Order of precedence in Brunei

The Bruneian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Government of Brunei. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a national nature. The order of precedence is determined by the Sultan on the recommendation of National Ceremonies Department.

Details

The following lists precedence of offices and their holders as of March 2020.

Rank	Position	Incumbent (as of March 2020)
*	Sultan	Hassanal Bolkiah
*	Queen (Raja Isteri)	Pengiran Anak Saleha
*	Crown Prince (Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota)	Al-Muhtadee Billah
*	Crown Princess	Pengiran Anak Sarah
1	Members of the Royal Family	Sultan's sons (Pengiran Muda) (and includes their spouse and children): Abdul Azim Abdul Malik Abdul Mateen Abdul Wakeel Sultan's daughters (Pengiran Anak Puteri) (and includes their spouse and children): Rashidah Saadatul Bolkiah Mutawakkilah Hayatul Bolkiah Majeedah Nurul Bolkiah Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah Azemah Ni'matul Bolkiah Fadzillah Lubabul Bolkiah Ameerah Wardatul Bolkiah
		Sultan's brothers (Pengiran Muda) (and includes their spouse): Pengiran Perdana Wazir, Mohamed Bolkiah Pengiran Bendahara, Sufri Bolkiah Pengiran Digadong, Jefri Bolkiah Sultan's sisters (Pengiran Anak Puteri) (and includes their spouse): Masna Norain Amal Umi Kalthum Al-Islam Amal Rakiah Amal Nasibah Amal Jefriah
2	Pengiran Cheteria 4	Pengiran Indera Setia Diraja, Idris Abdul Kahar Pengiran Maharaja Setia Laila Diraja, Abdul Rahim Kemaludin Pengiran Sanggamara Diraja, Maj. Gen. Ibnu Basit Apong (Rtd.)
3	His Majesty's Special Adviser	Awang Isa Awang Ibrahim
4	Speaker of the Legislative Council	Abdul Rahman Mohamed Talib
5	Ministers	Awang Abu Bakar Apong, Minister of Home Affairs Awang Badaruddin Othman, Minister of Religious Affairs Ali Apong, Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Maj. Gen. Awang Halbi Mohammad Yusof (Rtd.), Second Minister of Defence Dr. Awang Mohd. Isham Jaafar, Minister of Health Awang Abdul Mokti Mohd. Daud, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd. Amin Liew Abdullah, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department / Second Minister of Finance and the Economy Erywan Mohd. Yusof, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Suhaimi Gafar, Minister of Development Mat Suny Md. Hussein, Minister of Energy Hamzah Sulaiman, Minister of Education Abdul Mutalib Mohammad Yusof, Minister of Transport and Info-communication Maj. Gen. Aminuddin Ihsan Abidin (Rtd.), Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports
6	Mufti	Abdul Aziz Juned
7	His Majesty's Private and Confidential Secretary	Awang Mohd. Nawawi Awang Mohd. Taha
8	Attorney-General	Hairul Arni Abdul Majid
9	Other Pengiran Cheteria	Refer here
10	Grandchildren of Sultan Omar Ali Saifudden	Refer to National Ceremonies Department
11	Distinguished persons	Determined by the Sultan
12	Chief Syarie Judge	Justice Salim Besar
13	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court	Justice Steven Chong
14	Privy Councillors	Pengiran Abdul Aziz Pengiran Abu Bakar (appears after Princess Masna as her spouse; he is also Pengiran Lela Cheteria, the Lead Cheteria) Awang Mohd. Jamil al-Sufri Awang Umar Pengiran Idris Pengiran Abdul Kahar (appears above as Pengiran Indera Setia Diraja) Pengiran Umar Pengiran Apong Maj. Gen. Pengiran Ibnu Basit Pengiran Apong (Rtd.) (appears above as Pengiran Sanggamara Diraja) Awang Mohd. Nawawi Awang Mohd. Taha Pengiran Abdul Rahim Pengiran Kemaluddin (appears after Princess Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah as her spouse) Awang Abdul Hamid Bakal Awang Abdul Aziz Awang Umar Awang Mohd. Zain Serudin Awang Yahya Ibrahim Abdul Wahab Md. Said
15	Deputy Ministers
16	Members of the Succession Council
17	Highly special persons	Determined by the Sultan
18	Members of the Islamic Affairs Council
19	Chairman of Public Service Commission
20	Judges of Sharia Court of Appeal
21	Judges of Sharia High Court
22	Justices of the High Court
23	Clerk of Councils	Judin Asar
24	Auditor-General
25	Special persons	Determined by the Sultan
26	Resident Ambassadors and High Commissioners	Refer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
27	Non-resident Ambassadors and High Commissioners	Refer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
28	Members of the Legislative Council
29	Permanent Secretaries
30	Managing Director of Monetary Authority
31	Senior officials with a salary of BND 18,000
32	Retired Chief of Armed Forces
	Retired Police Commissioner
33	Vice Chancellors of Universities
34	Deputy Chairman of Public Service Commission
35	Directors of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation
36	His Majesty's Deputy Private and Confidential Secretary	Hamidon Ibrahim
	Private and Confidential Secretary to the Crown Prince
37	Deputy Chief of Armed Forces
	Deputy Commissioner of Police
	Chief of military services
	Chief of Joint Forces
38	Deputy Permanent Secretaries
39	Prosecutor-General
40	Deputy Chief of PENGGERAK
41	Chief Executive Officer of the Authority of Info-communications Technology Industry
42	Pengiran Peranakan	Refer to National Ceremonies Department
43	Pehin Manteri	Refer here
44	Manteri Hulubalang and Manteri Pedalaman	Refer here
45	Heads of departments
	Deputy heads of departments
	Assistant heads of departments
	Senior officials of departments
46	B3 officers
47	Officers holding academic degree
48	Children of Pehin	Refer to National Ceremonies Department
49	Chieftains
50	Village heads
51	Imams
52	Businesspersons
53	Pensioners