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An inauguration ceremony is held for Joe Biden, who was elected as the 46th president of the US.
In the US, the inauguration ceremony for elected President Joe Biden and Deputy Kamala Harris in Washington DC started under extraordinary security measures.
In the US, the inauguration ceremony for elected President Joe Biden and Deputy Kamala Harris in Washington DC started under extraordinary security measures.
A limited number of guests attended the ceremony, which started on the platform set up in the west wing of the Congress building, in the shadow of the intense security measures and the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, unprecedented in the history of the country.
President Donald Trump, whose term of office will expire at 12:00 today, did not attend the ceremony and went to Florida in the morning, Vice Mike Pence was among the members of Congress and those attending the ceremony.
Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were also present with their spouses at the ceremony attended by approximately 1000 guests.
Biden went to the pre-ceremony church visit with his wife Jill Biden to pray, then went to the area where the oath-taking ceremony would be held with elected Vice-President Harris.
Oath ceremony flow
The oath ceremony started on the platform set up on the west facade of the congress building. At the ceremony, first elected Vice President Harris will take the oath, then Joe Biden will take the oath as the 46th president of the USA.
Biden will make his first speech here as president. In his speech, Biden is expected to focus on messages about combating the Covid-19 pandemic, in which more than 400 thousand people died in the country and reuniting the politically divided US people.
Following the speech, the President, Vice President and their wives will greet the military continent at 13.40. Then at 14.25 Biden and Harris with their wives will lay a wreath at the Unknown Soldier Monument in Arlington National Cemetery.
Presidential cortege
At 15:15, the President and Vice-President will be on their way to their new residence, the White House, accompanied by vehicles called “presidential cortege”.
Biden will start working in the Oval Office, the presidential office in the White House at 16:15 tomorrow, signing its first decrees and giving administrative instructions. At 4:45 pm, an online oath ceremony will take place for the staff appointed by the President on the first day.
The President, Vice President and their spouses will attend a special celebration program hosted by actor Tom Hanks at 19.48.
The first day shift at the White House will end with the appearance of the President and First Ladyn on the Blue Room Balcony in the South Garden at 20.55.
