Address Dignitaries

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.

1. Governor-General
2. Prime Minister
3. Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition
4. Members of the Cabinet, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives
5. Former Governors-General and Former Prime Ministers
6. The Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal
7. Ministers of State
8. President of Jamaica Council of Churches
9. Widows/Widowers of National Heroes, Widows/Widowers of Former Governors-Generals, Widows /Widowers of Former Heads of Government
10. The Attorney-General
11. The Cabinet Secretary (Head of the Civil Service)
12. 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
13. Members of the Privy Council
14. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
15. Members of the Senate, Members of the House of Representatives
16. Judges of the Court of Appeal, Judges of the Supreme Court
17. Chairman of the Public Service Commission
18. Chief of Defence Staff, Commissioner of Police
19. Mayors and Chairmen of Parish Councils except on municipal occasions, when they take precedence immediately after the Prime Minister
20. 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
21. 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
22. ​Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
23. Chairmen of political parties having representation in Parliament, General Secretaries of political parties having representation in Parliament
24. Holders of Jamaican National Honours 

• ​Order of Merit
• Order of Jamaica

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