2015 Event Greek judge Vassiliki Thanou is sworn in as the nation's interim prime minister after last week's resignation of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras; new elections for the position will be held in September 2014 Event Ashraf Ghani is sworn in as Afghanistan's new president; Ghani will share power with runner-up candidate Abdullah Abdullah, who has taken the position of chief executive 2014 Event South African President Jacob Zuma is sworn into office for his second 5-year term 2013 Event The new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, is sworn in by Vice President, Joe Biden 2012 Event Ivica Dacic is officially sworn in as Prime Minister of Serbia 2012 Event Leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in as a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, Burma's lower house of the parliament 2012 Event Following a landslide victory, Campbell Newman is sworn in as Australia's new Premier of Queensland 2011 Event Despite protests by opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, Joseph Kaliba is sworn in as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 2011 Event In a second consecutive mandate, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is sworn in as President of Argentina 2011 Event Belgium's new federal government is sworn in after a historically long 541 days of negotiations 2011 Event Amid protests, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, is sworn in for a fourth term 2010 Event The 15th President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, is sworn in, as is the 15th Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar Binay 2010 Event After being delayed by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovych is sworn in as the 4th President of Ukraine 2006 Event Samuel Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 1997 Event Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua 1995 Event Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay 1995 Event Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg 1994 Event Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal 1994 Event Stanley Betrian sworn in as leader of Curaeao 1994 Event Dennis Richardson sworn in as head of St. Maarten 1994 Event Stephen G. Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Event Ernesto Samper sworn in as president of Colombia 1994 Event Leonid Kvetjsma sworn in as Ukraine president 1994 Event Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary 1994 Event Roman Herzog sworn in as German president 1994 Event Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Event Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president 1994 Event Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium 1991 Event Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan 1991 Event Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1991 Event Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected president of Russian Rep 1991 Event Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president 1991 Event Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as president of Guatemala 1990 Event Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president 1990 Event David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1990 Event Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as President of Brazil 1990 Event Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay 1990 Event David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City 1989 Event Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India 1989 Event Xenophobia Zolotas sworn in as premier of Greece 1989 Event FW De Klerk sworn in as president of South Africa 1988 Event Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1988 Event Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname 1986 Event William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1986 Event 2nd government of Lubbers sworn in 1986 Event Yoweri Museveni sworn in as president of Uganda 1986 Event 1st black lt Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va) 1985 Event Alan Garcia sworn in as president of Peru 1984 Event Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th Prime Minister succeeding John Turner 1983 Event Bettino Craxi sworn in as premier of Italy 1983 Event Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor 1982 Event Amin Gemayel sworn in as president of Lebanon 1982 Event George P. Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs 1982 Event General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina 1981 Event Argentine general Leopoldo Galtieri sworn in as president 1980 Event Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran 1979 Event Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM 1976 Event Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy 1975 Event South-Vietnam General Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30 1973 Event Henry Kissinger, sworn in as Secretary of State 1972 Event 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E Pierce) 1972 Event Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy 1972 Event William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1971 Event Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi 1970 Event Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico 1970 Event Anwar Sadat sworn in as president of Egypt 1970 Event Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1969 Event Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice 1969 Event Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France 1969 Event Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister 1967 Event Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice 1967 Event Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil 1966 Event Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa 1963 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as 36th U.S. president 1963 Event George C. Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!" 1961 Event Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black 1959 Event Hiram Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii) 1958 Event Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina 1955 Event 1st West German officers sworn in 1953 Event Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president 1953 Event Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of U.S. 1948 Event 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy 1947 Event James Forrestal sworn in as 1st U.S. Secretary of Defense 1945 Event Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd president 1940 Event General George Marshall sworn in as chief of staff of U.S. army 1935 Event 3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in 1925 Event Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation's 2nd woman governor 1922 Event Rebecca L. Felton sworn in as 1st female U.S. Senator 1918 Event Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of U.S., California 1896 Event Wilfrid Laurier sworn in as 1st French speaking Prime Minister 1881 Event Chester A. Arthur sworn in as 21st president 1877 Event Rutherford B. Hayes is sworn in as the 19th president 1871 Event Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman 1870 Event Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps 1870 Event Hiram Rhodes Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress, Senator-R-Mississippi 1870 - 1871 1853 Event William Rufus de Vane King (D) sworn in as 13th U.S. Vice President 1849 Event Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president 1789 Event John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. Vice President (9 days before Washington) 1770 Event Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator (Mississippi) 1747 Event Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Netherlands 1708 Event Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen 1707 Event Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Friesland 1683 Event William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken" 1653 Event Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector 1653 Event Johan de Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland 1647 Event Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland 1625 Event Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 1609 Event Pieter Both sworn in as 1st Governor-General of East Indies
