First inauguration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

2001 Presidential Inauguration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Date	January 20, 2001 (2001-01-20)
Location	EDSA Shrine Quezon City
Participants	President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Assuming office Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Hilario Davide, Jr.

The Inauguration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the fourteenth President of the Philippines occurred on January 20, 2001 under extraordinary circumstances. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first term (which lasted three years five months and ten days) of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as President, during the EDSA Revolution of 2001 following the removal of President Joseph Estrada.

Oath taking

Main article: EDSA Revolution of 2001

At the time, Arroyo was the Vice President to President Joseph Estrada, the winner of the 1998 presidential election.

Philippine presidential inaugurations

Aguinaldo (1897) Aguinaldo (1899) Quezon (1935) Quezon (1941) Quezon (1943) Laurel (1943) Osmeña (1944)* Roxas (1946) Roxas (1946) Quirino (1948)* Quirino (1949) Magsaysay (1953) Garcia (1957)* Garcia (1957) Macapagal (1961) Marcos (1965) Marcos (1969) Marcos (1978)** Marcos (1981) Marcos (1986) C. Aquino (1986)* Ramos (1992) Estrada (1998) Macapagal-Arroyo (2001)* Macapagal-Arroyo (2004) B. S. Aquino III (2010)

* Non-scheduled (extraordinary) inaugurations. ** Confirmation as Prime Minister.

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