Order of Precedence

The **Sammarinese order of precedence** is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of the **Chief of Protocol of the San Marino** which lists the ceremonial order, or relative preeminence, for domestic and foreign government officials (military and civilian) at diplomatic, ceremonial, and social events within San Marino and abroad. The list is used to mitigate miscommunication and embarrassment in diplomacy, and offer a distinct and concrete spectrum of preeminence for ceremonies. Often the document is used to advise diplomatic and ceremonial event planners on seating charts and order of introduction. Former presidents, prime ministers, first ladies, second ladies, and secretaries of state and retired Supreme Court justices are also included in the list.

## Order

The order of precedence has been written and was placed into action in 1830. As of today, the order of the succession of the office is listed below:

1. **President of the Republic**
2. **Prime Minister of the Republic**
3. **General of the Armed Forces**
4. **Leader of the Senate**
5. **Leader of the House of Commons**
6. **Chief Justice of San Marino**
7. **Former Presidents of San Marino** (or widow/widowers) **by seniority of assuming office**
8. **Former Prime Ministers of San Marino** (or widow/widowers) **by seniority of assuming office**
9. **Sammarinese diplomats and representatives to foreign governments**
10. **Sammarinese Chargé d'Affaires ad interim**
11. **Secretary of State**
12. **Secretary General of the United Nations General Assembly** (if present)
13. **President of the United Nations General Assembly** (if present)
14. **Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ranked by date of appointment**
15. **Retired Chief Justices of San Marino**
16. **Retired Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ranked by date of appointment**
17. **The Cabinet** (other than the Secretary of State) **ranked by date of establishment as follows:**
	1. **Secretary of the Treasury**
	2. **Secretary of Defense**
	3. **Attorney General**
	4. **Secretary of the Interior**
	5. **Secretary of Agriculture**
	6. **Secretary of Commerce**
	7. **Secretary of Labor**
	8. **Secretary of Health and Human Services**
	9. **Secretary of Housing and Urban Development**
	10. **Secretary of Transportation**
	11. **Secretary of Energy**
	12. **Secretary of Education**
	13. **Secretary of Veterans Affairs**
	14. **Secretary of Homeland Security**
	15. **Chief of Staff of the Executives**
	16. **Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency**
	17. **Director, Office of Management and Budget**
	18. **Director of National Intelligence**
	19. **San Marino Trade Representative**
	20. **Ambassador to the United Nations**
	21. **Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers**
	22. **Administrator of Small Business Administration**
	23. **Presidential Science Advisor and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy**
	24. **Bureau of Informational Resources**
18. **Senate Majority Leader**
19. **Senate Minority Leader**
20. **Senate Majority Whip**
21. **Senate Minority Whip**
22. **Senators** **ranked by** **length of term**
23. **Governors of the Province ranked alphabetically by province as follows:**
	1. **Governor of Acquaviva**
	2. **Governor of Ancona**
	3. **Governor of Ascoli Piceno**
	4. **Governor of Bologna**
	5. **Governor of Borgo Maggiore**
	6. **Governor of Chiesanuova**
	7. **Governor of Domagnano**
	8. **Governor of Faetano**
	9. **Governor of Fermo**
	10. **Governor of Ferrara**
	11. **Governor of Fiorentino**
	12. **Governor of Forlì-Cesena**
	13. **Governor of Licko-Senjska**
	14. **Governor of Macerata**
	15. **Governor of Modena**
	16. **Governor of Montegiardino**
	17. **Governor of Parma**
	18. **Governor of Piacenza**
	19. **Governor of Pesaro e Urbino**
	20. **Governor of Ravenna**
	21. **Governor of Reggio Emilia**
	22. **Governor of Rimini**
	23. **Governor of the Province of San Marino**
	24. **Governor of Serravalle**
24. **House Majority Leader**
25. **House Minority Leader**
26. **House Majority Whip**
27. **House Minority Whip**
28. **House of Commons Representatives ranked by length of term**
29. **Delegates or Resident Commissioners to the House of Commons from San Marino Territories**
	1. **From Côte d'Azur**
	2. **From the Sammarinese-Occupied North Westmore Zone**
30. **Governors of San Marino Territories and Commonwealths ranked alphabetically by territory as follows:**
	1. **Governor of Côte d'Azur**
	2. **Governor of the Sammarinese-Occupied North Westmore Zone**
31. **Assistants to the President**
	1. **National Security Advisor**
	2. **Counselors to the President**
	3. **Chief of Staff to the Spouse of the President**
	4. **Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister**
	5. **Senior Advisors to the President**
	6. **Remaining Assistants to the President or Special Presidential Envoys who previously held Parliamentarian rank**
32. **Other Counselors to the President**
33. **Other Senior Advisors to the President**
34. **Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality**
35. **Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy**
36. **Chief of Protocol**
37. **Ambassadors from San Marino to international organizations who do not hold Chief of Mission authority**
38. **Former Secretaries of State by term**
39. **Former members of the Parliament by term**
40. **Former Senators by leadership position and by term**
41. **Former governors of the state or territory**
42. **Former House of Commons representatives**
43. **Deputy secretaries of executive departments**
	1. **Deputy Secretary of State**
	2. **Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources**
	3. **Deputy Secretary of the Treasury**
	4. **Deputy Secretary of Defense**
	5. **Deputy Attorney General**
	6. **Deputy Secretary of the Interior**
	7. **Deputy Secretary of Agriculture**
	8. **Deputy Secretary of Commerce**
	9. **Deputy Secretary of Labor**
	10. **Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services**
	11. **Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development**
	12. **Deputy Secretary of Transportation**
	13. **Deputy Secretary of Energy**
	14. **Deputy Secretary of Education**
	15. **Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs**
	16. **Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security**
	17. **Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency**
	18. **Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget**
	19. **Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence**
	20. **Deputy trade representatives**
	21. **Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations**
	22. **Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration**
44. **Secretaries of the military department by order of creation**
	1. **Secretary of the Army**
	2. **Secretary of the Navy**
	3. **Secretary of the Air Force**
	4. **Secretary of the Marine Corps**
45. **Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff**
46. **Chairman of the Federal Reserve**
47. **Commissioner of the Social Security Administration**
48. **Heads of independent federal agencies at Level II of the Executive Schedule ordered by creation**
	1. **Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)**
	2. **Director of the National Science Foundation**
	3. **Administrator of the San Marino National Space Administration**
	4. **Administrator of the San Marino Agency for International Development**
	5. **Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the San Marino**
	6. **Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission**
	7. **Director of the San Marino Office of Personnel Management**
	8. **Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation**
	9. **Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau**
	10. **CEO of the San Marino International Development Finance Corporation**
49. **Vice-chair and governors of the Federal Reserve by length of service**
50. **Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration**
51. **Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency**
52. **Principal Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy**
53. **Director of the National Counterterrorism Center**
54. **Deputy heads of independent federal agencies at Level II of the Executive Schedule ordered by creation**
55. **Under secretaries of state and departmental positions of equivalent rank:**
	1. **Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs**
	2. **Under Secretary of State for Management**
	3. **Remaining under secretaries of state ordered by date of appointment:**
		1. **Counselor of the San Marino Department of State**
		2. **Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights**
		3. **Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs**
		4. **Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment**
		5. **Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs**
56. **Under secretaries of executive departments and departmental positions of equivalent rank, Treasurer of San Marino, associate attorneys general, and Solicitor General**
57. **Heads of federal departmental agencies ordered by departmental line of succession. This includes the directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Sammarinese Secret Service, the Federal Aviation Administration, and Customs and Border Protection**
58. **Former chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered by term**
59. **Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff**
60. **Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered by the creation of the branch:**
	1. **Chief of Staff of the Army (Army Commander)**
	2. **Chief of Naval Operations (Navy Commander)**
	3. **Chief of Staff of the Air Force (Air Force Commander)**
	4. **Commandant of the Marine Corps (Marine Corps Commander)**
61. **Chief of the National Guard Bureau**
62. **Commandant of the Coast Guard**
63. **Combatant commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands of four-star grade ordered by appointment:**
	1. **Cyber Command**
	2. **Special Operations Command**
	3. **Strategic Command**
	4. **Unified Italian Command**
	5. **Mediterranean Command**
	6. **Transportation Command**
	7. **Northern Command**
	8. **North African Command**
	9. **Western European Command**
	10. **Eastern European Command**
64. **Heads of independent federal agencies at Level III of the Executive Schedule ordered by creation**
65. **Deputy heads of independent federal agencies at Level III of the Executive Schedule ordered by creation**
66. **Postmaster General**
67. **Lieutenant governor ordered by alphabetical order of names of provinces or territories in which a governor election is held**
68. **Mayor of the city in which a mayoral election is held**
69. **Heads of international organizations when not at post**
70. **Ambassadors or permanent representatives of foreign governments accredited to international organizations headquartered in the San Marino**
71. **Ambassadors from San Marino to foreign governments**
72. **Chief of Protocol when at the Department of State**
73. **Ambassadors from San Marino to international organizations who hold Chief of Mission authority**
74. **Ambassadors from San Marino to international organizations who do not hold Chief of Mission authority**
75. **Career ambassadors**
76. **National Security Council Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary**
77. **Chief of Staff to the Spouse of the Prime Minister**
78. **Deputy Assistants to the President**
79. **Chief judges and circuit judges of San Marino Courts of Appeals ordered by length of service**
80. **Chief judges and district judges of San Marino District Courts by length of service**
81. **Chief Judge and judges of San Marino Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces by length of service**
82. **Chief Judge and judges of San Marino Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by length of service**
83. **Chief Judge and judges of San Marino Tax Court by length of service**
84. **Chargés d'affaires from San Marino**
85. **Under secretaries of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force ordered by the creation of the branches**
	1. **Under Secretary of the Army**
	2. **Under Secretary of the Navy**
	3. **Under Secretary of the Air Force**
	4. **Under Secretary of the Marine Corps**
86. **Assistant secretaries**

To be completed