French order of precedence

1. The President of the Republic (Jacques Chirac)
2. The Prime Minister (Jean-Pierre Raffarin)
3. The President of the Senate (Christian Poncelet)
4. The President of the National Assembly (Raymond Forni)
5. The former President of the Republic in the order of precedence determined according to the date of their assumption of duties (Valéry Giscard d'Estaing)
6. The Government (Ministers forming the Government) in the order of precedence decided by the President of the Republic
7. The former Presidents of the Council and former Prime Ministers
8. The President of the Constitutional Council
9. The Vice President of the Conseil d'Etat
10. The President of the Economic and Social Council
11. The Members of the National Assembly
12. The Senators
13. The judicial authority represented by the first President of the Final Court of Appeal and the public prosecutor of that court
14. The first President of the Revenue Court and the public prosecutor of that court