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The Malaysian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Government of Malaysia. It has a legal standing and usable to dictate ceremonial protocol.

The Malaysian Prime Minister's Department issues a twentieth Order of Precedence^[1]^[2] for Malaysia on January 22, 1998 through the Malaysian Government Gazette.

1 Malaysian Order of Precedence
2 Table of precedence of Malaysian awards, medals and decorations
3 Additional note
4 References
5 External links

Malaysian Order of Precedence [edit]

The order was gazetted on January 22, 1998, but the order revised from time to time.

Position 1-10 [edit]

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) (Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah)
The Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen) (Tuanku Haminah Hamidun)
The State Monarchs^[3] and their office titles, in chronological order of their coronation -
1. The Sultan of Kedah (Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah)^[4]^[5] (as of 2012^[update] serving as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong)
2. The Sultan of Pahang (Sultan Ahmad Shah)^[6]
3. The Sultan of Perak (Sultan Azlan Muhibuddin Shah)^[7]
4. The Sultan of Terengganu (Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin)^[8]
5. The Raja of Perlis (Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail)^[9]
6. The Sultan of Selangor (Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah)^[10]
7. The Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan (Tuanku Muhriz)^[11]
8. The Sultan of Johor (Sultan Ibrahim Ismail)^[12]
9. The Sultan of Kelantan (Sultan Muhammad V)^[10]^[13]
The Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governors of states without rulers),^[3] in chronological order of their installation -
1. The Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak (Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng)^[14]
2. The Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang (Abdul Rahman Abbas)^[15]
3. The Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca (Mohd. Khalil Yaakob)^[16]
4. The Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah (Juhar Mahiruddin)^[17]
Former Raja Permaisuri Agong that are still listed in Civil List -
1. Siti Aishah Abdul Rahman.
The Prime Minister (Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak)^[18]
The Deputy Prime Minister (Muhyiddin Yassin)^[19]
1. (Honourable rank) The State Crown Princes and The State Regents, in chronological order of their coronation.
  1. The Regent of Kedah
    1. The Regent of Kedah (Tunku Abdul Malik)
    2. The Councillor-General of Regency of Kedah (Tunku Annuar)
    3. The Councillor of Regency of Kedah (Tunku Sallehuddin)
    4. The Councillor of Regency of Kedah (Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani)
    5. The Councillor of Regency of Kedah (Tunku Intan Safinaz)
  2. The Crown Prince of Pahang (Tengku Abdullah)
  3. The Crown Prince of Perak (Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah)
  4. The Crown Prince of Perlis (Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Jamalullail)
  5. The Crown Prince of Selangor (Tengku Amir Shah)
  6. The Regents of Negeri Sembilan
    1. The Tunku Besar Seri Menanti, Tunku Ali Redhauddin
    2. The Tunku Laxmana, Tunku Naqiuyuddin
    3. The Tunku Muda Serting, Tunku Imran
    4. The Tunku Panglima Besar, Tunku Nadzaruddin
  7. The Crown Prince of Johor (Tunku Ismail Idris)
  8. The Regent of Kelantan (Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra)
  9. The Crown Prince of Terengganu (Tengku Muhammad Ismail)
The recipients of the Most Exalted Order of the Crown of State (DMN).
The Grand Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the State (SMN).
The Grand Commanders of the Distinguished Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM).
1. (Honourable rank) The Datuk Undang of Negeri Sembilan, in chronological order of their coronation, including the Tunku Besar of Tampin -
  1. Dato' Undang Luak Sungai Ujong (Mobarak Dohak)
  2. Dato' Undang Luak Jelebu (Musa Abdul Wahab)
  3. Dato' Undang Luak Johol (Mohd. Jan Abdul Ghani)
  4. Dato' Undang Luak Rembau (Muhammad Sharif Othman)
  5. The Tunku Besar of Tampin (Tunku Syed Razman Tunku Syed Idrus al-Qadri)

Position 11-20 [edit]

The Chief Justice (Arifin Zakaria)
The President of the Senate (Abu Zahar Ujang)
The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Pandikar Amin Mulia)
Former Prime Ministers, in order of their departure from office -
1. Mahathir Mohamad (31 October 2003)
2. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (3 April 2009)
Former Deputy Prime Ministers, in order of their departure from their office -
1. Musa Hitam (10 May 1986)
2. Anwar Ibrahim (2 September 1998) (he serves as the Leader of the Opposition)
The Federal Ministers, in accordance of the seniority arranged by the Prime Minister's Department -
1. Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak, Minister of Finance and Acting Minister of Woman, Family and Community Development (Prime Minister)
2. Muhyiddin Mohd. Yassin, Minister of Education (Deputy Prime Minister)
3. Senator Palanivel Govindasamy, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (PMD) (Administrative Modernisation, Management Planning and Public Complaints)
4. Senator Koh Tsu Koon, Minister in the PMD (National Unity)
5. Bernard Giluk Dompok, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
6. Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, Minister in the PMD (Law and Parliament)
7. Hishammuddin Hussein, Minister of Home Affairs
8. Rais Yatim, Minister of Information, Communication and Culture
9. Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Minister in the PMD (Economic Planning)
10. Peter Chin Fah Kui, Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water
11. Mohd. Shafie Apdal, Minister of Rural and Regional Development
12. Mohamed Khaled Nordin, Minister of Higher Education
13. Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry
14. Maximus Johnity Ongkili, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
15. Douglas Unggah anak Embas, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
16. Ng Yen Yen, Minister of Tourism
17. Noh Omar, Minister of Agriculture And Agro-Based Industry
18. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Minister of Defence
19. Shaziman Abu Mansor, Minister of Works
20. Liow Tiong Lai, Minister of Health
21. Ahmad Shabery Cheek, Minister of Youth and Sports
22. Subramaniam Sathasivam, Minister of Human Resources
23. Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerisms
24. Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah, Second Minister of Finance
25. Kong Cho Ha, Minister of Transport
26. Anifah Aman, Minister of Foreign Affairs
27. Senator Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin, Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Well-being
28. Senator Major General (Retired) Jamil Khir Baharom, Minister in the PMD (Islamic Affairs)
29. Senator Idris Jala, Minister in the PMD (Performance Management and Delivery)
30. Chor Chee Heung, Minister of Housing and Local Government
Chief Secretary to the Government (Mohd. Sidek Hassan)
1. (Honourable rank) The Menteri Besars and Chief Ministers, in order of the seniority of Rulers -
  1. Azizan Abdul Razak, Menteri Besar of Kedah
  2. Adnan Yaakob, Menteri Besar of Pahang
  3. Zambry Abdul Kadir, Menteri Besar of Perak
  4. Md. Isa Sabu, Menteri Besar of Perlis
  5. Abdul Khalid Ibrahim MP, Menteri Besar of Selangor
  6. Mohamad Hasan, Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan
  7. Abdul Ghani Othman, Menteri Besar of Johore
  8. Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Menteri Besar of Kelantan
  9. Ahmad Said, Menteri Besar of Terengganu
  10. Abdul Taib Mahmud, Chief Minister of Sarawak
  11. Lim Guan Eng MP, Chief Minister of Penang
  12. Mohd. Ali Rustam, Chief Minister of Malacca
  13. Musa Aman, Chief Minister of Sabah
Attorney General (Abdul Gani Patail)
Chief of Defence Forces (General Zulkefli Mohd. Zin)
Inspector General of Police (IGP Ismail Omar)

Position 21-30 [edit]

Director General of the Public Service Department (Abu Bakar Abdullah)
The Federal Deputy Ministers, in order of their seniorities arranged by the PMD -
1. Joseph Kurup, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
2. Liew Vui Keong, Deputy Minister in the PMD
3. Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Deputy Minister of Defence
4. Joseph Salang anak Gandum, Deputy Minister of Information, Communication and Culture
5. Joseph Entulu anak Belaun, Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development
6. Johari Baharum, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry
7. Abu Seman Yusop, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
8. Senator Dr. Mashitah Ibrahim, Deputy Minister in the PMD
9. Yong Khoon Seng, Deputy Minister of Works
10. Rohani Abdul Karim, Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerisms
11. Noriah Kasnon, Deputy Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water
12. Jacob Dungau anak Sagan, Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry
13. Wee Ka Siong, Deputy Minister of Education
14. Jelaing anak Mersat, Deputy Minister of Transport
15. Fadillah Yusof, Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
16. Devamany S. Krishnasamy, Deputy Minister in the PMD
17. Saravanan Murugan, Deputy Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Well-being
18. A. Kohilan Pillay G. Appu, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
19. Hou Kok Chung, Deputy Minister of Higher Education
20. Hamzah Zainudin, Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
21. Saifuddin Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Higher Education
22. Hasan Malek, Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development
23. Senator Maznah Mazlan, Deputy Minister of Human Resources
24. Lajim Ukin, Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government
25. Abdul Rahim Bakri, Deputy Minister of Transport
26. Senator Dr. Awang Adek Hussein, Deputy Minister of Finance
27. Senator Heng Seai Kie, Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
28. Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, Deputy Minister of Health
29. Mohd. Puad Zarkashi, Deputy Minister of Education
30. Razali Ibrahim, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports
31. Mukhriz Mahathir, Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry
32. Ahmad Maslan, Deputy Minister in the PMD
33. Lee Chee Leong, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
34. James Dawos anak Mamit, Deputy Minister of Tourism
35. Senator Ir. Lim Siang Chai, Deputy Minister of Finance
36. Senator Maglin Dennis D'Cruz, Deputy Minister of Information, Communication and Culture
37. Senator Gan Ping Siew, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports
38. Richard Riot anak Jaem, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
39. Chua Tee Yong, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry
The Deputy Presidents of the Senate and the Deputy Speakers of the House of Representative, in order of the seniority of the Houses in Parliament -
1. Senator Doris Sophia Brodi, Deputy President of the Senate
2. Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representative
3. Ronald Kiandee, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representative
The High Commissioners, Ambassadors, Ministers Plenipotentiary, the acting High Commissioners and the Chargés D'affaires.^[20]
The President of the Court of Appeal (Md. Raus Shariff)
The Chief Judge of the Malaysian Peninsular High Court (Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin)
The Chief Judge of the Malaysian Borneo High Court (Richard Malanjum)
the Leader of the Opposition (Anwar Ibrahim)
The Judges of the Federal Court.
The Judges of the Court of Appeal.

Position 31-40 [edit]

the Parliamentary Secretaries.
Former Chief Secretaries to the Government, in order of their departure from office -
1. Abdullah Ayub (30 November 1980)
2. Hashim Aman (14 June 1984)
3. Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid (16 September 1996)
4. Abdul Halim Ali (31 January 2001)
5. Samsudin Osman (2 September 2006)
The officers of the Grade Turus^[21] (Highest scale) 1, 2 and 3.
Former Attorney Generals, Former Chiefs of Defence Force and Former Inspector General of Police, in accordance of their post seniorities and their departure from office -
1. Former Attorney Generals
  1. Hamzah Abu Samah (1980)
  2. Abu Talib Othman (1993)
  3. Ainum Mohamed Saaid (2001)
2. Former Chiefs of Defence Forces
  1. General (Rtd.) Mohd. Sany Abdul Ghaffar (19 January 1981)
  2. General (Rtd.) Mohd. Ghazali Mohd. Seth (31 October 1985)
  3. General (Rtd.) Mohd. Hashim Mohd. Ali (10 April 1992)
  4. General (Rtd.) Yaacob Mohd. Zain (3 March 1993)
  5. General (Rtd.) Borhan Ahmad (2 February 1995)
  6. General (Rtd.) Mohd. Zahidi Zainuddin (28 April 2005)
  7. Admiral (Rtd.) Mohd. Anwar Mohd. Nor (31 January 2007)
  8. General (Rtd.) Abdul Aziz Zainal (31 August 2009)
  9. Air Marshal (Rtd.) Azizan Ariffin (14 June 2011)
3. Former Inspector Generals of Police
  1. Mohammed Hanif Omar (15 January 1994)
  2. Abdul Rahim Mohd. Noor (7 January 1999)
  3. Norian Mai (4 November 2003)
  4. Mohd. Bakri Omar (11 September 2006)
  5. Musa Hassan (12 September 2010)
Chairperson of the Commissions that been formed under the Federal Constitution.
The Judges of the High Court, in chronological order of their appointment to the post.
Chairperson of the Public Service Tribunal (Jamaluddin Ahmad Damanhuri)
The Judiciary Commissioners, in chronological order of their appointment to the post.
Auditor General (Ambrin Buang)
Governor of the National Bank (Ungku Zeti Akhtar Ungku Abdul Aziz)

Position 41-50 [edit]

Lord Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (Ahmad Fuad Ismail)
Masters of the Government Official Ceremony.
The Mufti of the Federal Territory (Wan Zahidi Wan Teh)
Keeper of the Rulers' Seal (Syed Danial Syed Ahmad)
Comptroller (Azuan Effendy Zairakithnaini)
The Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the State (PMN).
The Commanders of the Distinguished Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM).
Professor (Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid)
The Commanders of the Distinguished Order of Meritorious Service (PJN).
The Commanders of the Most Distinguished Royal Family Order of Loyalty (PSD).
1. (Honourable rank) Deputy Menteri Besars and Deputy Chief Ministers, in order of their Rulers' seniorities and the date of appointment to the office -
  1. Ahmad Yakob, Deputy Menteri Besar of Kelantan.
  2. Alfred Jabu anak Numpang, Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak.
  3. Mansor Othman, Deputy Chief Minister of Penang.
  4. P. Ramasamy, Deputy Chief Minister of Penang.
  5. Yahya Hussin, Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah.
  6. Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah.
  7. Yee Moh Chai, Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah.
2. (Honourable rank) Speakers of the State Legislatures, in order of their Rulers' seniorities -
  1. Abdul Isa Ismail, Speaker of Kedah Legislature.
  2. Wan Razali Mahussin, Speaker of Pahang Legislature.
  3. R. Ganesan, Speaker of Perak Legislature.
  4. Tengku Putera Tengku Awang, Speaker of Terengganu Legislature.
  5. Yaziz Mat, Speaker of Perlis Legislature.
  6. Teng Chang Kim, Speaker of Selangor Legislature.
  7. Razak Mansor, Speaker of Negeri Sembilan Legislature.
  8. Mohd. Ali Hassan, Speaker of Johore Legislature.
  9. Nassuruddin Daud, Speaker of Kelantan Legislature.
  10. Mohd. Asfia Awang Nassar, Speaker of Sarawak Legislature.
  11. Abdul Halim Hussain, Speaker of Penang Legislature.
  12. Othman Muhamad, Speaker of Malacca Legislature.
  13. Mohd. Salleh Said, Speaker of Sabah Legislature.

Position 51-60 [edit]

the Senators, in order of the seniority arranged by the King.
the Members of the House of Representatives, in order of the seniority arranged by the King.
The officers of the Grade Utama (Super scale) A, and the police and military officers on the same rank.
Commander of the Army (General Zulkifli Zainal Abidin)
Commander of the Royal Air Force (General Rodzali Jaafar)
Commander of the Royal Navy (Admiral Abdul Aziz Jaafar)
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG Khalid Abu Bakar)
Chief Secretaries of the Federal Ministries, in order of their service grade and date of the appointment.
Vice Chancellors of the Public Universities, in order of their service grade and their date of appointment.
1. (Honourable rank) the State Executive Councillors (in Peninsular Malaysia) and State Ministers (in Sabah and Sarawak), in order of their Rulers' seniority and in order of arrangement by the State Government.
The officers of the Grade Utama (Super scale) B, and the police and military officers on the same rank.

Position 61-70 [edit]

The officers of the Grade Utama (Super scale) B that holding the office of the Chairperson or the Chief of the Federal Statutory Body.
1. (Honourable rank) The recipients of the National Fellow Award.
United Nations Resident Representative (Kamal Malhotra)
The officers of the Grade Utama (Super scale) C, and the police and military officers on the same rank.
1. (Honourable rank) the Members of the State Legislatures.
The Companions of the Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the State (JMN).
The Companions of the Distinguished Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM).
The Companions of the Most Distinguished Royal Family Order of Loyalty (JSD).
The officers of the Grade 1,^[22] and the police and military officers on the same rank.
Political Secretaries, in order of their Ministers' seniorities.
The officers of the Grade 2,^[23] and the police and military officers on the same rank.
Consul Generals of countries without diplomatic representation.

Table of precedence of Malaysian awards, medals and decorations [edit]

Main article: List of post-nominal letters#Malaysia

Additional note [edit]

The wife or husband of the listed people in the order, following his or her spouse's precedence.
A person with two positions in the order will take the highest one.

References [edit]

^ "Kedudukan Seri Paduka Baginda dalam Senarai Keutamaan Persekutuan" (in Malay). National Library of Malaysia. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ "Senarai Keutamaan Persekutuan" (in Malay). Ministry of Human Resources of Malaysia. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b Article 70, Federal Constitution.
^ His consort is Sultanah Haminah Hamidun, serves as the Raja Permaisuri Agong.
^ During his term as the federal King, his function as the State Sultan is performed by the Kedah Sultan's Deputies' Council. The members are Tunku Bendahara Annuar Sultan Badlishah (Council Chairman), Tunku Temenggung Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah, Tunku Laksmana Abdul Hamid Thani Sultan Badlishah and Tunku Panglima Besar Puteri Intan Safinaz Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah.
^ His consort is Sultanah Kalsom Abdullah.
^ His consort is Tuanku Bainun Mohd. Ali.
^ His consort is Sultanah Nur Zahirah.
^ His consort is Tuanku Fauziah Tengku Abdul Rashid.
^ ^a ^b He has no consort.
^ His consort is Tuanku Aishah Rohani Tengku Besar Mahmud.
^ His consort is Raja Zarith Sofia Sultan Idris Iskandar Shah.
^ He serves as the Deputy Supreme King.
^ His spouse is Norkiah Abdullah.
^ His spouse is Majmor Shariff.
^ His spouse is Zurinah Kassim.
^ His spouse is Norlidah RM Jasni.
^ His spouse is Rosmah Mansor.
^ His spouse is Noorainee Abdul Rahman.
^ Diplomatic Core Member take their precedences following by their diplomatic positions. That group headed by the Dean of the Diplomatic Core.
^ After SBPA, the Turus Grade (Highest scale) called as Premier scale.
^ Grade 1 in Pension System of Malaysia (SSM) is Grade 53/54, and in Public Service's New Pension System (SBPA) is Grade 1-5.
^ Grade 2 in SSM is Grade 51/52 and in SBPA is Grade 1-4.

External links [edit]

Malaysian order in precedence, in Malay.

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