President no longer ‘his excellency,’ Prime Minister no longer ‘honorable’ in official correspondence

The government has instructed officials not to use the honorifics “His Excellency” or “Honorable” before the President and Prime Minister in official correspondence.

The government’s decision regarding forms of address for important state officials was announced in a circular issued by the Cabinet Secretary on Wednesday.

The circular titled “Use of Honorific Terms in Official Correspondence, Documents and Summaries” said, “The government has decided not to use the words ‘His Excellency’ or ‘Honorable’ in written form as honorific terms before the titles of the President, Prime Minister, ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers when conducting official correspondence with them and presenting documents and summaries.”

Therefore, officials have been requested not to use “His Excellency,” “Honorable” or any other honorific term in written form before the titles of the President, Prime Minister, ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers in such cases.