Second inauguration of Boris Yeltsin

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1996 presidential inauguration of
Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin in 1996
Date	August 9, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-08-09)
Location	State Kremlin Palace Moscow
Participants	President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin Assuming office Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia, Vladimir Tumanov Administering oath

This article is part of a series about Boris Yeltsin
Early life Presidency Yeltsinism CPSU membership 26th 27th Politburo 26th 27th Central Committee 28th Congress Elections 1991 campaign 1996 campaign (Vote or lose) Loans for shares Semibankirschina Soskovets campaign strategy Xerox affair First term 1st inauguration Gaidar Cabinet August Coup 1st Chernomyrdin Cabinet Constitutional conference 1993 crisis 1st Chechen War International trips ("Circling over Shannon" diplomatic incident ) Second term 2nd inauguration Ruble crisis 2nd Chechen War Resignation International trips Post-Presidency Presidential Center Presidential Library Illness Death and state funeral Media gallery
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The second inauguration of Boris Yeltsin as the president of Russia took place on Friday, August 9, 1996. The ceremony was held at the State Kremlin Palace and lasted about thirty minutes.

It was originally planned to hold a ceremony at the

Boris Yeltsin won the election in 1996 and re-entered the office of the president of Russia a month later.

Ceremony

First, in the inauguration of the Hall have been brought standard of the president of Russia, flag of Russia, Russian Constitution and sign of the president of Russia.

Next on stage were invited the Chairman of the

After the twelfth stroke

The first speech was made by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Nikolai Ryabov, in his speech he congratulated Boris Yeltsin, announced that Yeltsin was popularly re-elected President of Russia for a second term and he declared that the elections were fair and democratic. At the end of the speech Ryabov gave Yeltsin a certificate of the Russian President.

Then, a speech made by the Chairman of the Constitutional Court Vladimir Tumanov, who also congratulated Yeltsin announced electoral integrity and urged the President took the oath.

After Boris Yeltsin took the oath, he sounded Anthem of Russia, and a copy of the standard of the president of Russia was raised over the Kremlin Senate.

Thereafter, Chairman of the Federation Council Yegor Stroyev, put on the symbol of Presidential power on Boris Yeltsin.

Then, with a made a congratulatory speech, Patriarch Alexy II.

At the end of the ceremony it was made of thirty artillery salute volleys.^[2]

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