# Inauguration of Luis Lacalle Pou

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

| 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 |
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### 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 |
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