# Colombian order of precedence

The Colombian order of precedence is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Act 1444 of 4 May 2011.

## Order of precedence

Below is the current cabinet headed by the President of the Republic, in its respective denomination, order and precedence.
* The President of Colombia (Gustavo Petro)
* The Vice President of Colombia (Francia Márquez)
* The Cardinal Primate of Colombia (Luis José Rueda)
* Former presidents of Colombia and their widows/widowers (by seniority of assuming office):
** César Gaviria (7 August 1990 - 7 August 1994)
** Ernesto Samper (7 August 1994 - 7 August 1998)
** Andrés Pastrana (7 August 1998 - 7 August 2002)
** Álvaro Uribe (7 August 2002 - 7 August 2010)
** Juan Manuel Santos (7 August 2010 - 7 August 2018)
** Ivan Duque (7 August 2018 - 7 August 2022)
* Former vice presidents of Colombia and their widows/widowers (by seniority of assuming office):
** Humberto De la Calle (7 August 1994 - 10 September 1996)
** Gustavo Adolfo Bell (7 August 1998 - 7 August 2002)
** Francisco Santos Calderón (7 August 2002 - 7 August 2010)
** Angelino Garzón (7 August 2010 - 7 August 2014)
** Germán Vargas Lleras (7 August 2014 - 21 March 2017)
** Oscar Naranjo (29 March 2017 - 7 August 2018)
** Marta Lucía Ramírez (7 August 2018 - 7 August 2022)
* The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Laura Sarabia) (if there is a diplomat or foreign personalities)
* The Apostolic Nunciature and Diplomatic
* Foreign Ambassadors
* Concurrent Ambassadors
* The President of the Constitutional Court (Cristina Pardo Schlesinger)
* The President of Senate (Iván Name)
* The President of the Supreme Court of Justice (Luis Antonio Hernández)
* The President of the Council of State (Jaime Enrique Rodríguez)
* The President of the Chamber of Representatives (Andrés Calle)
* The President of the Superior Council of Judicature (Aurelio Enrique Rodríguez Guzmán)
* The National Electoral Council
* Current Government Ministers (in their respective order of origin)
** Minister of the Interior (Armando Benedetti)
** Minister of Foreign Affairs (Laura Sarabia)
** Minister of Finance and Public Credit (Diego Guevara)
** Minister of Justice and Law (Ángela María Buitrago)
** Minister of Defense (Iván Velásquez)
** Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Jhenifer Mojica)
** Minister of Health and Social Protection (Guillermo Jaramillo)
** Minister of Labour (Gloria Inés Ramírez)
** Minister of Mines and Energy (Irene Vélez)
** Minister of Commerce (Germán Umaña)
** Minister of Education (Aurora Vergara)
** Minister of Environment (Susana Muhamad)
** Minister of Housing, City and Territory (Catalina Velasco)
** Minister of Information Technologies and Communications (Mauricio Lizcano)
** Minister of Transport (William Camargo)
** Minister of Culture (Jorge Zorro)
** Minister of Sports (Astrid Rodríguez)
** Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (Yesenia Olaya)
* The National Planning Department
* The Administrative Department of Social Prosperity
* The High Commissioner for Peace (Danilo Rueda)
* The Presidential Advisors
** The Counselor for Women's Equality (Clemecia Carabalí)
** The Councilor for the Regions (Sandra Ortiz)
** The Counselor for Human Rights (Jenny de la Torre)
** The Counselor for National Reconciliation (Eva Ferrer)
* The Attorney General of the Nation
* The Commanders of the Armed Forces (by creation of branch)
** Commander of the Military Forces (Major general Helder Giraldo)
** General Staff of the Colombian Military Forces (Vice admiral José Joaquín Amézquita)
** Commander-in-chief of the National Army (General Luis Mauricio Opina)
** Commander-in-chief of the National Navy (Vice admiral Francisco Cubides)
** Commander-in-chief of the Air Force (General Luis Carlos Córdoba)
** Commander-in-chief of the National Police (General Henry Sanabria)
* Governors of Departments - when outside their own department (Relative precedence among governors, all of whom are outside their own department, is determined by each department's date of creation or alphabetically by department)
** Governor of Amazonas
** Governor of Antioquia (Andrés Julián Rendon)
** Governor of Arauca (José Facundo Castillo)
** Governor of Atlántico (Elsa Noguera)
** Governor of Bolívar (Vicente Antonio Blel)
** Governor of Boyacá (Ramiro Barragán Adame)
** Governor of Caldas (Luis Carlos Velásquez)
** Governor of Caquetá (Arnulfo Gasca Trujillo)
** Governor of Casanare (Salomón Andrés Sanabria)
** Governor of Cauca (Elías Larrahondo Carabalí)
** Governor of Cesar (Luis Alberto Monsalvo Gnecco)
** Governor of Chocó (Ariel Palacios)
** Governor of Córdoba (Erasmo Zuleta)
** Governor of Cundinamarca (Nicolás García)
** Governor of Guainía (Juan Carlos Iral)
** Governor of Guaviare (Heydeer Yovanny Palacio)
** Governor of Huila (Luis Enrique Dussán)
** Governor of La Guajira (Nemesio Roys Garzón)
** Governor of Magdalena (Carlos Caicedo)
** Governor of Meta (Juan Guillermo Zuluaga)
** Governor of Nariño (Jhon Alexander Rojas)
** Governort of North Santander (Silvano Serrano)
** Governor of Putumayo (Buanerges Rosero)
** Governor of Quindío (Roberto Jaramillo)
** Governor of Risaralda (Sigifredo Salazar)
** Governor of San Andrés y Providencia (Everth Julio Hawkins)
** Governor of Santander (Mauricio Aguilar)
** Governor of Sucre (Hector Olimpo)
** Governor of Tolima (José Ricardo Orozco)
** Governor of Valle del Cauca (Clara Luz Roldán)
** Governor of Vaupés (Elícer Pérez)
** Governor of Vichada (Álvaro Arley León)
** Mayor of the Capital District (Carlos Fernando Galán)
* The Vice Presidents of the Senate
** The First Vice President (Miguel Ángel Pinto)
** The Second Vice President (Honorio Henríquez)
* The Vice Presidents of the Chamber
** The First Vice President (Olga Lucía Velásquez)
** The Second Vice President (Erika Tatiana Sánchez)
* The Senators (by alphabetical order)
* The Members and the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court
* The Members of the Constitutional Court