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Order of precedence in Thailand

Relative preeminence of officials for ceremonial purposes

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ15888722 ↗
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The order of precedence in Thailand is the official ranking of relative preeminence of members of the Thai Royal Family and other officials for ceremonial purposes. It determines the sequence in which individuals are recognised at formal state and royal occasions. The order distinguishes between gentlemen and ladies, and is rooted in historical royal tradition. King Chulalongkorn described the foundational principles of this order in his work on the traditions of the Royal Family of Siam.

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King Chulalongkorn described the order of precedence in his literature "Traditional of Royal Family of Siam".

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This entry incorporates text from “Order of precedence in Thailand” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.