First inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and José Alencar were inaugurated as 35th president of Brazil and 23rd vice president, respectively, on 1 January 2003, in a ceremony held in the National Congress in Brasília, beginning the new Lula administration. In this occasion, it was the first time since redemocratization in 1985 that a president elect by the direct vote delivered the presidential sash to his successor also elected by the direct vote. Foreign attendance
The following representatives or higher-rank officials attended Lula's inauguration:

  – President Eduardo Duhalde
  – President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
  – MP for Kingston and the Islands and Speaker of the House of Commons Peter Milliken and MP for Edmonton–Strathcoma Rahim Jaffer
  – President Ricardo Lagos
  – President Fidel Castro
  – President-elect Lucio Gutierrez
  – Secretary of State for Tourism Léon Bertrand
  – Prime Minister Sam Hinds
  – Prime Minister Mário Pires
  – President Joaquim Chissano
  – President Luis González Macchi
  – President Alejandro Toledo
  – President Jorge Sampaio
  – Heir Prince Felipe VI
  – Prime Minister Göran Persson
  – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs John Maisto and U.S. Senator from Wyoming Mike Enzi
  – President Jorge Batlle
  – President Hugo Chávez

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