“On the day following the expiry of the term of office of the President of the Republic, the elected President of the Republic shall take office after he, in Vilnius, in the presence of the representatives of the Nation—the Members of the Seimas, takes an oath to the Nation to be faithful to the Republic of Lithuania and the Constitution, to conscientiously fulfil the duties of his office, and to be equally just to all. A re-elected President of the Republic shall also take the oath. The act on taking the oath of the President of the Republic shall be signed by him and by the President of the Constitutional Court or, in the absence of the latter, by a justice of the Constitutional Court.”
The elected President takes office on the day after the previous term ends, having sworn an oath to the Nation in Vilnius in the presence of Members of the Seimas. A re-elected President also takes the oath. The act of oath is signed by the President and the President of the Constitutional Court.
The presidential inauguration takes place in the Seimas building in Vilnius: the new President reads the oath aloud, and the President of the Constitutional Court signs the act of oath together with him or her.
You may be asked where and to whom the President swears the oath (in Vilnius, to the Nation, before Members of the Seimas) and who signs the act of oath (the President and the President of the Constitutional Court).
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