Argentine order of precedence

The order of precedence in Argentina is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Presidential Decree 2072 of October 10, 1993, signed by then President Carlos Menem, and former ministers Guido di Tella and Carlos Ruckauf.

Current order of precedence (2007)

#President of the Nation (Cristina Fernández de Kirchner)
#Vice-president of the Nation (Julio Cobos)
#Provisional President of the Senate (José Pampuro)
#President of the Chamber of Deputies (Eduardo Fellner)
#President of the Supreme Court (Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti)
#Former Presidents of the Nation
##María Estela Martínez de Perón
##Raúl Alfonsín
##Carlos Menem
##Fernando De la Rúa
##Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
##Eduardo Duhalde
##Néstor Carlos Kirchner
#Provincial Governors and the Chief of Government of Buenos Aires
#Chief of Cabinet (Sergio Massa)
#National Ministers
#General Secretary for the Presidency of the Nation (Oscar Parrilli)
#Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Lt. Gen. (Air Force) Jorge Alberto Chevalier)
#Commanders of each armed force (Navy, Air Force and Army)
#Members of the Supreme Court
#General Prosecutor of the Nation (Dr. Esteban Righi)
#National Prosecutor for Administrative Investigations (Dr. Manuel Garrido)
#Secretaries at the Presidency of the Nation
#Chief of the Casa Militar
#Vice-presidents of both Congress chambers
#Provincial Vice-governors
#Argentine Ambassadors in office abroad
#Cardinals
#President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio)
#Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio)
#Leader of each political party block at the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies
#Senators and Deputies
#Archbishops
#Vice-presidents of Provincial Senates and Chambers of Deputies
#Presidents of Provincial Supreme Courts
#Major Generals (Army)
#Rear Admirals
#Major Generals (Air Force)
#Argentine Ambassadors based in Argentina
#President of the National Court of Criminal Appeals (Justice Juan Carlos Rodríguez Basavilbaso)
#Presidents of National and Federal Courts of Appeals
#Bishops and its equivalent in other officially-recognised religions
#Secretaries at the National Congress
#Members of the National Court of Criminal Appeals
#Members of National and Federal Courts of Appeals
#Under-Secretaries of State
#Under-Secretary of Treasury
#Commander of the Argentine Federal Police (Commissioner-Major Néstor Vallecca)
#Commander of the Argentine National Gendarmerie (General Commander Héctor Bernabé Schenone)
#Commander of the Argentine Naval Prefecture (Prefect Oscar Adolfo Arce)
#Brigade Generals (Army)
#Rear Admirals
#Brigade Generals (Air Force)
#Argentine Chargé d'affaires in office abroad
#Secretaries at the Supreme Court
#Federal and National Judges
#National Directors
#Chancellors of National Universities
#Presidents of National Academies
#President of the Central Bank of Argentina (Martín Redrado)
#President of the Banco de la Nación Argentina (Mercedes Marcó del Pont)
#Presidents of state-owned companies ("reparticiones autárquicas")
#Deputy Chancellors of National Universities
#General Directors
#Argentine Consuls in office abroad
#Argentine diplomatic Attachés in office abroad
#Director of the Argentine National Library (Horacio González)
#Director of National Museums
#Deans of National Faculties
#Presidents of National Professional Associations

References

[http://www.mercodatos.com.ar/HTML/Auto/PROT.HTM#Precedencia%20protocolar%20de%20la%20Rep%FAblica Protocolo Nacional - Decreto 2072/93] (Spanish) (National Protocol - Decree 2072/93)