Second inauguration of Tsai Ing-wen | |
Native Name: | 第十五任總統暨副總統就職典禮 |
Date: | 20 May 2020 |
Place: | Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Guest House President office |
Participants: | The President Tsai Ing-wen elected vice president Lai Ching-te |
Website: | Inauguration of 15th term President and Vice President |
The second inauguration of Tsai Ing-wen as the 15th president of Taiwan was held on May 20, 2020, marking the second four-year term of Tsai Ing-wen as president and the only four-year term of Lai Ching-te as vice president. Before this, candidate of Democratic Progressive Party, Tsai won the election in 2020 in a landslide.[1] Festivities were sharply curtailed by efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Held at 9:00a.m, swore to Sun Yat-sen, Tsai recited the following:After that, the Secretary-General to the President, Secretary-General of National Security Council and President of the Executive Yuan, began to take oaths, who were administered by The President Tsai.
Due to attendance restrictions designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Tsai delivered her address Taipei Guest House instead of The President Office. In the speech, Tsai mentioned COVID-19 pandemic crisis.[2]