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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Angola

The list of Angola bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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05 Jun 2008 (Angola Press Agency-Luanda) The office of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos issued a statement announcing legislative elections, on Friday, September 5, 2008, and subsequently, the Angolan government approved a Law-decree on the observance of a one-off public holiday on September 5, Election Day, in an extraordinary session of the Cabinet Council. • 09 Jan 2008 (Angola Press) Yesterday, Luanda's regional culture minister, Manuel Sebastião, was quoted as saying that he was in favor of adding January 8th (National Culture Day) to the list of Angola's public holidays. • 21 Dec 2006 (Angop News Agency) The state Angop news agency said the Council of the Republic, a body chaired by President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, had advised splitting legislative and presidential elections, holding the former in 2008 (between May and August) and the latter in 2009 (also between May and August). • 27 Mar 2001 (Diario da Republica) Law 1/01 of March 23, 2001, went into effect, amending Law 16/96 of September 27, 1996, known as the Law on National Holidays. Four new public holidays have been added to the list of public holidays in Angola. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Angola public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Public holidays in Angola are currently regulated by Law 1/01 of March 23, 2001, which had itself amended Law 16/96 of September 27, 1996. Additional amendments have since been decreed to increase the original list, the most recent of which, Ley núm. 7/03 relativa a los feriados nacionales, was published in the Diário da República, 2003-03-21, núm. 22, págs. 461-462. • Non-Working Periods: Article 3 of the aforementioned law of 2003 (Suspensão da actividade laboral) specifies that public holidays are non-working days, as well as the afternoon of December 24. Since 2003, the afternoon of December 31 has also made its was into the list of non-working days. • Dates may be subject to change depending on proximity to a weekend. The government has also been known to declare national holidays, public holidays or celebrations with very short notice. • Weekend Public Holidays Public holidays that fall on weekly day of rest (as defined by) are moved to the next working day (quando um feriado coincide com um dia de descanso semanal deve ser transferido para o dia útil imediatamente a seguir). • Bridge Holidays and Days in Lieu: Article 7 of the aforementioned law of 2003 defines as "Pontes" (bridges) the public holidays given on a Monday, when a public holiday falls on a Sunday. The use of the term "bridges" is misleading as what it describes is more akin to what is elsewhere called "days in lieu". • Martyrs' Day: Angola's parliament voted, in mid-1996, to include the anniversary date of the January 4, 1961, killing of cotton plantations workers by the Portuguese Armed Forces, as "Colonial Repression Martyrs Day". • Court Holidays: Note that Court holidays run between 23 December and the last day of February. Also applies to the Public Ministry. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Angola, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Angola, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Angola, before planning any trip to Angola. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.