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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for El Salvador

The list of El Salvador 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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20 Dec 2007 (Diario Oficial de El Salvador) Legislative decree 519 of December 20, 2007, makes Friday, May 2, 2008, a one-off bridge public holiday for all civil servants in El Salvador. This additional public holiday will be compensated by Saturday, April 26, 2008, being a regular working day. • 01 May 2007 (elsalvador.com) El Salvador's assembly has been asked to revise the public sector's public holidays law by enshrining the concept of bridge holidays begun on a case-by-case basis this year. If implemented, the law would make a one-off, bridge public holiday, any Monday that is followed by a Tuesday public holiday, or any Friday that is preceded by a Thursday public holiday. As compensation, the Saturday of the week-end preceding the bridge holiday weekend, would be a normal working day. • 20 Apr 2007 (El Diario de Hoy) The El Salvador Legislative Assembly approved a bill which gives civil servants Monday April 30, 2007, as a bridge public holiday, and extends their weekend for 4 days, from Saturday April 28, 2007 to the public holiday of Tuesday May 1, 2007. This applies to all civil servants, except the police and essential medical personnel. • 22 Feb 2007 (International Herald Tribune + The Associated Press) The government declared three days of mourning, following the grisly killings of Eduardo D'Abuisson and two other little-known Salvadoran politicians. All three men belonged to El Salvador's ruling party, ARENA, and represented El Salvador at the Central American Parliament, which is based in Guatemala City and has 132 members representing five of the seven central American nations. • More News Updates For up-to-the-minute news about public holidays trends and changes, visit our public holidays news and updates pages, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: The list and dates of official public holidays in Bolivia are regulated by the Decreto Legislativo No. 685, de fecha 20 de octubre del año 1993 (Diario Oficial No. 223, Tomo 321, de fecha 1 de diciembre 1993) as amended by the Decreto No. 177 of December 7, 2006 (Diario Oficial. - San Salvador, 20 de Diciembre de 2006). • Día Nacional de la Paz was a one-off public holiday in 1992 and then it was declared an annual public holiday through Legislative Decrees 177 and 196 of December 2006, but it is limited to state and local civil servants (empleados públicos y municipales) that are not related to essential services. • Día de la República: was declared to be celebrated every year on February 18, by Decree 537 (Declaran el 18 de Febrero de cada año “Día de la República") but it is not a public holiday. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador (El Salvador central bank), 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 El Salvador, 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 El Salvador, 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 El Salvador, before planning any trip to El Salvador. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our public holidays news and updates pages, or subscribe to our free email newsletters.