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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Guinea

The list of Guinea 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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24 Dec 2008 (AFP-Conakry) Guinea will hold a State Funeral on Friday, December 26, 2008, for its former President, Lansana Conte, who died earlier this week, after 24 years in power. • 23 Sep 2008 (The Observer-Banjul) Tibu Camara, minister of Information and Technology of Guinea Conakry, has been reported by the Gambian media as announcing that the upcoming 50th National Day public holiday would stretch for 3 consecutive days, from October 1-3, 2008 (one of these days being the upcoming Eid al Fitr, End of Ramadan, public holiday). • 25 Jun 2007 (Mail and Guardian) Guinea declared a public holiday for Monday, June 25, 2007, to honour the visit of Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi. • 01 Feb 2007 (Radio-Kankan) Following the recent end to the 18-day general strike, the Dyama Party has proposed the creation of a new national public holiday on January 22 every year. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Guinea 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: Official public holidays in Guinea are regulated by the Décret no 495 PRG du 27 octobre 1969 déclarant fêtes légales sur toute l'étendue du territoire de la République de Guinée les jours indiqués dans le texte (Journal officiel, 1970-04-15), which list all holidays that are paid non-workings day, as amended by the Arrêté no 1389/MASE/DNTLS/90 du 15 mai 1990 relatif aux jours fériés, which was in turn coalesced into the Ordonnance no 003/PRG/SGG/88 du 28 janvier 1988 portant institution du Code du travail de la République de Guinée. • Islamic New Year appears to be celebrated by some, but not as an official national public holiday. • 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 Guinea, 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.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Guinea that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Guinea were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

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 Guinea, 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 Guinea, before planning any trip to Guinea. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.