Inauguration of Alberto Fernández#International attendees

{{Short description|2019 Argentine presidential inauguration}}

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| Event_Name = Inauguration of Alberto Fernández

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| Image_Caption = Mauricio Macri handing over the presidential scepter to Alberto Fernández

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| Participants = Alberto Fernández (incoming)
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (incoming)
Mauricio Macri (outgoing)
Gabriela Michetti (outgoing)
International attendees

| Location = Palace of the Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina

| Date = {{Start date and age|2019|12|10|df=yes}}

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The inauguration of Alberto Fernández as the 58th president of Argentina took place on 10 December 2019. Fernández wished for the bulk of the ceremony, including the concession of the presidential symbols, to take place in the Congressional Palace (as in the previous inaugurations of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner), rather than in the Casa Rosada,{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/cuando-asume-alberto-fernandez-donde-sera-ceremonia-casa-rosada-congreso_0_bXFEIuIH.html|title=Dónde será la ceremonia de asunción de Alberto Fernández ¿en la Casa Rosada o en el Congreso de la Nación?|last=Clarín.com|website=www.clarin.com|date=4 December 2019 |language=es|access-date=2019-12-11}} as it was the case in 2015. In the end the outgoing president, Mauricio Macri reluctantly approved. As planned, he was sworn in at the Chamber of Deputies Hall of the National Congress, before outgoing President Mauricio Macri, outgoing Vice President Gabriela Michetti and Vice President-elect Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who also assumed as Vice President.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/internacional/peronista-Alberto-Fernandez-presidente-Argentina_0_972553458.html|title=El peronista Alberto Fernández jura el cargo como presidente de Argentina|last=EFE|website=eldiario.es|date=10 December 2019 |language=es|access-date=2019-12-11}}

File:Alberto Fernández asunción - 02.jpg Claudia Ledesma Abdala (left), former president and predecessor Mauricio Macri (right) and Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (beside Macri) at the Palace of the Argentine National Congress]]

During a 1 hour-long speech, President Alberto Fernández broadly described the state of affairs in Argentina and vowed to revive growth to escape from "virtual default".{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/10/argentina-alberto-fernandez-inauguration|title='We're back': Alberto Fernández sworn in as Argentina shifts to the left|date=2019-12-10|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2019-12-11}}{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/12/10/argentina/1576004753_902856.html|title=Alberto Fernández: "Argentina tiene la voluntad de pagar, pero no tiene los recursos para hacerlo"|last=González|first=Enric|date=2019-12-11|work=El País|access-date=2019-12-11|language=es|issn=1134-6582}} Once in the Casa Rosada, Fernández and Felipe Solá (Foreign Minister-designate), met with the international guests in the afternoon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/que-paises-estaran-presentes-asuncion-alberto-fernandez-nid2314317|title=Traspaso: los mandatarios y representantes internacionales que asistieron|date=2019-12-10|website=www.lanacion.com.ar|language=es|access-date=2019-12-11}} Later in the afternoon, Fernández administered the oath of office to the ministers of the cabinet.

Prior to the inauguration, the fences in the Plaza de Mayo had been removed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/mundo/segui-vivo-asuncion-alberto-fernandez-presidente-argentina.html|title=Fernández: "Dejaron al país en virtual default" y "vamos a ponerlo de pie"|last=ElPais|website=Diario EL PAIS Uruguay|date=10 December 2019 |language=spanish|access-date=2019-12-11}} Peronist sympathizers gathered around the Plaza de Mayo and the Congress to celebrate the presidential inauguration. In the former, a music festival took place throughout the afternoon. At the end, President Fernández spoke to the crowd gathered there.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/12/10/argentina/1576002129_728950.html|title=Fiesta peronista en las calles: "Presidente, Alberto presidente"|last=Centenera|first=Mar|date=2019-12-11|work=El País|access-date=2019-12-11|language=es|issn=1134-6582}} The event was preceded by the Macri's own inauguration on 10 December 2015 and succeeded by the Javier Milei's inauguration on 10 December 2023.