The website of the Office of the Prime Minister (www.opm.gov.jm) provides guidance on protocol.
See here for Modes of Address specifically how to address:
- The Head Of State (The Queen and The Governor-General)
- The Head Of Government (The Prime Minister)
- Ministers Of Government
- Former Prime Ministers
- The Leader Of The Opposition
- Members Of The Senate
- Members Of The House Of Representatives + The Attorney General
- Members Of The Judiciary
- Members Of The Privy Council
- The Head Of The Jamaica Council Of Churches
- The Head Of The Civil Service, Cabinet Secretary
- The Head Of The Foreign Service
- Heads Of Missions
- The Head Of The Public Services Commission
- The Financial Secretary + Permanent Secretaries
- The Solicitor General
- The Governor Of The Bank Of Jamaica
- The Director Of Public Prosecutions
- The Commissioner Of Police + The Chief Of Staff, Jamaica Defenxe Force
- Mayors + Custodes
- Chairmen + General Secretaries Of Political Parties
See here to download the Order of Precendence listed below.
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Governor-General
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Prime Minister
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Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition
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Members of the Cabinet, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Former Governors-General and Former Prime Ministers
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The Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal
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Ministers of State
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President of Jamaica Council of Churches
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Widows/Widowers of National Heroes, Widows/Widowers of Former Governors-Generals, Widows /Widowers of Former Heads of Government
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The Attorney-General
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The Cabinet Secretary (Head of the Civil Service)
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The Head of the Foreign Service, The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, High Commissioners & Ambassadors, Head of Delegation of the European Union, Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority
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Members of the Privy Council
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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Members of the Senate, Members of the House of Representatives
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Judges of the Court of Appeal, Judges of the Supreme Court
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Chairman of the Public Service Commission
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Chief of Defence Staff, Commissioner of Police
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Mayors and Chairmen of Parish Councils except on municipal occasions, when they take precedence immediately after the Prime Minister
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Custodes of parishes except on formal occasions (other than municipal occasions) in their own parishes when they take precedence as representatives of The Governor General
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Chief of State Protocol, Resident Representative/Resident Coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme, Heads of Offices of International Organisations, Consuls-General, Members of the Consular Corps
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Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
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Chairmen of political parties having representation in Parliament, General Secretaries of political parties having representation in Parliament
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Holders of Jamaican National Honours
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Order of Merit
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Order of Jamaica
