Philippine order of precedence explained

The order of precedence in the Philippines is the protocol used in ranking government officials and other personages in the Philippines. Purely ceremonial in nature, it has no legal standing, and does not reflect the presidential line of succession nor the equal status of the three branches of government established in the 1987 Constitution.

Order of government officials of the Philippines

HE The President (Bongbong Marcos)
HE The Vice President (Sara Duterte)
Living former Presidents of the Philippines:
1. Joseph Estrada (30 June 1998 to 20 January 2001)
2. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (20 January 2001 to 30 June 2010)
3. Rodrigo Duterte (30 June 2016 to 30 June 2022)
President of the Senate (Francis Escudero)
Speaker of the House of Representatives (Martin Romualdez)
Chief Justice of the Philippines (Alexander Gesmundo)
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Enrique Manalo)
Foreign Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (in order of presentation of their credentials, with the Apostolic Nuncio as the diplomatic corps' traditional primus inter pares)
1. Dean of the Diplomatic Corps (Charles John Brown)
Executive Secretary (Lucas Bersamin)
Secretary of Finance (Ralph Recto)
Secretary of Justice (Jesus Crispin Remulla)
Secretary of Agriculture (Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.)
Secretary of Public Works and Highways (Manuel Bonoan)
Secretary of Education (Sonny Angara)
Secretary of Labor and Employment (Bienvenido Laguesma)
Secretary of National Defense (Gilbert Teodoro)
Secretary of Health (Ted Herbosa)
Secretary of Trade and Industry (Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque) (Acting)
Secretary of Migrant Workers (Hans Leo Cacdac)
Secretary of Human Settlements and Urban Development (Jose Acuzar)
Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (Rex Gatchalian)
Secretary of Agrarian Reform (Conrado Estrella III)
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga)
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (Benjamin Abalos Jr.)
Secretary of Tourism (Christina Garcia Frasco)
Secretary of Transportation (Jaime Bautista)
Secretary of Science and Technology (Renato Solidum Jr.)
Secretary of Budget and Management (Amenah Pangandaman)
Secretary of Energy (Raphael P.M. Lotilla)
Secretary of Information and Communications Technology (Ivan John Uy)
Foreign Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (Arsenio Balisacan)
Press Secretary (Cheloy Garafil)
Director-General of the National Security Council (Eduardo Año)
Head of the Presidential Management Staff (Elaine Masukat) (acting)
Solicitor-General (Menardo Guevarra)
Presidential Legal Counsel (Juan Ponce Enrile)
Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (Romando Artes) (acting)
Chairman of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (Guiling A. Mamondiong)
Other Presidential Advisers with Cabinet rank
Members of the Senate (ordered by length of service)
Members of the House of Representatives (ordered by length of service)
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Heads of Constitutional Commissions
1. Civil Service Commission (Karlo Nograles)
2. Commission on Elections (George Erwin M. Garcia)
3. Commission on Audit (Gamaliel Cordoba)
Members of the Council of State who are not Cabinet Members
Acting heads of departments and living former vice-presidents of the Philippines
1. Living former vice-presidents of the Philippines (by seniority of assuming office):
  1. Teofisto Guingona Jr. (7 February 2001 – 30 June 2004)
  2. Noli de Castro (30 June 2004 – 30 June 2010)
  3. Jejomar Binay (30 June 2010 - 30 June 2016)
  4. Leni Robredo (30 June 2016 - 30 June 2022)
Undersecretaries for Foreign Affairs
1. Undersecretary for Administration
2. Undersecretary for International Economic Relations
3. Undersecretary for Migrant and Workers Affairs
4. Undersecretary for Policy
5. Undersecretary for Special and Ocean Concerns
Ambassadors of the Philippines assigned to foreign posts
Undersecretaries of the department, including the Assistant Executive Secretaries
Assistant Secretaries of Departments, Directors-General and Chiefs of Mission I and II of the Department of Foreign Affairs
Governor of the Bangko Sentral (Eli M. Remolona, Jr.)
Foreign Charges d’Affaires de missi, Foreign Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Mayor of the City of Manila (Honey Lacuna)
Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals, the President of the University of the Philippines, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Commissioners, or other officers with the rank of Undersecretary
1. Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals (Mariflor Punzalan-Castillo)
2. President of the University of the Philippines (Angelo Jimenez)
3. Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff (Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., AFP)
Heads of permanent United Nations Agencies in the Philippines with the rank of Director
Provincial governors
Vice-Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Lt. Gen. Erickson R. Gloria, AFP)
Foreign ministers-counsellor, counsellors of embassies, consuls general, foreign military attaches with the rank of major general or rear admiral, and other officers of equivalent rank in the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Judges of the Regional Trial Courts
First secretaries of foreign embassies, foreign military attaches with the rank of brigadier general or commodore, and other officers of equivalent rank in the Armed Forces
Mayors of chartered cities
Directors or commissioners of bureaus and chiefs of offices
Presidents, chairpersons, and managers of government-owned and controlled corporations
Second secretaries and consuls of foreign embassies, foreign military attaches with the rank of colonel or lieutenant colonel, and other officers of equivalent rank in the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Third secretaries and vice consuls of foreign embassies, foreign military attaches with the rank of major or captain and other officers of equivalent rank in the Armed Forces of the Philippines