Terranovan Ceremonial Order

The **Terranovan Ceremonial Order** (**TCO**), also recognized as **Protocol Precedence**, is an advisory document maintained by the Office of Ceremonial Affairs of the Terranovan State Department's Office of the Protocol. It provides guidelines on the order in which individuals and officials should be recognized and seated at official events and ceremonies. The document takes into account various factors, such as rank, position, and protocol, to ensure proper etiquette is followed. The TCO outlines the proper procedures, etiquette, and symbolism to be observed during various occasions, such as state visits, official receptions, award ceremonies, and national holidays.

The list is used to prevent 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 the order of introduction. Former presidents, vice presidents, federal ministers, first ladies, second ladies, third ladies, secretaries of state, retired Court of Appeal justices, and even former proxy presidents, proxy vice presidents, and proxy federal ministers, are also included in the list.

The order is established by the president through the Office of the Chief of Staff and is maintained by the State Department's Office of the Protocol. This protocol document ensures that all individuals attending diplomatic and ceremonial events are seated and introduced in a manner that reflects their respective roles and importance. It is only used to indicate ceremonial protocol and has no legal standing; it does not reflect the presidential line of succession or the co-equal status of the branches of government under the Terranovan National Governance Act. The Office of Ceremonial Affairs posted an updated order of precedence in March 2028.

## Details as of March 31, 2028

Except as otherwise noted, positions in the list are from the following source.

1. President of Terranova (Lazarev Blackwood)
2. Vice President of Terranova (Vivian Katz)
3. Federal Minister of Terranova (Hutson Mclauglin)
4. Deputy President of the Blackwood Executive Advisory Board (Hunter Burnage)
5. Legate Prepositus of the Blackwood Executive Advisory Board (Ali Poynton)
6. Speaker of the House of the Citizens Legislative Assembly (Mimir Mogensen)
7. Chief Justice of the Terranovan Court of Appeals (Rudolph Donelson)
8. Former Presidents of Terranova or their widows/widowers (by seniority of assuming office):
	* Harrison Henri Blackwood (February 19, 1982– June 14, 1991)
	* Cohen Blackwood (September 30, 2012-December 28, 2013)
	* Sheng Mai (October 20, 2019 - August 22, 2023)
	* Charleson Blackwood (August 27, 2023-January 14, 2028)
9. Former Vice Presidents of Terranova or their widows/widowers (by seniority of assuming office):
	* Nolan H. Cunningham (October 26, 1996-June 22, 2001)
	* Linda Blackwood-Grant (August 17, 2009-March 17, 2013)
	* Prvoslav K. Marjanović (March 17, 2013-October 14, 2019)
	* EliasJoel M. Rivera (December 18, 2019-August 8, 2024)
	* Connor B. Negrete (August 8, 2024-August 30, 2024)
	* Jackson D. Sullivan (September 1, 2024-January 14, 2028)
10. Former Federal Ministers of Terranova or their widows/widowers (by seniority of assuming office):
	* Hong Korteland (December 1, 1995-October 28, 1996)
	* Prvoslav K. Marjanović (July 26, 2008-March 12, 2013)
	* Lincoln D. Mulvany (March 12, 2013-February 14, 2013)
	* Ryan J. Lester (February 14, 2013-June 29, 2013)
	* Samuel M. Blackwood (June 29, 2013-May 17, 2019)
	* Kevin H. Lasky (May 17, 2019-March 14, 2020)
11. Terranovan Secretary of Department of State (Jack Salinas)
12. Premier Commissioner of International Regulatory Association – (Michaelino Delucci)
13. Deputy Premier Commissioner of International Regulatory Association – (Anita Polvi)
14. Prepositus of the IRA International Relations Assembly – (Villads Lauritsen)
15. Associate justices of the Terranovan Court of Appeals (ranked by date of appointment):
	* Kaitlyn Jean-Jacques (Feburary 6, 2019)
	* Timothy Daniel (June 12, 2019)
	* Karl Fernandez (March 2, 2022)
	* Lukács Titusz (December 27, 2023)
	* Giovana Cardoso (April 3, 2028)
	* Najya Halabi (April 3, 2028)
	* Martha Negrete (April 7, 2028)
16. Retired Chief Justice of the Terranovan Court of Appeals (ranked by date of appointment):
	* Lawrence Orn (April 14, 1997-April 26, 2007)
	* Candida Zboncak (April 26, 2007-April 13, 2010)
	* Vinnie Hoeger (May 9, 2012-January 14, 2017)
	* Philip Huntington (January 14, 2017-August 4, 2020)
17. Retired Associate Justices of the Terranovan Court of Appeals, unless they resigned (ranked by date of appointment):
	* Esteban Wunsch (September 6, 1997–August 23, 2015)
	* Harmony Bins (August 6, 2000–June 29, 2009)
	* Jamir Frami (August 3, 1994–November 1, 2006)
	* Tyrique Gleason (December 2, 2002-December 19, 2028)
	* Russel Leffler (November 26, 2009-May 11, 2025)
18. The Terranova Federal Executive Cabinet (other than Secretary of State), ranked according to the date of establishment of the department, as added by the president, as follows:
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of State (Jack Salinas)
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of Treasury (Keith Smith)
	* Attorney General of the Terranovan Department of Justice (Willis Vicario)
		+ Deputy Attorney Gereneral of the Terranovan Department of Justice and Judicial Affairs (Lukács Titusz)
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of Internal Security (Steffen Sankt)
	* Chief Justice of the Terranovan Court of Appeals (Rudolph Donelson)
	* Commander of the Terranovan Department Terranovan Defense Forces (Zachery Millton)
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of Defense Forces (Jake Dalziel)
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of Economic Development (Fastred Gawkroger)
	* Director of the Terranovan Federal Statistic Bureau (Caleb Arscott)
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of Labor (Quintino Esposito)
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of Health and Human Services (Lydia Porter)
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of Housing and Urban Development (Nerea Zetticci)
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of Transportation (Jamie Logic)
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of Energy (Mathias Lange)
	* Secretary of the Terranovan Department of Education (Věra Beznosková)
19. The Terranova Vice Presidential Cabinet, ranked according to the date of establishment of the department, as added by the vice president, as follows:
	* Secretary of the Department of Land and Resource Conservation (Stephen Villani)
	* Secretary of the Department of Policy Guidance (Meela Henri)
	* Secretary of the Department of Scientific Research (Preston Deal)
	* Secretary of the Department of Government Initiatives (Frederick Poore)
	* Secretary of the Department of Strategic Vision Implementation (Ryan Simpson)
	* Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare (Maxine Gaines)
	* Secretary of the Department of Economic Growth (Kristen Rodriguez)
	* Secretary of the Department of Future Planning (James Wilson)
20. The Terranova National Regulatory Cabinet, ranked according to the date of establishment of the department, as added by the federal minister, as follows:
	* Secretary of the Department of War Oversight (Dirk Reinhardt)
	* Secretary of the Department of National Defense Regulation (Patrick House)
	* Secretary of the Department of Trade and Commerce Regulation (Garrett Palmer)
	* Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability (Ubaldo Bogisich)
	* Secretary of the Department of Financial and Economic Regulation (Michael Blaylock)
	* Secretary of the Department of Health and Safety Standards (Arielle Lambert)
	* Secretary of the Department of Technology and Innovation Governance (Paxton Gray)
	* Secretary of the Department of Consumer Protection and Product Safety (Nolan Hale)
	* Secretary of the Department of International Regulatory Coordination (John Young)
21. President of the Terranovan Senate (Deangelo Antunović)
22. Grand Senatorial Chancellor of the Terranovan Senate (Francisco Black)
23. Senatorial Pro Tempore of the Terranovan Senate (Genevieve Hart)
24. Junior Senatorial Steward of the Terranovan Senate (Laila Millar)
25. Directors of the military departments (by creation order of branch):
	* Director of the Terranovan Army Corps (Ning Ch'eng)
	* Director of the Terranovan Naval Fleet (Tyas Mulvany)
	* Director of the Terranovan Air Force (Devin Stoltenberg)
	* Director of the Terranovan Special Forces (Peter Wiseman)
26. Senators (by length of service; if the same, by the state's date of admission into the Union or alphabetically by state)
	* Senior Senator from the District of Terranova (Francisco Black)
		+ Medior Senator fromthe District of Terranova (Genevieve Hart)
			- Junior Senator from the District of Terranova (Laila Millar)
	* Senior Senator from Atlantica (Deangelo Antunović)
		+ Medior Senator from Atlantica (Eugene Williams)
			- Junior Senator from Atlantica (James Blackwood-Campbell)
	* Senior Senator from Cosmopolis (Harrison Allen)
		+ Medior Senator from Cosmopolis (Harrison Allen)
			- Junior Senator from Cosmopolis (Barry King)
	* Senior Senator from Coral Isle (Lucian Bicheno)
		+ Medior Senator from Coral Isle (Aron Berg)
			- Junior Senator from Coral Isle (Merigo Romani)
	* Senior Senator from Prairie (Dean Permewan)
		+ Medior Senator from Prairie (Nikon Bodrov)
			- Junior Senator from Prairie (Ebony Archer)
	* Senior Senator from Cascadia (Lily Crampton)
		+ Medior Senator from Cascadia (Vilhelm Öberg)
			- Junior Senator from Cascadia (Kaitlyn West)
	* Senior Senator from Hilltop (Ramiro Nekrasov)
		+ Medior Senator from Hilltop (Tsuyuho Tani)
			- Junior Senator from Hilltop (Matilda Harvey)
	* Senior Senator from Pine Grove (Grace Herron)
		+ Medior Senator from Pine Grove (Flynn Duncan)
			- Junior Senator from Pine Grove (Malou Henriksson)
	* Senior Senator from Valtoria (Emil Kvåle)
		+ Medior Senator from Valtoria (Quinzia Cattaneo)
			- Junior Senator from Valtoria (Semere Abdullah)
	* Senior Senator from  from Enigma Atoll (Yadean Mitchell)
		+ Medior Senator from Enigma Atoll (Sara Stein)
			- Junior Senator from Enigma Atoll (A'dez Fletcher)
27. Governors of states (by each state's date of admission into the TA)
	* Governor of the District of Terranova (Roman Singh)
	* Governor of Atlantica (Samuel Blackwood)
	* Governor of Cosmopolis (Marvin Blackwood Jr.)
	* Governor of Coral Isle (Timothy Kolios)
	* Governor of Prairie (Hayden Morrice)
	* Governor of Cascadia (Poncio Velásquez)
	* Governor of Hilltop (Stuart Hughes)
	* Governor of Pine Grove (Holly Belisario)
28. Chief Deputy Speaker of the Terranovan House of Citizens Legislative Assembly (Ryder Burnage)
29. Sergeant-at-Arms of the Terranovan House of Citizens Legislative Assembly (Trinidad Guerrero)
30. Members of the House of Citizens Legislative Assembly (by the states's date of admission into the TA)
	* Representative of Northern District of Terranova (Grace Mayorga)
	* Representative of Central District of Terranova (Arthur Babb)
	* Representative of Southern District of Terranova (Sharon Mason)
	* Representative of Northern Atlantica (Mimir Mogensen)
	* Representative of Eastern Atlantica (Marino Dujmović)
	* Representative of Central Atlantica (Arlo Smith)
	* Representative of Western Atlantica (George Williams)
	* Representative of Southern Atlantica (Syna Valdyr)
	* Representative of Northern Cosmopolis (Charles Norris)
	* Representative of Eastern Cosmpolis (Ryder Burnage)
	* Representative of Central Cosmoplis (Gebre Rezene)
	* Representative of Western Cosmoplis (Yun Lu)
	* Representative of Southern Cosmoplis (Enric Aguirre Ruelas)
	* Representative of Northern Coral Isle (Salwa Asma Attia)
	* Representative of Eastern Coral Isle (Ole Enoksen)
	* Representative of Western Coral Isle (Fastolph Grubb)
	* Representative of Southern Coral Isle (Bahadir van den Bogaart)
	* Representative of Northern Prairie (Somogyi Soma)
	* Representative of Eastern Prairie (Jakob Hauge)
	* Representative of Central Prairie (Cindy Phillips)
	* Representative of Western Prairie (Albertina Fanucci)
	* Representative of Southern Prairie (Patrik Fojtík)
	* Representative of Northern Cascadia (Alfons Symanski)
	* Representative of Eastern Cascadia (Duqyaha Gairbekov)
	* Representative of Central Cascadia (Jürgen Freytag)
	* Representative of Western Cascadia (Trinidad Guerrero)
	* Representative of Southern Cascadia (Neil Jaksic)
	* Representative of Northern Hilltop (Eneka Ólafsdóttir)
	* Representative of Eastern Hilltop (Hjalte Koch)
	* Representative of Central Hilltop (Leroy Berger)
	* Representative of Western Hilltop (Ella Simonds)
	* Representative of Southern Hilltop (Meikitatakashite)
	* Representative of Northern Pine Grove (Phoebe Johnstone)
	* Representative of Eastern Pine Grove (Nicole Lima Fernandes)
	* Representative of Central Pine Grove (Athanasius Ponomarev)
	* Representative of Western Pine Grove (Frederik Thorsen)
	* Representative of Southern Pine Grove (Arja Halvari)
	* Representative of the Terranovan Province of Valtoria (Xeno Gorczany)
	* Representative of the Terranovan Province of Enigma Atoll (Otis Gusikowski)
31. Governors of Terranovan Provinces (ordered by territory's date of entering Terranovan jurisdiction):
	* Governor of Valtoria Isle (Deacon Meeks)
	* Governor of Enigma Atoll (Barton Konopelski)
32. Heads of independent federal agencies at Level II of the Executive Schedule (ordered by agency creation date, if same, then by term)
	* Director of the Bureau of International Security & Investigation (Calum Remington)
		+ Deputy Director of the Bureau of International Security & Investigation (Russell Devincenzi)
	* Director of the Terranovan Disaster Response and Management Agency (Miguel Allen)
	* Director of the Terranovan National Cybersecurity Agency (Rafaela Funk Sr.)
	* Director of the Terranovan Environmental Protection Agency (Steven Poch)
	* Director of the Terranovan Space Exploration and Research Agency (Narciso Stiedemann)
	* Director of the Terranovan Health and Wellness Authority (Iona Arroyo)
	* Director of the Terranovan Cultural Heritage Preservation Commission (Marilou Aufderhar II)
	* Director of the Terranovan Equal Opportunity and Diversity Commission (Rollin Greenholt)
	* Director of the Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Agency (Finn Barrows)
33. Under attorneys of the department of justice (ordered as Cabinet above and then by departmental line of succession)
	* Solicitor General of the Terranovan Department of Justice and Judicial Affairs (Tristan Haydon)
	* Associate Attorney General of the Terranovan Department of Justice and Judicial Affairs (Katrina Ruecker)
	* Terranovan Attorney of Atlantica State Department of Justice (Tariq Gorczany)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Atlantica Northern Region (Leopold Lubowitz)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Atlantica Eastern Region (Chadd Hammes)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Atlantica Central Region (Jamie Goetz)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Atlantica Western Region (Ryley McCullough)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Atlantica Southern Region (Frederique Yundt)
	* Terranovan Attorney of Cosmopolis State Department of Justice (Eulah Sipes)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Cosmopolis Northern Region (Dora King)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Cosmopolis Eastern Region (Rodolfo Hane)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Cosmopolis Central Region (Heidi McDougal)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Cosmopolis Western Region (Reid Conn)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Cosmopolis Southern Region (Calvin Cummings IV)
	* Terranovan Attorney of Coral Isle State Department of Justice (Reynold Emardo)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Coral Isle Northern Region (Tito Carter Sr.)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Coral Isle Eastern Region (Damien Doyle)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Coral Isle Central Region (Deshawn Upton)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Coral Isle Western Region (Stefanie Jacobson)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Coral Isle Southern Region (Gilberto Windler)
	* Terranovan Attorney of Prairie State Department of Justice (Edison Greenholt)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Prairie Northern Region (Marcellus Ebert)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Prairie Eastern Region (Felicity Hoppe)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Prairie Central Region (Kristoffer Reinger)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Prairie Western Region (Teagan Dare)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Prairie Southern Region (Antonia Torphy Jr.)
	* Terranovan Attorney of Cascadia State Department of Justice (Cindy Sporer)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Cascadia Northern Region (Oral Ritchie)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Cascadia Eastern Region (Shyann McDermott)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Cascadia Central Region (Eriberto Tremblay)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Cascadia Western Region (Lizzie Hudson)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Cascadia Southern Region (Will Hamill)
	* Terranovan Attorney of Pine Grove State Department of Justice (Cornell Purdy)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Pine Grove Northern Region (Gail Ankunding)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Pine Grove Eastern Region (Elody Stroman)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Pine Grove Central Region (Margie Tillman)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Pine Grove Western Region (Gertrude Marion)
		+ Assistant Terranovan Attorney of Pine Grove Southern Region (Freddie D'Amore)
34. Heads of federal departmental agencies (ordered as Cabinet above and then as by departmental line of succession).
	* Director of the Terranovan Intelligence Bureau (Christian Jackson)
		+ Deputy Director of the Terranovan Intelligence Bureau (Marcellino A. Gillen Jr.)
	* Director of the Terranovan Federal Security Agency (Michael Flora)
		+ Deputy Director of the Terranovan Federal Security Agency (Jonathan Wang)
	* Director of the Bureau of the Indigenous Nations (Gregory Roberts)
	* Director of National Lands and Conservation Service (Rhett Newman)
	* Director of National Park and Resource Management (Werner Ziemann III)
	* Director of Federal Highway Administration (Steven Clark)
	* Director of Food Stamp Service (Thomas Faison)
	* Director of Agricultural Marketing Administration (Dale Myrick)
	* Director of Program for Rural Development (Candido Kiehn)
	* Executive Scientist of Department of Scientific Research (Edward King)