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| Event_Name    =First presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton
| Image_Name    = Bill Clinton taking the oath of office, 1993.jpg
| Image_Caption = Bill Clinton takes the [[oath of office of the President of the United States|oath of office]] as the<br />42nd [[President of the United States]].
| organizers    = [[Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies#1993 committee|Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies]]
| participants  = [[Bill Clinton]]<br />42nd President of the United States<br />''— Assuming office''<br /><hr>[[William Rehnquist]]<br />[[Chief Justice of the United States]]<br />''— Administering oath''<br /><hr>[[Al Gore]]<br />45th Vice President of the United States<br />''— Assuming office''<br /><hr>[[Byron White]]<br />[[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]<br />''— Administering oath''
| Location      = [[United States Capitol]],<br/>[[Washington, D.C.]]
| Date          = {{Start date and age|1993|01|20}}
| notes        = {{left|← [[Inauguration of George H. W. Bush|1989]]}} {{right|[[Second inauguration of Bill Clinton|1997]] →}}
}}

The '''first inauguration of Bill Clinton''' as the 42nd president of the United States was held on January 20, 1993. This was the beginning of the first term of [[Bill Clinton]] as President and [[Al Gore]] as [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]].

The ceremony took place at the [[United States Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, President William Jefferson Clinton 1993. http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/chronology/wjclinton1993.cfm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006180057/http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/chronology/wjclinton1993.cfm |date=2012-10-06 }} (accessed May 22 2012)</ref> Clinton was the first president elected after the [[Cold War]] period. He was the first [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] elected in 16 years.

Clinton and Gore took over from outgoing President [[George H. W. Bush]] and outgoing Vice President [[Dan Quayle]].<ref>University of Virginia, American President: A Reference Resource. http://millercenter.org/president/clinton/essays/biography/1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209125445/http://millercenter.org/president/clinton/essays/biography/1 |date=2014-02-09 }} (accessed May 22 2012)</ref>

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