The inauguration of the president of Colombia is made up of various ceremonies and traditions carried out on August 7 every four years.
[1] Through democratic elections or coups, resignations and deaths, presidential inaugurations[2] have been important events in the history of Colombia, which at the same time mark the beginning of new eras.
[3][4] The Palacio de San Carlos, today the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is a place of historical relevance for being the first official residence of the Colombian head of state from 1828 to 1937.
[8][9] Since its foundation and throughout its history,[10] acts have been marked that over the years have become part of the tradition of presidential inauguration ceremonies,[11] also some eligible have been suppressed, a clear example was the elimination of the ceremony of the so-called passage through the primate cathedral of Colombia, this act was mandatory during the first inauguration ceremonies and was suppressed together with the 1981 constitution that established the republic of Colombia as a state with the catholic religion as official.
[15] After the traditional one, he arrives at the house of Nariño and the subsequent entrance, the president corresponds to swear in the members of his council of ministers during the rest of the afternoon and when the night comes, a private celebration is usually carried out to the taste of the president.