatemalan order of precedence">Guatemala</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Order of precedence in the Catholic Church">Holy See</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_India" title="Order of precedence in India">India</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_order_of_precedence" title="Indonesian order of precedence">Indonesia</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Order of precedence in the Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> </p> <dl><dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/23px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/35px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/46px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Ireland_(1897%E2%80%931922)" title="Order of precedence in Ireland (1897–1922)">Ireland (1897–1922) (hist.)</a></i></dd></dl> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Order of precedence in the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Israeli_order_of_precedence" title="Israeli order of precedence">Israel</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italian_order_of_precedence" title="Italian order of precedence">Italy</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jamaican_order_of_precedence" title="Jamaican order of precedence">Jamaica</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Japan_(Imperial_family)" title="Order of precedence in Japan (Imperial family)">Japan</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_order_of_precedence" title="Lithuanian order of precedence">Lithuania</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_order_of_precedence" title="Malaysian order of precedence">Malaysia</a> </p> <dl><dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Johor.svg/23px-Flag_of_Johor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Johor.svg/35px-Flag_of_Johor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Johor.svg/46px-Flag_of_Johor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Johor" title="Order of precedence in Johor">Johor</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Kedah.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kedah.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Kedah.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kedah.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Kedah.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kedah.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Kedah" title="Order of precedence in Kedah">Kedah</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Kelantan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kelantan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Kelantan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kelantan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Kelantan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kelantan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Kelantan" title="Order of precedence in Kelantan">Kelantan</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Malacca.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malacca.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Malacca.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malacca.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Malacca.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malacca.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Malacca" title="Order of precedence in Malacca">Malacca</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Negeri_Sembilan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Negeri_Sembilan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Negeri_Sembilan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Negeri_Sembilan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Negeri_Sembilan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Negeri_Sembilan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Negeri_Sembilan" title="Order of precedence in Negeri Sembilan">Negeri Sembilan</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Pahang.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pahang.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Pahang.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pahang.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Pahang.svg/46px-Flag_of_Pahang.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Pahang" title="Order of precedence in Pahang">Pahang</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Penang_%28Malaysia%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Penang_%28Malaysia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Penang_%28Malaysia%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Penang_%28Malaysia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Penang_%28Malaysia%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Penang_%28Malaysia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Penang" title="Order of precedence in Penang">Penang</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_Perak.svg/23px-Flag_of_Perak.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_Perak.svg/35px-Flag_of_Perak.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flag_of_Perak.svg/46px-Flag_of_Perak.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Perak" title="Order of precedence in Perak">Perak</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Perlis.svg/23px-Flag_of_Perlis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Perlis.svg/35px-Flag_of_Perlis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Perlis.svg/46px-Flag_of_Perlis.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Perlis" title="Order of precedence in Perlis">Perlis</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Sabah.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sabah.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Sabah.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sabah.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Sabah.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sabah.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Sabah" title="Order of precedence in Sabah">Sabah</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flag_of_Sarawak.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sarawak.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flag_of_Sarawak.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sarawak.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flag_of_Sarawak.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sarawak.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Sarawak" title="Order of precedence in Sarawak">Sarawak</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Flag_of_Selangor.svg/23px-Flag_of_Selangor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Flag_of_Selangor.svg/35px-Flag_of_Selangor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Flag_of_Selangor.svg/46px-Flag_of_Selangor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Selangor" title="Order of precedence in Selangor">Selangor</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Terengganu.svg/23px-Flag_of_Terengganu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Terengganu.svg/35px-Flag_of_Terengganu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Terengganu.svg/46px-Flag_of_Terengganu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Terengganu" title="Order of precedence in Terengganu">Terengganu</a></dd></dl> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Maltese_order_of_precedence" title="Maltese order of precedence">Malta</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_order_of_precedence" title="New Zealand order of precedence">New Zealand</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Nepal" title="Order of precedence in Nepal">Nepal</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_order_of_precedence" title="Norwegian order of precedence">Norway</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Pakistan" title="Order of precedence in Pakistan">Pakistan</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Polish_order_of_precedence" title="Polish order of precedence">Poland</a> </p> <dl><dd><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herb_Rzeczypospolitej_Obojga_Narodow_(Alex_K).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Herb_Rzeczypospolitej_Obojga_Narodow_%28Alex_K%29.svg/15px-Herb_Rzeczypospolitej_Obojga_Narodow_%28Alex_K%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Herb_Rzeczypospolitej_Obojga_Narodow_%28Alex_K%29.svg/23px-Herb_Rzeczypospolitej_Obojga_Narodow_%28Alex_K%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Herb_Rzeczypospolitej_Obojga_Narodow_%28Alex_K%29.svg/30px-Herb_Rzeczypospolitej_Obojga_Narodow_%28Alex_K%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="909" data-file-height="1127" /></a></span> <i><a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Order of precedence in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Poland-Lithuania (hist.)</a></i></dd></dl> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_order_of_precedence" title="Portuguese order of precedence">Portugal</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Philippine_order_of_precedence" title="Philippine order of precedence">Philippines</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Romania" title="Order of precedence in Romania">Romania</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Table_of_precedence_in_South_Africa" title="Table of precedence in South Africa">South Africa</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Korean_order_of_precedence" title="South Korean order of precedence">South Korea</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_order_of_precedence" title="Spanish order of precedence">Spain</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_order_of_precedence" title="Sri Lankan order of precedence">Sri Lanka</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Singapore_order_of_precedence" title="Singapore order of precedence">Singapore</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thai_order_of_precedence" title="Thai order of precedence">Thailand</a> </p><p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Orders_of_precedence_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </p> <dl><dd><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Scotland" title="Order of precedence in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Order of precedence in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></dd></dl> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">United States</a></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output 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It has no legal standing but is used by ceremonial <a href="/wiki/Protocol_(politics)" title="Protocol (politics)">protocol</a>. The order of precedence is determined by the Protocol Regulations<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Table of Precedence<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Department_of_Foreign_Affairs" title="Federal Department of Foreign Affairs">Federal Department of Foreign Affairs</a>. Unless otherwise noted, precedence among persons of equal rank is determined by <a href="/wiki/Seniority" title="Seniority">seniority</a>. As a general rule, spouses share the same rank. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Table_of_precedence">Table of precedence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swiss_order_of_precedence&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Table of precedence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Color legend </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Governments, Parliaments and Courts<br />of the Confederation, Cantons and Communes </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CEE0F2;">Diplomats </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CEF2CE;"><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Armed_Forces" title="Swiss Armed Forces">Armed forces</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2F2CE;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_administration_of_Switzerland" title="Federal administration of Switzerland">Federal administration</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;">Religious and educational authorities </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Incumbent (as of 3 February 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swiss_order_of_precedence&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>) </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation" title="President of the Swiss Confederation">President of the Confederation</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Viola_Amherd" title="Viola Amherd">Viola Amherd</a><sup id="cite_ref-federalcouncil_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-federalcouncil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Vice President of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Federal Council">Federal Council</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karin_Keller-Sutter" title="Karin Keller-Sutter">Karin Keller-Sutter</a><sup id="cite_ref-federalcouncil_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-federalcouncil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">3 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Federal Councillors<sup id="cite_ref-elected_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elected-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guy_Parmelin" title="Guy Parmelin">Guy Parmelin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ignazio_Cassis" title="Ignazio Cassis">Ignazio Cassis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_R%C3%B6sti" title="Albert Rösti">Albert Rösti</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%89lisabeth_Baume-Schneider" title="Élisabeth Baume-Schneider">Élisabeth Baume-Schneider</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beat_Jans" title="Beat Jans">Beat Jans</a><sup id="cite_ref-federalcouncil_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-federalcouncil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-allfederalcouncils_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allfederalcouncils-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CEF2CE;"><a href="/wiki/General_(Switzerland)" title="General (Switzerland)">Commanding General</a><sup id="cite_ref-general_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-general-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>vacant in time of peace</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">President of the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Switzerland)" title="National Council (Switzerland)">National Council</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Nussbaumer" title="Eric Nussbaumer">Eric Nussbaumer</a><sup id="cite_ref-nationalcouncil_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalcouncil-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">President of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_States_(Switzerland)" title="Council of States (Switzerland)">Council of States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eva_Herzog" title="Eva Herzog">Eva Herzog</a><sup id="cite_ref-councilofstates_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-councilofstates-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Chancellor_of_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Chancellor of Switzerland">Federal Chancellor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Thurnherr" title="Walter Thurnherr">Walter Thurnherr</a><sup id="cite_ref-federalcouncil_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-federalcouncil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">President of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland">Federal Supreme Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martha_Niquille" title="Martha Niquille">Martha Niquille</a><sup id="cite_ref-supremecourt_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-supremecourt-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Former Federal Councillors<sup id="cite_ref-elected_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elected-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Swiss_Federal_Council" title="List of members of the Swiss Federal Council">List of members of the Federal Council</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">9 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Presidents of the cantonal governments<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_cantonal_executives_of_Switzerland" title="List of cantonal executives of Switzerland">List of cantonal executives</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">Cardinals</a></li> <li>Members of the Council of the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Swiss_Protestant_Churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches">Federation of Protestant Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Rabbi" title="Chief Rabbi">Chief Rabbis</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Vice Presidents of the National Council </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Candinas" title="Martin Candinas">Martin Candinas</a> (1st),<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Nussbaumer" title="Eric Nussbaumer">Eric Nussbaumer</a> (2nd)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nationalcouncil_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalcouncil-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Vice Presidents of the Council of States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigitte_H%C3%A4berli-Koller" title="Brigitte Häberli-Koller">Brigitte Häberli-Koller</a> (1st),<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/%C3%89lisabeth_Baume-Schneider" title="Élisabeth Baume-Schneider">Elisabeth Baume-Schneider</a> (2nd)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-councilofstates_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-councilofstates-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">12 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Vice President of the Federal Supreme Court </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;"><a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">Bishops</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">13 </th> <td style="background:#CEF2CE;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Switzerland)" title="Chief of the Armed Forces (Switzerland)">Chief of the Armed Forces</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S%C3%BCssli" title="Thomas Süssli">Thomas Süssli</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2F2CE;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State#Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State">Secretaries of State</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Members of the National Council<sup id="cite_ref-elected_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elected-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Swiss_National_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Swiss National Council">List of members of the National Council</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Members of the Council of States<sup id="cite_ref-elected_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elected-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Swiss_Council_of_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Swiss Council of States">List of members of the Council of States</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Judges of the Federal Supreme Court<sup id="cite_ref-elected_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elected-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_judges_of_the_Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Switzerland" title="List of judges of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland">List of judges of the Federal Supreme Court</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">President of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Criminal_Court_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland">Federal Criminal Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tito_Ponti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tito Ponti (page does not exist)">Tito Ponti</a><sup id="cite_ref-criminalcourt_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-criminalcourt-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">President of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Administrative_Court_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Administrative Court (Switzerland)">Federal Administrative Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Luc_Baechler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-Luc Baechler (page does not exist)">Jean-Luc Baechler</a><sup id="cite_ref-administrativecourt_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-administrativecourt-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">President of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Patent_Court_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Patent Court (Switzerland)">Federal Patent Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Schweizer" title="Mark Schweizer">Mark Schweizer</a><sup id="cite_ref-patentcourt_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patentcourt-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4">20 </th> <td style="background:#CEE0F2;">Heads of <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Switzerland" title="List of diplomatic missions of Switzerland">Swiss diplomatic missions</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CEF2CE;"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_the_Swiss_Armed_Forces#Officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Military ranks of the Swiss Armed Forces">Lieutenant Generals</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2F2CE;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Chairman of the Board of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_National_Bank" title="Swiss National Bank">Swiss National Bank</a></li> <li>Chairman of the Board of <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Railways" title="Swiss Federal Railways">Swiss Federal Railways</a></li> <li>Chairman of the Board of <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Post" title="Swiss Post">Swiss Post</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jordan_(economist)" title="Thomas Jordan (economist)">Thomas Jordan</a><sup id="cite_ref-snb_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snb-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monika_Ribar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Monika Ribar (page does not exist)">Monika Ribar</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urs_Schwaller" title="Urs Schwaller">Urs Schwaller</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;">President of the <a href="/wiki/ETH_Board" title="ETH Board">Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Schiesser" title="Fritz Schiesser">Fritz Schiesser</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Vice Presidents of the cantonal governments<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_cantonal_executives_of_Switzerland" title="List of cantonal executives of Switzerland">List of cantonal executives</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Vice President of the Federal Criminal Court </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe_Muschietti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giuseppe Muschietti (page does not exist)">Giuseppe Muschietti</a><sup id="cite_ref-criminalcourt_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-criminalcourt-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Vice President of the Federal Administrative Court </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marianne_Ryter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marianne Ryter (page does not exist)">Marianne Ryter</a><sup id="cite_ref-administrativecourt_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-administrativecourt-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Vice President of the Federal Patent Court </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Schnyder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Schnyder (page does not exist)">Frank Schnyder</a><sup id="cite_ref-patentcourt_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-patentcourt-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Members of the cantonal governments<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_cantonal_executives_of_Switzerland" title="List of cantonal executives of Switzerland">List of cantonal executives</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td style="background:#F2F2CE;">Members of the Board of the Swiss National Bank </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fritz_Zurbr%C3%BCgg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fritz Zurbrügg (page does not exist)">Fritz Zurbrügg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9a_Maechler" title="Andréa Maechler">Andréa Maechler</a><sup id="cite_ref-snb_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snb-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">27 </th> <td style="background:#CEE0F2;"><a href="/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador">Ambassadors</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CEF2CE;"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_the_Swiss_Armed_Forces#Officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Military ranks of the Swiss Armed Forces">Major Generals</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2F2CE;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Delegates of the Federal Council</li> <li>Directors of Federal Offices</li> <li>Secretary-General of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Assembly_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Assembly (Switzerland)">Federal Assembly</a></li> <li>Secretaries-General of the Federal Departments</li> <li>Secretary-General of the Federal Supreme Court</li> <li>Federal Vice Chancellors of the Confederation</li> <li>Trade agreement delegates</li></ul> </div> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/Federal_administration_of_Switzerland" title="Federal administration of Switzerland">Federal administration</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">28 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alec_von_Graffenried&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alec von Graffenried (page does not exist)">Alec von Graffenried</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;"><a href="/wiki/Rector_(academia)" title="Rector (academia)">Rectors</a> of universities and equivalent establishments </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">29 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Presidents of cantonal legislatures<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_cantonal_legislatures_of_Switzerland" title="List of cantonal legislatures of Switzerland">List of cantonal legislatures</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CEF2CE;"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_the_Swiss_Armed_Forces#Officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Military ranks of the Swiss Armed Forces">Brigadier Generals</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2F2CE;">Deputy directors </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;">University <a href="/wiki/Dean_(education)" title="Dean (education)">deans</a> and directors </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">31 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Presidents of the cantonal courts<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;"><a href="/wiki/Dean_(Christianity)" title="Dean (Christianity)">Deans</a> of religious authorities </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">32 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Judges of the Federal Criminal Court<sup id="cite_ref-elected_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elected-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_judges_of_the_Federal_Criminal_Court_of_Switzerland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of judges of the Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland (page does not exist)">List of judges of the Federal Criminal Court</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;"><a href="/wiki/Professor" title="Professor">Professors</a> of universities and equivalent establishments </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Judges of the Federal Administrative Court<sup id="cite_ref-elected_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elected-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_judges_of_the_Federal_Administrative_Court_of_Switzerland" title="List of judges of the Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland">List of judges of the Federal Administrative Court</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Judges of the Federal Patent Court<sup id="cite_ref-elected_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elected-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_judges_of_the_Federal_Patent_Court_of_Switzerland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of judges of the Federal Patent Court of Switzerland (page does not exist)">List of judges of the Federal Patent Court</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Presidents of municipal executive authorities<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4">36 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Chancellors of cantons<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CEE0F2;"><a href="/wiki/Envoy_(title)" title="Envoy (title)">Ministers</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CEF2CE;"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_the_Swiss_Armed_Forces#Officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Military ranks of the Swiss Armed Forces">Colonels</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2F2CE;">Vice directors </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>37 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;">Members of cantonal legislatures<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_cantonal_legislatures_of_Switzerland" title="List of cantonal legislatures of Switzerland">List of cantonal legislatures</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">38 </th> <td style="background:#F2CECE;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Cantonal judges<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cantonal public prosecutors<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Presidents of municipal legislatures<sup id="cite_ref-cantons_10-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CEF2CE;"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_the_Swiss_Armed_Forces#Officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Military ranks of the Swiss Armed Forces">Lieutenant Colonels</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">39 </th> <td style="background:#CEF2CE;"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_the_Swiss_Armed_Forces#Officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Military ranks of the Swiss Armed Forces">Majors</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F2F2CE;">Section heads </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;"><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Priesthood (Catholic Church)">Priests</a> and Protestant <a href="/wiki/Minister_(Christianity)" title="Minister (Christianity)">Ministers</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>40 </th> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;"><a href="/wiki/Vicar" title="Vicar">Vicars</a> </td> <td>  </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swiss_order_of_precedence&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-general_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A General is only elected in time of war, and is ranked after the Federal Councillors.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cantons-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cantons_10-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Precedence of cantonal authorities is determined by the order of cantons in article 1 of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Constitution" title="Swiss Federal Constitution">Federal Constitution</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Vice Presidency of both chambers are numbered. Whenever the President is not available during the meetings of Parliament they are replaced by the available Vice Presidents. Usually the 1st Vice President succeeds the outgoing President with the 2nd Vice President taking the place of the 1st one.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swiss_order_of_precedence&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Protocol regulations for the Swiss Confederation: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eda.admin.ch/content/dam/eda/en/documents/das-eda/organisation-eda/Reglement_Protocolaire_E.pdf">English (unofficial)</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eda.admin.ch/content/dam/eda/de/documents/das-eda/organisation-eda/Protokollreglement_de.pdf">German</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eda.admin.ch/content/dam/eda/fr/documents/das-eda/organisation-eda/Regel_fr.pdf">French</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eda.admin.ch/content/dam/eda/it/documents/das-eda/organisation-eda/Regel_it.pdf">Italian</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Precedence in Switzerland (Appendix to the Protocol regulations): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eda.admin.ch/content/dam/eda/en/documents/das-eda/organisation-eda/JUS_2012_RPC_preseance_EN.pdf">English (unofficial)</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eda.admin.ch/content/dam/eda/de/documents/das-eda/organisation-eda/JUS_2012_RPC_preseance_DE.pdf">German</a> - 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