First inauguration of Juan Manuel Santos
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Participants | Juan Manuel Santos 32nd president of Colombia — Assuming office Angelino Garzón 9th vice president of Colombia — Assuming office Armando Benedetti President of Congress — Administering oath Álvaro Uribe 31st president of Colombia — Leaving office |
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The first presidential inauguration of Juan Manuel Santos marked the first term of the presidency of Juan Manuel Santos, an administration that would later be postponed for four more years.[1] The ceremony was attended by 3,000 guests including several heads of state and government of the world.[2]
Ceremony
Around 3:30 p.m. m. Santos began the tour from the
While this was happening, the guests at the inauguration, among them 16
The ceremony began with President Álvaro Uribe as head of state sitting between the president of the Chamber of Representatives Carlos Alberto Zuluaga and the president of the Senate Armando Benedetti, Juan Manuel Santos as president-elect was located at the left side of Armando Benedetti. The first point of the day was the Hymn of Colombia performed by the lyrical singer Valeriano Lanchas and the Clara Luna Choir.[7] The singer Sol Escobar also participated, singing the song for peace for the ceremony[8]
Pre-inaugural events
The official events of the possession began with the visit of the president-elect to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta for a symbolic possession before the Mamos of the Kogui, Arhuacos, Wiwas and Kankuamos indigenous communities, inhabitants of the place.[9] And in the hours in the afternoon in Bogotá The ceremony of transmission of command, the recognition of the troops, the arrival at the Casa de Nariño where the guests were greeted and the possession of the Ministerial Cabinet[10]
Reception
In the moments before the ceremony of inauguration, Juan Manuel Santos had lunch and a religious ceremony with his relatives and other people. Santos met with the Prince of Asturias at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia.[11][12]
Presence of world leaders
The ceremony of transmission of command of Juan Manuel Santos as president of Colombia was attended by 15 Heads of State and Government.[13]
- Argentina – President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
- Brazil - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Costa Rica – President Laura Chinchilla
- Dominican Republic - President Leonel Fernández
- Ecuador – President Rafael Correa
- El Salvador - President Mauricio Funes
- Georgia - President Mikheil Saakashvili
- Guatemala – President Álvaro Colom
- Haiti – Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive
- Honduras – President Xiomara Castro
- Jamaica – Prime Minister Bruce Golding
- Mexico - President Felipe Calderón
- Panama – President Ricardo Martinelli
- Perú – President Alan García
- Spain – HRH The Prince of Asturias
See also
- 2010 Colombian presidential election
- Juan Manuel Santos
- Angelino Garzón
- Second inauguration of Juan Manuel Santos
References
- ^ El Tiempo. "La de Juan Manuel Santos fue una posesión impecable". Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ "Constitución Nacional de Colombia Título VII - De la rama ejecutiva Capítulo 1 Articulo 192". Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ "Posesión simbólica de Santos ante los indígenas de la Sierra Nevada". caracol.com.co. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Terra. "Santos participará en rito indígena antes de posesión oficial". Retrieved 8 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Radio Santafe. "Comienza posesión del presidente Juan Manuel Santos". Retrieved 8 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ El financiero. "Invita Santos a Uribe a ceremonia de posesión en Plaza Bolívar". Retrieved August 8, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Radio Nacional de Colombia. "Valeriano Lanchas y Jorge Celedón cantarán en posesión de Santos". Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ^ "Líder legislativo juramenta a Santos como presidente en Colombia". spanish.news.cn. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Caracol Radio. "Posesión simbólica de Santos ante los indígenas de la Sierra Nevada". Retrieved August 8, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Radio Nacional de Colombia. "Valeriano Lanchas y Jorge Celedón cantarán en posesión de Santos". Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ Revista Semana. "La investidura espiritual de Santos". Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ El Tiempo. "Juan Manuel Santos comenzó su posesión en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta". Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ "16 jefes de Estado y el Príncipe de Asturias, en la posesión del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos". wsp.presidencia.gov.co. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.