Warrant of Precedence

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The latest warrant of precedence are in the following order: 1.President of the Republic; 2.Prime Minister of the Republic; 3.Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad; 4.Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Former Presidents of the Republic; 5.Cabinet Ministers of the Republic, Chief Whip, Deputy Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad, Leader of the Opposition in Parliament; 6.Persons holding status of a Minster without being members of the cabinet, Members of the cabinet, Mayor of Dhaka; 7.Ambassadors and High Commissioners of the Commonwealth countries accredited to Bangladesh; 8.Ministers of State of the Republic, Deputy Leader of the opposition in Jatiya Sangsad, Whip, Chief Election Commissioner, Deputy Chairman of the

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The latest warrant of precedence are in the following order:

1.President of the Republic;

2.Prime Minister of the Republic;

3.Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad;

4.Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Former Presidents of the Republic;

5.Cabinet Ministers of the Republic, Chief Whip, Deputy Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad, Leader of the Opposition in Parliament;

6.Persons holding status of a Minster without being members of the cabinet, Members of the cabinet, Mayor of Dhaka;

7.Ambassadors and High Commissioners of the Commonwealth countries accredited to Bangladesh;

8.Ministers of State of the Republic, Deputy Leader of the opposition in Jatiya Sangsad, Whip, Chief Election Commissioner, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Judges of the Supreme Court (Appellate Division);

9.Persons accorded status of State Ministers, Election Commissioners, Judges of the Supreme Court (High Court Division);

10.Deputy Ministers of the Republic;

11.Persons accorded status of Deputy Ministers, Envoys

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accredited to Bangladesh;

12.Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to the Government, Chief of Staff of Army, Navy and Air Force;

13.Members of the Jatiya Sangsad;

14.Visiting Ambassadors and High Commissioners not accredited to Bangladesh;

15.Attorney General, Comptroller and Auditor General, Governor of Bangladesh Bank, Ombudsman;

16.Secretaries to the Government, Officers of the rank of Major General in the Army and equivalent in the Navy and the Air Force, Inspector General of Police, Chairman of Public Service Commission, Chairman of University Grants Commission;

17.Officers holding the status of secretaries to the government, Vice Chancellors of universities, National Professors, Director General of National Security Intelligence;

18.Mayors of municipal corporations (within the jurisdiction of their respective corporation);

19.Additional Secretaries to the Government, Charges d' Affairs ad interim of Foreign Countries accredited to Bangladesh, Visiting Ambassadors and High Commissioners of Bangladesh, Professors of Universities in selection grade, Chairman of state corporations, Chairman of Tariff Commission, Director

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General of Anti-Corruption, Managing Director of Sonali Bank;

20.Officers of the status of Additional Secretaries to the Government, Managing Director of Bangladesh Biman, Vice Chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau, Members of National Board of Revenue, Members of the Public Service Commission, Registrar of Supreme Court, Managing Director of nationalized commercial banks;

21.Joint Secretaries to the Government, Commissioners of Divisions (within their respective charges), Additional Inspector General of Police, Chairman, Rajdhani Improvement Trust (RAJUK), Officers of the rank of Brigadier in the Army, and equivalent in the Navy and Air Force, Surveyor General of Bangladesh;

22.Officers of the status of Joint Secretaries of the Government of Bangladesh, Commissioners of Divisions (outside their respective charges), Deputy Inspector General of Police (within their respective charges), Inspector General of Prisons, Officers of the rank of Full Colonel in the Army, and equivalent in the Navy and Air Force;

23.Additional Commissioners (within their respective charges), Mayors of municipal corporations (outside their respective charges);

24.Chairman of District Councils (Zila Parishad), if elected (within their respective charges), Deputy Commissioners (within their respective charges),

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Deputy Inspector General of Police (outside their respective charges), District and Sessions Judges (within their respective charges), Officers of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, and equivalent in the Navy and Air Force;

25.Deputy Secretaries to the Government, Chairman, if elected, of class-1 municipalities (within their respective charges), Chairman of upazila parishad (within their respective charges), Civil Surgeon (within their respective charges), Superintendents of Police (within their respective charges), Officers of the rank of Major in the Army, and equivalent in the Navy and the Air Force.