Brazilian order of precedence
Argentina Australia Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Brazil Brunei Canada Chile China Colombia Denmark European Union Finland France Germany Greece Guatemala Holy See India Indonesia Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Lithuania Malaysia Malta New Zealand Nepal Norway Pakistan Poland Portugal Philippines Romania South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Singapore Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey United Kingdom The order of precedence in Brazil is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol.This formal order of precedence was established during the military dictatorship, and hasn't been amended after the country's return to democracy in the 1980s.The order of precedence is only used to indicate ceremonial protocol; it does not reflect the co-equal status of the branches of government under the Constitution, and is not an actual hierarchy.The placement of Roman Catholic cardinals in the order of precedence in spite of the separation of church and state in force in Brazil is justified on the grounds that they are princes of a foreign power (the Holy See) residing in Brazil and/or holding Brazilian nationality.However cardinals are no longer ascribed as high a precedence as the 1972 Decree ascribes to them, being in current practice outranked for instance by the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, of the Federal Senate, of the Federal Supreme Court and by the attorney general of the Republic, as well as by former presidents of the Republic and by the Ministers of State.