The inauguration of Alberto Fernández as the 58th president of Argentina took place on 10 December 2019. Fernández wished for the bulk of the ceremony, including the concession of the presidential symbols, to take place in the Congressional Palace (as in the previous inaugurations of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner), rather than in the Casa Rosada, as it was the case in 2015. In the end the outgoing president, Mauricio Macri reluctantly approved. As planned, he was sworn in at the Chamber of Deputies Hall of the National Congress, before outgoing President Mauricio Macri, outgoing Vice President Gabriela Michetti and Vice President-elect Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who also assumed as Vice President.
During a 1 hour-long speech, President Alberto Fernández broadly described the state of affairs in Argentina and vowed to revive growth to escape from "virtual default". Once in the Casa Rosada, Fernández and Felipe Solá (Foreign Minister-designate), met with the international guests in the afternoon. Later in the afternoon, Fernández administered the oath of office to the ministers of the cabinet.
Prior to the inauguration, the fences in the Plaza de Mayo had been removed. Peronist sympathizers gathered around the Plaza de Mayo and the Congress to celebrate the presidential inauguration. In the former, a music festival took place throughout the afternoon. At the end, President Fernández spoke to the crowd gathered there. The event was preceded by the Macri's own inauguration on 10 December 2015 and succeeded by the Javier Milei's inauguration on 10 December 2023.
International attendees Attendees listed in the order in which they were received by Fernández and Solá.
Sovereign states Country Dignitary Title Mario Abdo BenítezPresident Tabaré Vázquez President Luis Lacalle Pou President-elect Miguel Díaz Canel President Ana Brnabić Prime Minister Ashwin Adhin Vice-President Hamilton Mourão Vice-President Jorge Rodríguez Minister of the Popular Power for Communication and Information Pilar Llop Cuenca President of the Senate Martín Torrijos Espino Ex-president Arken Imirbaki Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Martin Krebs Nuncio to Uruguay Vicente Zeballos Salinas President of the Council of Ministers Natia Surava Acting Head of the Presidential Administration José María Coello de Portugal y Martínez del Peral Member of the Council of Government Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari Minister of State Lucía Topolansky Vice-President José Mujica Ex-President Rafael Correa Delgado Ex-President Fernando Lugo Ex-President Celso Amorim Ex-Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva Foreign Minister Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres Foreign Minister Alex Azar II Secretary of Health and Human Services José Manuel Restrepo Abondano Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Roxana Maracineanu Sports Minister Olga Sánchez Cordero Secretary of the Interior Winnie Sorgdrager Minister of State Ana Geraldine Béneke Castaneda Foreign Vice-Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya Foreign Vice-Minister Marjorie Espinosa Foreign Vice-Minister Ricardo Merlo Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs Grigor Hovhannissian Foreign Vice-Minister Carolina Valdivia Torres Substitute Foreign Minister Gloria Dorothy Hooper, Baroness Hooper Member of the House of Lords Kozo Yamamoto Member of Parliament Rosa Galvez Senator Konstantin Kosachev Senator
International organizations Organization RepresentativeTitle International Labour Organization Guy Ryder Director-General Latin American Integration Association Alejandro de la Peña Navarrete Secretary-General Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture Manuel Otero Director-General Latin-American Energy Organization Alfonso Blanco Bonilla Secretary-General Plata Basin Financial Development Fund Juan Notaro Fraga Executive President UNECLAC Alicia Bárcena Ibarra Executive Secretary Mercosur Parliament Daniel Caggiani President Ibero-American General Secretariat Rebeca Grynspan Secretary-General Antarctic Treaty Secretariat Albert Lluberas Executive Secretary World Tourism Organization Zurab Pololikashvili Secretary General ABACC Elena Maceiras Secretary-General
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