The French order of precedence is a symbolic hierarchy of officials in the Government of France used to direct protocol.
The current order of precedence was established by presidential decree number 89-655 of September 13, 1989.
- The President of the Republic (Nicolas Sarkozy)
- The Prime Minister (François Fillon)
- The President of the Senate (Gérard Larcher)
- The President of the National Assembly (Bernard Accoyer)
- Former Presidents of the Republic, in order of term
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
- Jacques Chirac
- The Government (Ministers forming the Government), in the order decided by the President of the Republic
- Jean-Louis Borloo
- Michèle Alliot-Marie
- Bernard Kouchner
- Christine Lagarde
- Brice Hortefeux
- Rachida Dati
- Michel Barnier
- Patrick Devedjian
- Xavier Darcos
- Valérie Pécresse
- Hervé Morin
- Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin
- Christine Boutin
- Christine Albanel
- Éric Woerth
- Éric Besson
- Roger Karoutchi
- Bruno Le Maire
- Laurent Wauquiez
- Luc Chatel
- Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
- Valérie Létard
- Dominique Bussereau
- Chantal Jouanno
- André Santini
- Jean-Marie Bockel
- Hervé Novelli
- Fadela Amara
- Alain Marleix
- Rama Yade
- Bernard Laporte
- Christian Blanc
- Hubert Falco
- Anne-Marie Idrac
- Yves Jego
- Alain Joyandet
- Nadine Morano
- Martin Hirsch
- Former Prime Ministers, in order of term
- Pierre Mauroy
- Laurent Fabius
- Michel Rocard
- Édith Cresson
- Édouard Balladur
- Alain Juppé
- Lionel Jospin
- Jean-Pierre Raffarin
- Dominique de Villepin
- The President of the Constitutional Council (Jean-Louis Debré)
- The Vice President of the Conseil d'État (Jean-Marc Sauvé)
- The President of the Economic and Social Council (Jacques Dermagne)
- Members of the National Assembly
- Senators
- The judicial authority represented by the first President of the Court of Cassation (Vincent Lamanda) and the public prosecutor of that court (Jean-Louis Nadal)
- The first President of the Revenue Court (Cour des Comptes) (Philippe Séguin) and the public prosecutor of that court
- The Great Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur, chancellor of the National Order of Merit (Jean-Pierre Kelche) and the members of the councils of these orders
- The Chancellor of the Order of the Libération (François Jacob), and the members of the council of this order
- The Chief of the Defence Staff (Jean-Louis Georgelin)
- The Ombudsman (Médiateur) of the Republic (Jean-Paul Delevoye)
The following then apply in Paris
- The prefect of the Île-de-France région, prefect of Paris (Daniel Canepa)
- The prefect of police, prefect of the Paris defense zone (Michel Gaudin)
- The mayor of Paris, president of the Council of Paris (Bertrand Delanoë)
- The representatives to the European Parliament
- The chancellor of the Institute of France, the perpetual secretaries of the French Academy, the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, the Academy of Sciences, of the Académie des beaux-arts and of the Academy of moral and political sciences
- The general secretary of the government; the general secretary of national defense; the general secretary of the Ministry of foreign affairs
- The president of the administrative court of appeal of Paris; the first president of the Paris court of appeal and the general public prosecutor of that court
- The general delegate for weaponry; the general secretary for administration of the Ministry of defense; the chief of staff of the army; the chief of staff of the navy; the chief of staff of the air force; the military governor of Paris, commanding the Île-de-France army region
- The president of the high council of broadcasting
- The president of the national commission "computing and freedoms" (CNIL)
- The president of the concurrence council
- The rector of the Paris academy, chancellor of the universities of Paris
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