Presidential Inauguration of
Luis Lacalle Pou
President Lacalle Pou during his address in Plaza Independencia
DateMarch 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)
Time14:00 p.m. UTC-3
LocationLegislative Palace,
Plaza Independencia
ParticipantsLuis Lacalle Pou
42nd president of Uruguay
— Assuming office
Beatriz Argimón
18th vice president of Uruguay
— Assuming office
José Mujica
President of the Senate
— Administering oaths

The inauguration of Luis Lacalle Pou as the 42nd president of Uruguay took place on 1 March 2020 in Montevideo and marked commencement of the term of Luis Lacalle Pou as president and Beatriz Argimón as vice president.

Events

Ceremony

Administered by the president of the Senate, José Mujica, the presidential oath was taken, before the General Assembly, in keeping with Article One Hundred and Fifty-One, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Uruguayan Constitution.[1] Lacalle Pou delivered a 30-minute opening speech, which was described as "short and pragmatic." It struck a tone that was liberalist.[2] The soprano Luz del Alba Rubio sang the national anthem in E-flat major, just as Francisco José Debali conceived in 1833.[3] The performance was accompanied by the choir of the SODRE.[4]

After the oath, the new president and vice president paraded down along Libertador Avenue in a 1937 Ford V8 convertible that belonged to Lacalle Pou's great-grandfather, Luis Alberto de Herrera.[5] Hundreds of horsemen from all over the country came to the capital to accompany the President's parade,[6] which ended in Plaza Independencia.[7]

At 4:30 p.m. in Plaza Independencia, President Lacalle Pou received the presidential sash of the outgoing president, Tabaré Vázquez, and was formally invested.[8] There were present, several foreign leaders, legislators and other authorities, as well as the families of Lacalle Pou and Argimón.[8] The appointed members of the Cabinet signed the Minutes Book and were invested.[9] Subsequently, a military parade honors the President and members of the government.[10] Likewise, President Lacalle Pou addressed the public present.[11]

Post-ceremony events

Later, the members of the new government entered the Estévez Palace, and the President and the First Lady along with their children greeted from the balcony, as did Vice President Beatriz Argimón, who appeared with her husband, Jorge Fernández Reyes.[12] Afterwards, President Lacalle Pou, the First Lady, Lorena Ponce De León, and the Minister of Foreign Relations, Ernesto Talvi, greeted the guests of international delegations.[13]

International attendees

Sovereign states

Country Dignitary
 Angola Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Domingos Augusto
 Argentina Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Felipe Solá
 Armenia Vice President of National Assembly Alen Simonyan
 Australia Ambassador Brett Hackett
 Austria Ambassador Johannes Cristoph Meran
 Azerbaijan Ambassador Rashad Aslanov
 Bahrain Ambassador to the UN Jamal Fares Alrowaiei
 Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid
 Belarus Ambassador Vladzimir Astapenka
 Belgium Ambassador Peter Maddens
 Bolivia Minister of Foreign Affairs Karen Longaric
 Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro
 Bulgaria Ambassador Andrey Tehov
 Canada Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Pablo Rodríguez
 Chile President Sebastián Piñera
 China Minister of Ecology and Environment Li Ganjie
 Colombia President Iván Duque Márquez
 Costa Rica Ambassador Irina Elizondo Delgado
 Croatia Ambassador Duska Paravic
 Cyprus Ambassador Haralambos Kafkarides
 Czech Republic Ambassador Karel Berman
 Denmark Ambassador Soren Vohtz
 Dominican Republic Ambassador Luis Arias Núñez
 Ecuador Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner
 Egypt Ambassador Amr Abbas Abdelhadi
 El Salvador Ambassador Rafael Figueroa Vanegas
 Finland Ambassador Kirsi Vanamo-Santacruz
 France Ambassador Hugues Moret
 Georgia Ambassador Rakli Kurashvili
 Germany Ambassador Ingo Von Voss
 Ghana Ambassador Abena Pokua Adompim Busia
 Greece Ambassador Georgios Aravositas
 Guatemala Ambassador Antonio Fernando Arenales
 Holy See Apostolic Nuncio Nicola Girasoli
 Honduras Secretary of State for the Presidency Ebal Jair Díaz Lupian
 Hungary Charge d'affaires István Sándor
 India Ambassador Dinesh Bhatia
 Indonesia Ambassador Niniek Kun Naryatie Siswojo
 Iran Ambassador Abolfazl Pasandideh
 Ireland Ambassador Jackie O'halloran
 Israel Ambassador Yoed Magen
 Italy Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ricardo Merlo
 Jamaica Ambassador Joyce Miller
 Japan Member of the House of Representatives Takeo Kawamura
 Kazakhstan Ambassador Kairat Sarzhanov
 Kenya Ambassador Anthony Mwaniki Muchiri
 Korea, South Head of Global Civic Sharing Park Myung Kwang
 Kuwait Ambassador Abdullah Ali Alyahya
 Latvia Honorary consul Miguel Angel Loinaz Ramos
 Lithuania Honorary consul Cecilia Hernandes Svobas
 Luxembourg Ambassador Roel Nieuwnkamp
 Malaysia Ambassador Mohd Khalid Abbasi Abdul Razak
 Malta Ambassador Arnaldo Acosta Núñez
 Mexico Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon
 Monaco Counselor Igor Bojanovic
 Morocco President of the Senate Abdelhakin Benchamach
 Mozambique Ambassador Gamiliel Sepulveda Joao Munguambe
 Netherlands Ambassador Roel Nieuwenkamp
 New Zealand Ambassador Carl Worker
 Norway Ambassador Lars Vaagen
 Oman Ambassador Amad Hamood Salim Al Abri
 Palestine Ambassador Walid Abdel Rahim
 Panama Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandro Ferrer
 Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benítez
 Peru Prime Minister Vicente Zeballos
 Philippines Ambassador Linglingay Lacanlale
 Poland Ambassador Aleksandra Piatkowska
 Portugal Minister of Environment João Pedro Matos Fernandes
 Qatar Deputy Prime Minister Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari
 Romania Ambassador Valentin Florea
 Russia Ambassador Nikolay Sofinskiy
 Saudi Arabia Ambassador Riyad Bin Saud Alkhenene
 Serbia Ambassador Jela Bacovic
 Slovakia Ambassador Rastislav Hindický
 Slovenia Ambassador Alain Brian Bergant
 South Africa Ambassador Phumelele Gwala
 Spain King Felipe VI
 Sri Lanka Ambassador Musthafa Mohamed Jaffeer
 Suriname Ambassador Marciano Edgar Armaketo
 Sweden Ambassador Anders Carlsson
 Switzerland Ambassador Martin Strub
 Thailand Ambassador Patcharee Poompachati
 Turkey Ambassador Şefik Vural Altay
 Ukraine Deputy Minister Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Taras Kachka
 United Arab Emirates Ambassador Saeed Rashed Alzaabi
 United Kingdom Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas Wendy Morton
 United States Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Andrew R. Wheeler
 Vietnam Ambassador Dung Dang Xuan
Source: [14]

International organizations

Country Dignitary
Organization of American States Secretary-General Luis Almagro
Latin-American Energy Organization Executive Secretary Alfonso Bonilla Blanco
World Tourism Organization Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili
Organization of Ibero-American States Secretary-General Andrés Delich
International Labour Organization Director for South Cone of Latin America Fabio Bertranau
Pan American Health Organization Representative Giovanni Escalante
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Member of the Governor Board Lidia Brito
United Nations Industrial Development Organization Representative Manuel Albaladejo
Food and Agriculture Organization Ambassador Alberto Meza Robayo
International Organization for Migration Representative Tanja Pacifico
Inter-American Children's Institute Director-General Victor Giorgi
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Director-General Manuel Otero
Source: [14]

References

  1. ↑ Observador, El. "El momento en que Luis Lacalle Pou asumió la presidencia". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  2. ↑ Observador, El. "La nube de palabras del discurso de Lacalle Pou en el Parlamento". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Luz del Alba Rubio: "Decreto de dictadura pretendía que el himno lo cantaran los hombres"". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  4. ↑ ElPais. "Conflicto con bemoles en el acto de asunción de Luis Lacalle Pou del 1° de marzo". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  5. ↑ ElPais. "De Luis Alberto de Herrera a Lacalle Pou: el Ford V8 de 1937 está pronto para la asunción". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  6. ↑ "Qué dice de Lacalle Pou y su rumbo político el auto Ford V8 de 1937 que eligió para desfilar como nuevo presidente de Uruguay". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  7. ↑ de 2020, Por Catalina Weiss1 de Marzo. "Lacalle Pou asumió como Presidente de Uruguay: "En el Mercosur debemos dejar de lado las cuestiones ideológicas"". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. 1 2 Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Luis Lacalle Pou asumió como presidente de la República por el período 2020-2025 - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  9. ↑ Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Nuevos secretarios de Estado firmaron Libro de Actas ante el flamante presidente, Luis Lacalle Pou - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  10. ↑ ElPais. "Lacalle Pou asumió como presidente: así fue la jornada de cambio de mando". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  11. ↑ Observador, El. "Lacalle Pou: "Mañana arranca un gobierno que no va a descansar"". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  12. ↑ Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Saludo desde el balcón - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  13. ↑ Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Delegaciones internacionales saludaron al presidente Luis Lacalle Pou - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  14. 1 2 Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Delegaciones internacionales saludaron al presidente Luis Lacalle Pou - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-02.
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