Precedence of the Diplomatic Corps
In Colombia, the Papal Nuncio is ranked as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps.
Precedence for the remaining ambassadors is established according to the date and time of presentation of their letters of credence to the President of the Republic. In turn, the order of presentation of letters of credence is governed by the date and time of arrival in Colombia.
The precedence of Chargés d'Affaires shall be assigned according to the date of their accreditation, as evidenced in the Diplomatic Note addressed to the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Relations. They are followed by representatives of international agencies.
In accordance with the foregoing, the rank of precedence shall be as follows:
Precedence of the Diplomatic Corps
Updated as of 11 July 2011
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No |
MISION |
NOMBRE |
FECHA PRECEDENCIA |
|
1 |
The Vatican |
Aldo Cavalli |
16 January 2008 |
|
2 |
Argentina |
Martín Antonio Balza |
12 March 2004 |
|
3 |
Sweden |
Lena Nordström |
15 November 2005 |
|
4 |
Portugal |
Augusto Saraiva Peixoto |
12 September 2007 |
|
5 |
Israel |
Meron Reuben |
09 January 2007 |
|
6 |
Arab Republic of Egypt |
Mohamed Ahdy Khairat |
18 December 2007 |
|
7 |
Indonesia |
Michael Menufandu |
27 May 2008 |
|
8 |
Mexico |
Florencio Salazar Adame |
27 May 2008 |
|
9 |
Germany |
Jurgen Christian Mertens |
21 August 2008 |
|
10 |
Netherlands |
Marion Suzette Kappeyne |
21 August 2008 |
|
11 |
Italy |
Gerolamo Schiavoni |
26 September 2008 |
|
12 |
Switzerland |
Didier Dieter Ulrich Pfirter |
21 October 2008 |
|
13 |
Austria |
Andreas Liebmann Holzmann |
11 December 2008 |
|
14 |
Poland |
Jacek Perlin |
11 Decemberl 2008 |
|
15 |
Great Britain |
John Anthony Dew |
11 December 2008 |
|
16 |
Kingdom of Morocco |
Noureddine Khalifa |
23 January 2009 |
|
17 |
Canada |
Geneviéve des Riviéres |
23 January 2009 |
|
18 |
Chile |
Gustavo Ayares Ossandon |
10 March 2009 |
|
19 |
Peru |
Jorge Voto-Bernales |
13 May 2009 |
|
20 |
Oriental Republic of Uruguay |
Hugo Cayrus Maurin |
01 September 2009 |
|
21 |
People's Republic of China |
Gao Zhengyue |
01 September 2009 |
|
22 |
Republic of Panama |
Ricardo R. Anguizola Morales |
01 September 2009 |
|
23 |
Paraguay |
Walter Daniel Biederman Montaner |
17 November 2009 |
|
24 |
Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
Antonio Tarelli |
03 February 2010 |
|
25 |
Cuba |
Jorge Iván Mora Godoy |
03 February 2010 |
|
26 |
Turkey |
Cemil Ferhat Karaman |
16 April 2010 |
|
27 |
Honduras |
Lissette Kawas de Pereira |
24 August 2010 |
|
29 |
El Salvador |
Guillermo Rubio Funes |
24 August 2010 |
|
30 |
Costa Rica |
Edgar Ugalde Álvarez |
14 September 2010 |
|
31 |
United States |
Peter Michael Mckinley |
15 September 2010 |
|
32 |
France |
Pierre Jean Vandoorne |
18 November 2010 |
|
33 |
India |
Riewad V. Warjri |
18 November 2010 |
|
34 |
Japan |
Kazumi Suzuki |
18 November 2010 |
|
35 |
Venezuela |
Iván Guillermo Rincón Urdaneta |
14 January 2011 |
|
36 |
Ecuador |
César Raúl Vallejo Corral |
14 January 2011 |
|
37 |
Algeria |
Mohamed Ziane Hasseni |
9 February 2011 |
|
38 |
Spain |
Nicolás Martín Cinto |
9 February 2011 |
|
39 |
Guatemala |
Carlos Ramiro Santiago Morales |
9 February 2011 |
|
40 |
Belgium |
Sadi Paul Brancart |
9 February 2011 |
|
41 |
Dominican Republic |
Héctor Galván Suzaña |
9 February2011 |
|
42 |
Republic of Korea |
Choo Jon-Young |
24 May 2011 |
|
43 |
Federative Republic of Brazil |
Antonino Mena Gonçalves |
24 May 2011 |
|
44 |
Russian Federation |
Pavel Segiev |
24 May 2011 |
|
45 |
Nicaragua |
Julio José Calero Reyes |
24 May 2011 |
|
46 |
Plurinational State of Bolivia |
Mario Carvajal Lozano |
24 May 2011 |
|
47 |
Palestine (Special Mission of) |
Imad Nabil Jadaa |
8 February 2006 |
|
48 |
European Union |
Fernando Cardesa García |
12 September (sic) |
|
Chargés d'Affaires en pied |
Permanent |
||
|
49 |
Jamaica |
Elaine Towsend de Sánchez |
6 October 1993 |
|
Chargés d'Affaires a.i. |
Temporary |
||
|
50 |
Rumania |
Radu Sarbu |
9 December 2010 |
|
51 |
Líebanon |
Hadi Jaber |
09 March 2011 |
|
52 |
Islamic Republic of Iran |
Hedayatollah Ghareh Daghi |
17 March 2011 |
|
53 |
Paraguay |
Victor Manuel Irazusta |
21 June 2011 |
Precedencia Organismos Internacionales
Actualización 05 de julio de 2011
|
United Nations System Coordination (15/03/50) Representation of the United Nations Development Programme – UNDP |
Bruno Moro - Resident Representative
|
|
United Nations Information Centre - UNIC |
Damián Omses-Cardona Director |
|
Permanent Representation, United Nations Children's Fund -UNICEF |
Miriam Reyes de Figueroa Representative – 30 June 2010. Fernando Lazcano 30 June to 17 July
|
|
Inter-American Development Bank -IDB (08/04/59) |
Javier Leon – Representative. 9- 27-2010 |
|
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean -ECLAC- (29/11/63) |
Juan Carlos Ramírez- Director |
|
World Bank (17/12/65) |
Geoffrey H. Bergen - Representative - 15 March 2011 |
|
Andean Development Corporation - CAF (30/01/70) |
Luis Victor Aldo Traverso Casagrandi Representative – 03-02-2009 |
|
Andres Bello Convention -CAB (09/06/2009) |
Juan Camilo Sierra Restrepo
|
|
Pan American Health Organization -PAHO (25/07/1973) |
Ana Cristina Nogueira. Representative
|
|
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – FAO 15/03/1977) |
Ana Cristina Nogueira - Representative – (D) – |
|
Andean Parliament (20/12/1984) |
Ruben Velez Nuñez Executive Secretary |
|
International Organization for Migration -IOM (31/10/2006) |
Marcelo Pissani Codoceo - Chief of Mission
|
|
Latin American Reserve Fund – LARF - (10/06/1988) |
Ana María Carrasquilla - Executive President (D) - 15 June 2010 |
|
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia -OHCHR- (06-06-2007) |
Christian Salazar Volkmann - Director – Juan Carlos Monge 2 to 30 July |
|
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - UNODC |
Aldo Lale-Demoz - Representative |
|
World Food Programme -WFP- |
Praveen Agrawal – Representative Judith Timke 28 June 01 July |
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees -UNHCR
|
Therese Anne Morel - Representative |
|
Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross -ICRC-
|
Christophe Clément Beney -Head of Delegation – Michael Kramer 15 to 28 June |
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Organization of Ibero-American States -OIS
|
Angel Martín Peccis Director |
|
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation - UNIDO
|
Aizar Antonio Assefh - Representative |
|
Regional Office of the International Finance Corporation -IFC
|
Enrique Alberto Cañas Jimenez Regional Manager - 24 March 2010 |
|
United Nations Population Fund -UNFPA |
Tania Gabrielle Cooper Patriota - Representative |
|
World Centre for Training and Research in Conflict Resolution - University for Peace (24/01/2002) |
Franciscus Benedictus Antonius Maria Van Haren - Executive Director - (D) |
|
Mission to Support the Peace Process (OAS) |
Marcelo Alvarez - Chief of Mission |
|
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture -IICA- |
Christopher Hansen - Director |
|
Andean Area Regional Center - Ibero-American Social Security Organization |
Gina Magnolia Riaño Barón Director |
|
Andean Health Agency, Hipolito Unanue Convention (VII/2006) - ORAS-CONHU |
Gabriel Carrasquilla Chief |
|
International Center for Tropical Agriculture - CIAT 4-13-2009 |
Ruben Gerardo Echeverria Lurashi Albin Hubchber – 25 June - 13 July |
|
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
Maria Josi Torres Nachado – Director |
|
Regional Center for the Promotion of Books in Latin America and Caribbean -CERLALC |
Fernando Zapata López- Director
|
Precedence of national dignitaries
1. President of the Republic
2. Vice President of the Republic
3. Primate Cardinal
4. Former Presidents of the Republic
5. (*) Former Vice Presidents of the Republic
6. Minister of Foreign Affairs (if foreign diplomats or personalities are present)
7. Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
8. Foreign Ambassadors
9. President of the Congress of Colombia
10. President of the Supreme Court of Justice
11. President of the House of Representatives
12. (*) President of the Constitutional Court
13. President of the Council of State
14. (*) President of the High Council of the Judiciary
15. (*) President of the Electoral Council
16. (*) General Prosecutor of the Nation
17. Ministers of State in the following order:
- Minister of the Interior and Justice
- Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Minister of Finance
- Minister of National Defense
- Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Protocol Manual
- Minister of Social Protection
- Minister of Mines and Energy
- Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
- Minister of National Education
- Minister of the Environment, Housing and Land Development
- Minister of Communications
- Minister of Transportation
- Minister of Culture
18. Secretary General of the Presidency
(High Commissioner for Peace)
(High Presidential Advisor)
19. Colombian Ambassadors
20. Commander in Chief of the Military Forces
21. Generals and Admirals of the Military Forces and the National Police
22. General Inspector of the Nation
23. (*) Ombudsman
24. (*) Auditor-General of the Republic
25. (*) Controller-General of the Republic
26. (*) Accountant General of the Nation
27. Registrar of Vital Statistics
28. Mayor of the City of Bogota
29. Head of the National Planning Department
30. Heads of Administrative Departments (in order of creation)
a) Civil Aviation (AEROCIVIL)
b) Statistics (DANE)
c) Public Service
d) Cooperatives (DANCOOP)
31. Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (if foreign diplomats are present)
32. Major Generals and Vice Admirals
33. Vice Ministers (same order as the Ministers)
34. Governor of Cundinamarca
35. Governors (in alphabetical order)
36. Brigadier Generals and Rear Admirals
37. Archbishops and Bishops
38. Senators of the Republic
39. Members of the House of Representatives
40. (*) Mayors of Capital Cities
41. Justices of the Supreme Court of Justice
42. (*) Magistrates of the Constitutional Court
43. Members of the Council of State
44. (*) Magistrates of the High Council of the Judiciary
45. Chief of the Military House of the Presidency
46. Director General of the Office of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(The Chief of the Military House has precedence in any formal event attended by the President of the Republic. At all other events, precedence shall be given to the Director General of the Office of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.)
47. Colonels and Ship Captains
48. Secretaries of the Administrative Department of the Presidency
49. Presidential Advisors
50. Chargés d'Affaires a.i.
51. Lieutenant Colonels and Frigate Captains
52. Presidential Aides
53. Minister-Counselors
54. Secretaries General of the Ministries
55. Senior Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
56. Protocol Coordinators of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
57. Managers of Decentralized Agencies (in order of agency creation)
58. Embassy or Legation Counselors
59. Aides-de-camp to the President of the Republic
60. Majors or Corvette Captains
61. President of the Department Assembly
62. President of the Superior Court
63. President of the Municipal Council
64. Subordinate Officers of the Military Forces (*the precedence is an assumption, given that the pertinent Decree according to the Constitution of 1991 has not been issued)
Precedence rank of Church authorities
1. Pope
2. Cardinals
3. Patriarchs
4. Archbishops
5. Bishops
6. Prefects Apostolic
7. Vicars Apostolic
8. Canons
9. Monsignors
10. Priests
