Lula's inauguration, which was scheduled to begin at 4pm, began with 18 minutes of delay, with a parade in a Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith between the Cathedral of Brasília and the National Congress, along with First Lady Marisa Letícia, Vice President José Alencar and Second Lady Mariza Gomes and the Planalto Palace guard, the Independence Dragons, and other security agents.

After that, they climbed the ramp and headed to the plenary of the Chamber, where the president of the Senate opened the joint session of inauguration of Lula and Alencar.

Both made the oath of office and read the investiture document: "I promise to preserve, defend and uphold the Constitution, observe the Laws, promote the general welfare of the Brazilian people, sustain the union, the integrity and the independence of Brazil".

After that, she enters the Rolls-Royce one more time, while the Smoke Squadron flies over the Monumental Axis, towards the Planalto Palace, where he climbed the ramp.

Different from his first inauguration, there were no foreign heads of State present, and for this reason the traditional dinner at the Itamaraty Palace didn't happen.