# Argentine order of precedence

The order of precedence in Argentina is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Presidential Decree 2072 of 10 October 1993, signed by then President Carlos Menem, and former ministers Guido di Tella and Carlos Ruckauf.
The order of succession should the presidency unexpectedly become vacant is specified by Law 25716 of 2002.

## Order of precedence

Precedence is determined by the office; names of incumbents as of 2019 are listed.
* President of the Nation (Javier Milei)
* Vice President of the Nation (Victoria Villarruel)
* Provisional President of the Senate (Bartolomé Abdala)
* President of the Chamber of Deputies (Martin Menem)
* President of the Supreme Court (Justice Horacio Rosatti)
* Living former Presidents of the Nation in order of seniority
** Isabel Perón
** Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
** Eduardo Duhalde
** Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
** Mauricio Macri
** Alberto Fernández
* Provincial Governors and the Chief of Government of Buenos Aires
* Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers (Guillermo Francos)
* National Cabinet Ministers
* General Secretary of the Presidency of the Nation (Karina Milei)
* Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Lt. Gen. (Air Force) Jorge Alberto Chevalier)
* Commanders of each armed force (Navy, Air Force and Army)
* Ministers of the Supreme Court
* General Prosecutor of the Nation (Eduardo Casal)
* National Prosecutor for Administrative Investigations (Sergio Rodríguez)
* Secretaries of the Presidency of the Nation
* Chief of the Casa Militar
* Vice presidents of both chambers of the National Congress
* Provincial Vice-governors
* Argentine ambassadors in office abroad
* Cardinals
* President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (Archbishop José María Arancedo)
* Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Mario Poli)
* Presidents of each parliamentary bloc at the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation
* National Senators and National Deputies
* Archbishops
* Vice presidents of Provincial Senates and Chambers of Deputies
* Presidents of Provincial Supreme Courts
* Major Generals of the Army
* Rear Admirals - Upper Half
* Major Generals of the Air Force
* Argentine Ambassadors based in Argentina
* President of the National Criminal Court of Appeals (Judge Juan Carlos Rodríguez Basavilbaso)
* Presidents of National and Federal Courts of Appeals
* Bishops and their equivalents in other officially recognised religions
* Secretaries at the National Congress
* Members of the National Court of Criminal Appeals
* Members of National and Federal Courts of Appeals
* Undersecretaries of State
* Undersecretary of the Treasury
* Commander of the Argentine Federal Police (Commissioner-Major Néstor Vallecca)
* Commander of the Argentine National Gendarmerie (Commandant-general Héctor Bernabé Schenone)
* Commander of the Argentine Naval Prefecture (Prefect Oscar Adolfo Arce)
* Brigade Generals of the Army
* Rear Admirals - Lower Half
* Brigade Generals of the Air Force
* Argentine Chargé d'affaires in office abroad
* Secretaries at the Supreme Court
* Federal and National Judges
* National Directors
* Rectors of National Universities
* Presidents of National Academies
* President of the Central Bank of Argentina (Santiago Bausili)
* President of the Banco de la Nación Argentina (Eduardo Hecker)
* Presidents of state-owned companies (reparticiones autárquicas)
* Deputy Rectors of National Universities
* General Directors
* Argentine Consuls in office abroad
* Argentine diplomatic Attachés in office abroad
* Director of the Argentine National Library (Juan Sasturain)
* Director of National Museums
* Deans of National Faculties
* Presidents of National Professional Associations

## Order of succession

The order of succession should the presidency unexpectedly become vacant is specified by Law 25716 of 2002:
* The Vice President
* The Provisional President of the Senate
* The President of the Chamber of Deputies
* The President of the Supreme Court of Justice
until Congress designates a president according to article 88 of the Constitution of Argentina.