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. Lacalle Pou delivered a 30-minute opening speech, which was described as "short and pragmatic." It struck a tone that was liberalist. The soprano Luz del Alba Rubio sang the national anthem in E-flat major, just as Francisco José Debali conceived in 1833. The performance was accompanied by the choir of the SODRE.
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. Hundreds of horsemen from all over the country came to the capital to accompany the President's parade, which ended in Plaza Independencia.
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. There were present, several foreign leaders, legislators and other authorities, as well as the families of Lacalle Pou and Argimón. The appointed members of the Cabinet signed the Minutes Book and were invested. Subsequently, a military parade honors the President and members of the government. Likewise, President Lacalle Pou addressed the public present.
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. 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.
International attendees
Sovereign states CountryDignitaryMinister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Domingos AugustoMinister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Felipe SoláVice President of National Assembly Alen SimonyanAmbassador Brett HackettAmbassador Johannes Cristoph MeranAmbassador Rashad AslanovAmbassador to the UN Jamal Fares AlrowaieiPresident Abdul HamidAmbassador Vladzimir AstapenkaAmbassador Peter MaddensMinister of Foreign Affairs Karen LongaricPresident Jair BolsonaroAmbassador Andrey TehovLeader of the Government in the House of Commons Pablo RodríguezPresident Sebastián PiñeraMinister of Ecology and Environment Li GanjiePresident Iván Duque MárquezAmbassador Irina Elizondo DelgadoAmbassador Duska ParavicAmbassador Haralambos KafkaridesAmbassador Karel BermanAmbassador Soren VohtzAmbassador Luis Arias NúñezVice President Otto SonnenholznerAmbassador Amr Abbas AbdelhadiAmbassador Rafael Figueroa VanegasAmbassador Kirsi Vanamo-SantacruzAmbassador Hugues MoretAmbassador Rakli KurashviliAmbassador Ingo Von VossAmbassador Abena Pokua Adompim BusiaAmbassador Georgios AravositasAmbassador Antonio Fernando ArenalesApostolic Nuncio Nicola GirasoliSecretary of State for the Presidency Ebal Jair Díaz LupianCharge d'affaires István SándorAmbassador Dinesh BhatiaAmbassador Niniek Kun Naryatie SiswojoAmbassador Abolfazl PasandidehAmbassador Jackie O'halloranAmbassador Yoed MagenVice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ricardo MerloAmbassador Joyce MillerMember of the House of Representatives Takeo KawamuraAmbassador Kairat SarzhanovAmbassador Anthony Mwaniki MuchiriHead of Global Civic Sharing Park Myung KwangAmbassador Abdullah Ali AlyahyaHonorary consul Miguel Angel Loinaz RamosHonorary consul Cecilia Hernandes SvobasAmbassador Roel NieuwnkampAmbassador Mohd Khalid Abbasi Abdul RazakAmbassador Arnaldo Acosta NúñezSecretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard CasaubonCounselor Igor BojanovicPresident of the Senate Abdelhakin BenchamachAmbassador Gamiliel Sepulveda Joao MunguambeAmbassador Roel NieuwenkampAmbassador Carl WorkerAmbassador Lars VaagenAmbassador Amad Hamood Salim Al AbriAmbassador Walid Abdel RahimMinister of Foreign Affairs Alejandro FerrerPresident Mario Abdo BenítezPrime Minister Vicente ZeballosAmbassador Linglingay LacanlaleAmbassador Aleksandra PiatkowskaMinister of Environment João Pedro Matos FernandesDeputy Prime Minister Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-KawariAmbassador Valentin FloreaAmbassador Nikolay SofinskiyAmbassador Riyad Bin Saud AlkheneneAmbassador Jela BacovicAmbassador Rastislav HindickýAmbassador Alain Brian BergantAmbassador Phumelele GwalaKing Felipe VIAmbassador Musthafa Mohamed JaffeerAmbassador Marciano Edgar ArmaketoAmbassador Anders CarlssonAmbassador Martin StrubAmbassador Patcharee PoompachatiAmbassador Şefik Vural AltayDeputy Minister Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Taras KachkaAmbassador Saeed Rashed AlzaabiMinister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas Wendy MortonAdministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Andrew R. WheelerAmbassador Dung Dang XuanSource:
International organizations CountryDignitaryOrganization of American StatesSecretary-General Luis AlmagroLatin-American Energy OrganizationExecutive Secretary Alfonso Bonilla BlancoWorld Tourism OrganizationSecretary-General Zurab PololikashviliOrganization of Ibero-American StatesSecretary-General Andrés DelichInternational Labour OrganizationDirector for South Cone of Latin America Fabio BertranauPan American Health OrganizationRepresentative Giovanni EscalanteUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationMember of the Governor Board Lidia BritoUnited Nations Industrial Development OrganizationRepresentative Manuel AlbaladejoFood and Agriculture OrganizationAmbassador Alberto Meza RobayoInternational Organization for MigrationRepresentative Tanja PacificoInter-American Children's InstituteDirector-General Victor GiorgiInter-American Institute for Cooperation on AgricultureDirector-General Manuel OteroSource:
References
External links
Text of Lacalle Pou's Inaugural Address
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