Argentine order of precedence

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The order of precedence in Argentina is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Presidential Decree 2072 of October 10, 1993, signed by then President Carlos Menem, and former ministers Guido di Tella and Carlos Ruckauf.

[edit] Current order of precedence (2007)

  1. President of the Nation (Cristina Kirchner)
  2. Vice-president of the Nation (Julio Cobos)
  3. Provisional President of the Senate (José Pampuro)
  4. President of the Chamber of Deputies (Eduardo Fellner)
  5. President of the Supreme Court (Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti)
  6. Former Presidents of the Nation
    1. María Estela Martínez de Perón
    2. Raúl Alfonsín
    3. Carlos Menem
    4. Fernando De la Rúa
    5. Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
    6. Eduardo Duhalde
    7. Néstor Carlos Kirchner
  7. Provincial Governors and the Chief of Government of Buenos Aires
  8. Chief of Cabinet (Alberto Fernández)
  9. National Ministers
  10. General Secretary for the Presidency of the Nation (Oscar Parrilli)
  11. Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Lt. Gen. (Air Force) Jorge Alberto Chevalier)
  12. Commanders of each armed force (Navy, Air Force and Army)
  13. Members of the Supreme Court
  14. General Prosecutor of the Nation (Dr. Esteban Righi)
  15. National Prosecutor for Administrative Investigations (Dr. Manuel Garrido)
  16. Secretaries at the Presidency of the Nation
  17. Chief of the Casa Militar
  18. Vice-presidents of both Congress chambers
  19. Provincial Vice-governors
  20. Argentine Ambassadors in office abroad
  21. Cardinals
  22. President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio)
  23. Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio)
  24. Leader of each political party block at the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies
  25. Senators and Deputies
  26. Archbishops
  27. Vice-presidents of Provincial Senates and Chambers of Deputies
  28. Presidents of Provincial Supreme Courts
  29. Major Generals (Army)
  30. Rear Admirals
  31. Major Generals (Air Force)
  32. Argentine Ambassadors based in Argentina
  33. President of the National Court of Criminal Appeals (Justice Juan Carlos Rodríguez Basavilbaso)
  34. Presidents of National and Federal Courts of Appeals
  35. Bishops and its equivalent in other officially-recognised religions
  36. Secretaries at the National Congress
  37. Members of the National Court of Criminal Appeals
  38. Members of National and Federal Courts of Appeals
  39. Under-Secretaries of State
  40. Under-Secretary of Treasury
  41. Commander of the Argentine Federal Police (Commissioner-Major Néstor Vallecca)
  42. Commander of the Argentine National Gendarmerie (General Commander Héctor Bernabé Schenone)
  43. Commander of the Argentine Naval Prefecture (Prefect Oscar Adolfo Arce)
  44. Brigade Generals (Army)
  45. Rear Admirals
  46. Brigade Generals (Air Force)
  47. Argentine Chargé d'affaires in office abroad
  48. Secretaries at the Supreme Court
  49. Federal and National Judges
  50. National Directors
  51. Chancellors of National Universities
  52. Presidents of National Academies
  53. President of the Central Bank of Argentina (Martín Redrado)
  54. President of the Banco de la Nación Argentina (Mercedes Marcó del Pont)
  55. Presidents of state-owned companies (reparticiones autárquicas)
  56. Deputy Chancellors of National Universities
  57. General Directors
  58. Argentine Consuls in office abroad
  59. Argentine diplomatic Attachés in office abroad
  60. Director of the Argentine National Library (Horacio González)
  61. Director of National Museums
  62. Deans of National Faculties
  63. Presidents of National Professional Associations

[edit] References

Protocolo Nacional - Decreto 2072/93 (Spanish) (National Protocol - Decree 2072/93)