section_path: Presidency/Inaugurations
section_name: Inaugurations
paragraph_text: Inaugurations
  
  Bukele's first presidential inauguration was held on 1 June 2019.: 244 He became the 81st president of El Salvador as well as the country's youngest president at the age of 37. Bukele held the inauguration ceremony at the National Palace due to its location in Gerardo Barrios Plaza (renovated by Bukele as mayor of San Salvador) instead of in the Blue Room (meeting room) of the Legislative Assembly in an effort to portray himself as focusing his presidency on the people. Bukele's supporters booed and jeered at the Legislative Assembly deputies as they were introduced.: 244 He announced a sixteen-person cabinet composed of eight men and eight women.
  
  Bukele's second presidential inauguration was held on 1 June 2024, again at the National Palace. During the inauguration, the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) staged a military parade as a show of force and Bukele wore a Napoleonic-cut jacket with gold trim to evoke the image of Venezuelan liberator Simón Bolívar. He described his second inauguration as "the most important moment in our recent history" (" el momento más importante de nuestra historia reciente ").
  
  Bukele's first presidential inauguration was held on 1 June 2019.: 244 He became the 81st president of El Salvador as well as the country's youngest president at the age of 37. Bukele held the inauguration ceremony at the National Palace due to its location in Gerardo Barrios Plaza (renovated by Bukele as mayor of San Salvador) instead of in the Blue Room (meeting room) of the Legislative Assembly in an effort to portray himself as focusing his presidency on the people. Bukele's supporters booed and jeered at the Legislative Assembly deputies as they were introduced.: 244 He announced a sixteen-person cabinet composed of eight men and eight women.
  
  Bukele's second presidential inauguration was held on 1 June 2024, again at the National Palace. During the inauguration, the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) staged a military parade as a show of force and Bukele wore a Napoleonic-cut jacket with gold trim to evoke the image of Venezuelan liberator Simón Bolívar. He described his second inauguration as "the most important moment in our recent history" (" el momento más importante de nuestra historia reciente ").