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A look at the list of celebrities, world leaders attending Donald Trump's inauguration

The inauguration will feature celebrities, world leaders, and notable absences like Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Madhulika Rai
Last Updated : Monday, 20 January 2025
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New Delhi: Donald Trump will take oath as the 47th President of the United States. The mega event will take place at the capitol in Washington DC today. Donald Trump will become the second President, apart from this he will be the first criminally convicted President to hold the office as the Commander-in-chief.

The grand ceremony will have a whole list of high-profile attendees coming from across the globe. Here's a sneak-peek of the event:

Celebrities attending the event

Opera Singer Christopher Macchio, will be performing the National Anthem

The Commander-in-Chief Ball will be performed by Country group Rascal Flatts

Lee Greenwood will be playing God Bless the USA

America the beautifil will be sung by Carrie Underwood 

Global leaders likely to attent the event

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

Argentine President Javier Milei

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

Leaders Unlikley to attend the Ceremony

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 

Kim Jong Un of North Korea

Former First Lady Michelle Obama

Business Leaders attending the event

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon Executive Chairman.

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO.

Tim Cook, Apple CEO

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO.

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO.

Shou Zi Chew, TikTok CEO

Meanwhile Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be representing India at the mega event. The Indian Diaspora has also congratulated Donald Trump ahead of his swearing in. Indian Industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani attended Trump's private reception in Washington and congratulated him ahead of his inauguration ceremony.

The live event will begin from (10pm IST) and on the eve of the inauguration event, Trump will held a ‘Make America Great Again Victory Rally’ at the Capital One Arena.