Ukrainian presidential inauguration

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watches as the Flag of Ukraine is being raised at the Mariinskyi Palace during his inauguration in May 2019.

The Inauguration of the President of Ukraine is a ceremony that takes place to mark the start of a new term for a newly elected president.

Description

Polish President Bronisław Komorowski at the inauguration of Petro Poroshenko
.

The presidential inauguration traditionally starts at the building of the

Peresopnytsia Gospels simultaneously while reciting the oath of office administered by the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine:[1]

According to article 104 of the constitution, the Ukrainian text for the oath is as follows:

Я, (ім'я та прізвище), волею народу обраний Президентом України, заступаючи на цей високий пост, урочисто присягаю на вірність Україні. Зобов'язуюсь усіма своїми справами боронити суверенітет і незалежність України, дбати про благо Вітчизни і добробут Українського народу, обстоювати права і свободи громадян, додержуватися Конституції України і законів України, виконувати свої обов'язки в інтересах усіх співвітчизників, підносити авторитет України у світі.

Official English translation:

I, (name and surname), elected by the will of the people as the President of Ukraine, assuming this high office, do solemnly swear allegiance to Ukraine. I pledge with all my undertakings to protect the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, to provide for the good of the Motherland and the welfare of the Ukrainian people, to protect the rights and freedoms of citizens, to abide by the Constitution of Ukraine and the laws of Ukraine, to exercise my duties in the interests of all compatriots, and to enhance the prestige of Ukraine in the world.[2]

The new president then signs the text transfers it over to the chairman of the Constitutional Court after conducting the oath.

Russian has been used throughout the speech. After the speech, the swearing-in-ceremony is declared closed and the president walks to the nearby Mariinskyi Palace to take the salute as supreme commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This formal military ceremony has also been known to take place at the Office of the President on Bankova and in 2014, on Sofia Square. During the ceremony the president receives the salute of the commander, Kyiv Presidential Honor Guard Battalion
who reports the following:

Mr/Mrs President of Ukraine, Supreme Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Guard of Honour is formed up in your honor, Commander of the Guard of Honour, (states rank and name).

The president then inspects the guard before greeting them:

President:
Glory to Ukraine
!
Parade formation: Glory to the Heroes!
The senior leadership of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in May 2019.
The marchpast on Sofia Square in 2014.

The president then goes on to receive the report from the chiefs of the senior administrative institutions and the uniformed services of the military, including the

minister of defence and the head of the security service, as of the most recent inauguration in 2019, the commanders state their name and rank (only if in uniform) and declares their institution's readiness to carry out their task. After this the battalion performs a marchpast to the tune of a march by its attached military band
before heading inside.

The entire ceremony is covered on Ukrainian TV channels such as

5 Kanal, 1+1 and ICTV
.

List of inaugural ceremonies

Date President LocationPlace Oath administered byOath Document sworn on Notes
December 5, 1991 Leonid Kravchuk National Parliament session hall
Kyiv		 Unknown Closed
Constitution of the Ukrainian SSRConstitution
July 19, 1994 Leonid Kuchma National Parliament session hall
Kyiv		 Unknown Open Peresopnytsia Gospel
November 30, 1999 Leonid Kuchma Palace of Arts "Ukrayina" concert hall
Kyiv		 Viktor Skomorokha[3] Open Peresopnytsia Gospel
and closed Constitution of Ukraine
January 23, 2005 Viktor Yushchenko National Parliament session hall
Kyiv		 Mykola Selivon[4] Closed Peresopnytsia Gospel
and closed Constitution of Ukraine		 First time the oath was taken in front of general public[5]
February 25, 2010 Viktor Yanukovych National Parliament session hall
Kyiv		 Andriy Stryzhak[6] Closed Peresopnytsia Gospel
and closed Constitution of Ukraine
June 7, 2014 Petro Poroshenko National Parliament session hall
Kyiv		 Yuriy Baulin[7] Closed Peresopnytsia Gospel
and closed Constitution of Ukraine
Main article: Inauguration of Petro Poroshenko
May 20, 2019 Volodymyr Zelenskyy National Parliament session hall
Kyiv		 Nataliya Shaptala Closed Peresopnytsia Gospel
and closed Constitution of Ukraine

List of historical inaugurations

Hetman of Ukraine

Date Hetman LocationPlace Confirmed by Document Sworn On Notes
April 29, 1918
Pavlo Skoropadsky
Saint Sophia's Cathedral

Kyiv
Nicodemus

(temporarily governing Eparchy of Kyiv)		 Unknown

Notes

Pages on which took an oath Leonid Kuchma

References

  1. ^ a b "Inauguration of Yushchenko will be conducted in the Rada and on Maidan" (in Russian). News.ru. 23 January 2005. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Article 103". Constitution of Ukraine. Wikisource. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  3. ^ Inauguration of the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma. Ukrinform. 30 November 1999
  4. Ukrayinska Pravda
    . 23 January 2005
  5. ^ Inaugurations of presidents of Ukraine. Segodnya. 6 June 2014
  6. ^ Three years ago Yanukovych became the President. How it was. Ukrinform. 25 February 2013
  7. UNIAN
    . 7 June 2014

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