Order of Precedence in Nepal
The Order of precedence of Nepal is the protocol list(hierarchy of important positions) in which the functionaries and officials are listed according to their rank and office in the Government of Nepal. The new order was endorsed by government in Feb 2013. The earlier order was made in 1990 following the restoration of democracy in which PM was in the 10th position after the members of the then royal family. But after the declaration of republic in 2008 there was absence of such a state protocol even more than four years.[1][2][3]
The Nepalese Table of Order of Precedence
| Order | Position |
Incumbents |
| 1 |
|
Ram Baran Yadav [4] |
| 2 |
|
Parmanand Jha[5] |
| 3 |
|
Sushil Koirala |
| 4 |
|
Ram Kumar Prasad Sah |
| 5 |
- Chairman of Constituent Assembly/Speaker
|
Subas Chandra Nembang |
| 6 |
- Former Presidents
- Deputy Prime Ministers
|
| 7 |
- Ministers
- Leader of the Opposition Party
- Former Vice-Presidents
- Former Prime Ministers
- Former Chief Justices
- Deputy Speaker/Vice Chair Constituent Assembly
|
|
| 8 |
- State Ministers
- Presidents of Parliamentary Committees
|
|
| 9 |
|
|
| 10 |
- Supreme Court Justices
- Members of Judicial Council
|
|
| 11 |
|
|
| 12 |
|
|
| 13 |
- Chiefs of Constitutional Bodies
- Attorney General
- Chief Secretary
- Chief of Army Staff
- General Secretary of Parliament Secretariat
|
|
| 14 |
- Chief Justices of Appellate Courts
- Members of National Planning Commission
- Members of Constitutional Bodies
- Governor of Central Bank of Nepal
- Vice-Chancellors of Universities
|
|
| 15 |
- Government Secretaries
- Special Class Officers
- Foreign Ambassadors
- Secretary General of SAARC
- Nepal’s Ambassadors
- Supreme Court Register
- Deputy Attorney Generals
- Appellate Court Justices
|
|
| 16 |
- Lieutenant Generals of Nepal Army
- Chief of Nepal Police
- Chief of Armed Police Force
- Chief of Department of National Intelligence
- UN Residential Coordinator
|
|
| 17 |
- Major Generals of Nepal Army
- Additional Inspector Generals of Nepal Police
- Additional Inspector Generals of Armed Police Force
- Deputy Chief Investigation Officers of Department of National Intelligence
|
|
| 18 |
- Presidents of District Development Committees
- Chiefs of Metropolitan Cities
|
|
| 19 |
- Joint Secretaries
- First Class Gazetted Officials (like chief district officers)
- Director Generals
- District Court Judges
- Chiefs of Sub-Metropolitan Cities
- Mayors
- Vice-Presidents of District Development Committees
- Deputy Mayors
|
|
| 20 |
- Consul Generals
- Chiefs of Public Services Utilities
|
|
| 21 |
- Brigadier Generals of Nepal Army
- Deputy Inspector Generals of Nepal Police
- Deputy Inspector Generals of Armed Police Force
- Deputy Inspector Generals of Intelligence Department
|
|
| 22 |
- Colonels of Nepal Army
- Senior Superintendents of Nepal Police
- Senior Superintendents of Armed Police Force
- Senior Superintendents of Intelligence Department
|
|
| 23 |
- Under Secretaries
- Directors of Various Government Entities
- Second Class Gazetted Officials (like local development officers)
|
|
| 24 |
- Lieutenant Colonels of Nepal Army
- Superintendents of Nepal Police
- Superintendents of Armed Police Force
- Superintendents of Intelligence Department
|
|
| 25 |
- Majors of Nepal Army
- Deputy Superintendents of Nepal Police
- Deputy Superintendents of Armed Police Force
- Chairpersons of Village Development Committees
|
|
| 26 |
- Captains of Nepal Army
- Section Officers
- Vice-Chairpersons of Village Development Committees
|
|
| 27 |
- Lieutenants of Nepal Army
- Inspectors of Nepal Police
- Inspectors of Armed Police Force
- Inspectors of Intelligence Department
|
|
| 28 |
- Second Lieutenant of Nepal Army
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See also
List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence
Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu
References
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