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Argentina bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, 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.

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01 Apr 2012 (Parlamentario-Buenos Aires) The new laws committee of Argentina's lower house of Congress (Comisión de Legislación General de la Cámara de Diputados) is about to consider a bill that would add 2 one-off public holidays in the coming year. • 26 Mar 2012 (Parlamentario-Buenos Aires) A bill (proyecto de ley) has been introduce in Argentina's lower house of Congress by MP Enrique Thomas which would limit the number of national non-working public holidays in Argentina to 15 in any given year. • 22 Mar 2012 (El día-Buenos Aires) There are contradictory statements from the government of Argentina concerning the rumour that it was thinking of declaring the entire semana santa (the week leading up to Easter Sunday) as non-working public holidays throughout Argentina. • 16 Mar 2012 (Ministerio del Interior-República Argentina) The government of Argentina is once again considering declaring the entire semana santa (the week leading up to Easter Sunday) as non-working public holidays throughout Argentina. • 10 Mar 2012 (Parlamentario-Buenos Aires) A bill (proyecto de ley) has been introduce in Argentina's lower house of Congress which would declare September 24, 2012, a one-off nationwide public holiday to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle of Tucumán. • 23 Dec 2011 (Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina-Buenos Aires) Argentina's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has signed into law the recently-adopted Ley Nº 26.721/11 which declares a one-off additional non-working public holiday in Argentina on Monday, February 27, 2012. • 16 Dec 2011 (Subsecretaría de Justicia-Buenos Aires Ciudad) The Administration of the City and Region of Buenos Aires has amended the recently-announced decree by Argentina's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner declaring 4, year-end, public holidays for Argentina's public sector. • 14 Dec 2011 (Ministerio del Interior-República Argentina) Argentina's Minister of the Interior, Florencio Randazzo, has announced that Argentina's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had signed a decree declaring 4, year-end, public holidays for Argentina's public sector. • 01 Dec 2011 (Parlamentario-Buenos Aires) Argentina's lower house of Congress has, in turn, approved a bill which would declare February 27, 2012, as a one-off nationwide public holiday to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Creation and First Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of Argentina (Día del Bicentenario de la Creación y Jura de la Bandera). • 15 Oct 2011 (Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina-Buenos Aires) Argentina's Ministry of the Interior has released the official list of public holidays in Argentina for the calendar year 2012. • 27 Jul 2011 (Parlamentario-Buenos Aires) The Senate of Argentina has approved a bill which would declare February 27, 2012, as a one-off nationwide public holiday to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Creation and First Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of Argentina. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Argentina public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Fixed date public holidays in Argentina fall into 2 categories. Feriados inamovibles (those that do not move; the majority) which are covered by law 21.329, except for Immaculate Conception which is governed by law 24.445. Feriados trasladables (those that do move depending on the day of the week when they occur) which are covered by laws 23.555 and 24.445. • Malvinas Day: Perhaps because of its highly emotional affect, this public holiday has been tinkered with repeatedly by the Argentine legislature. It was originally decreed for April 2 by the de facto Law 22769. Then, Decree 901 of March 23, 1984, transferred it to June 10. It was then moved back to April 2, subject to changes depending on the weekday upon which it occurred. Then, finally, Law 25.370 was amended in June 2006, to make Malvinas Day (officially called "Día del veterano y los caídos en la Guerra de Malvinas") one of the non-moveable public holidays, regardless of the weekday on which it occurs . • Flag Day and General San Martín Holiday: A bill was introduced in 1996 to make these 2 public holidays remain on their respective dates (June 20 and August 17), but it never came into law. • Carnival Monday and Tuesday were declared public holidays by the decree 2.446 of 1956. Subsequent military governments increasingly tried to restrain its observance until 1976, when the last military junta passed law 21.329 which prohibits the celebration of Carnival. The 2 days of Carnival were retored as nationwide public holidays by the "Decreto 1584/2010 - Establécense Feriados Nacionales y días no laborables" of November 2010. • Día del Trabajador Bancario (Day Of The Bank Employee) commemorates the 1924 founding of the Asociación Bancaria and is observed every year on November 6. On that day, all banks in the Buenos Aires metro area (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires) are closed, as well as the Argentine Central Bank and all financial markets nationwide. • By law, those who belong to the Jewish or the Islamic faith, are entitled to additional public holidays off: Islamic New Year, Eid al Fitr, and Eid al Adha, for Muslims, and the first and last days of Passover, and Yom Kippur for Jews (laws 24.571, 24.757, and 26.089). • Día del Petróleo Nacional: According to the Ley Provincial 2258, voted by the Chubut provincial legislature on January 24, 1984, the 13th of December is a provincial compulsory public holiday (descanso obligatorio) for all civil servants and workers of the banking and financial sectors. Its observance is optional for private sector workers. There is a bill pending that would make the holiday a national one . • Argentina International Codes AR and ARG (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ar (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Argentina information and news: Central Bank of Argentina (Argentina central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Argentina maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Argentina), and Wikipedia (includes Argentina commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Argentina, 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 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Argentina, 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 Argentina, before planning any trip to Argentina. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.