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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Brazil

The list of Brazil bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2009, 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 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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10 Nov 2009 (Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão-Brasilia) The Federal Government of Brazil, through its Ministério do Planejamento, announced the official list of 2010 public holidays in Brazil. • 23 Oct 2009 (Notícias JusBrasil-Brasilia) Many Brazilian States have decided to observe the annual, Dia do Servidor Público, public sector holiday on Friday, October 30, 2009, rather than the previously announced date of Monday, October 26, 2009. • 30 Sep 2009 (Portal da Câmara dos Deputados-Brasilia) The Comissão de Constituição e Justiça e de Cidadania of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies has finally approved a bill that would move to the previous Monday, fixed-date public holidays that fall on another weekday. • 27 Sep 2009 (O Globo-Rio de Janeiro) The Prefect of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Eduardo Paes, has declared an unpaid public sector holiday (ponto facultativo), on Friday, October 2, 2009, for all municipal and state public sector employees, to allow them to participate in that day's Olympics 2016 Selection party. • 23 Jun 2009 (Agência Câmara-Brasilia) The Board of Education and Culture of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies has rejected bill 2846/08, which purported to make into full national public holidays the holidays of Carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, and Corpus Christi. • 29 May 2009 (Agência Senado Federal-Brasilia) Brazilian senator, Roberto Cavalcanti (PRB-PB), has introduced new legislation that would move all mid-week public holidays (civil and religious) to the nearest Monday. • 06 May 2009 (Agência Senado Notícias-Senado Federal) Brazil's Senate commission on education, culture and sport (Comissão de Educação, Cultura e Esporte-CE) has rejected a bill that would have moved some of Brazil's mid-week, fixed-date, public holidays to the adjoining Friday. • 09 Apr 2009 (Agência Brasil-Brasília) The Commission of Constitution and Justice and Citizenship (CCJC) of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved a bill that would move mid-week public holidays to the following Friday. • 22 Mar 2009 (O Globo-Rio de Janeiro) Independent State MP, Jorge Babu (independent), author of the Lei 5.198 which instituted the April 23, Saint George (São Jorge) State public holiday, has vowed to fight against that public holiday being declared unconstitutional. • 28 Jan 2009 (Última Instância-Rio de Janeiro) Another public holiday in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro State has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which agreed with the Adin (Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade) 4091 that the state's declaration of a public holiday on November 20 was unconstitutional. • 22 Jan 2009 (Última Instância-Rio de Janeiro) The recent promotion of Carnival Tuesday from ponto facultativo to state public holiday, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal, STF). • 12 Jul 2008 (Agência Câmara-Brasilia) The Commission for the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship (Comissão de Constituição e Justiça e de Cidadania, CCJ) has passed in its final reading the Projeto de Lei 1385/03, of assemblyman Gastão Vieira (PMDB-MA), making June 10th, an annual national holiday, celebrating the contributions made to the development of Brazil by Portuguese immigration. • 10 Jul 2008 (Seu Dinheiro) A bill (Projeto de Lei 3418/08), was introduced by representative Daniel Almeida (PCdoB-BA), which would also make Carnival Tuesday a full-fledged public holiday in Brazil, and would fix its occurrence to the last Tuesday in February. • 26 May 2008 (Agência Câmara-Brasilia) A draft bill (Lei 2846/08) by deputy Wellington Fagundes (PR-MT) has gone into commission. It purports to officially add Carnival Tuesday to the list of national public holidays in Brazil (it is currently only an unofficial holiday taken by the civil service and many, but not all, companies) as well as Good Friday and Corpus Christi. • 20 Feb 2008 (A Voz Da Cidade-Rio de Janeiro) The State of Rio de Janeiro passed a law making the previously optional municipal holiday of São Jorge (Saint George's Day, April 23) into a full public holiday throughout the State, beginning in 2008. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Brazil 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 Brazil are of 3 types, national (nacionais), state (estaduais) and municipal (municipais). National public holidays are regulated by Lei nº 662, de 6 de abril de 1949 which was amended by federal law 10.607 of December 19, 2002. Religious holidays are regulated by the Lei nº 9.093, de 12 de setembro de 1995. • Pontos Facultativos (loosely translated as optional bridge holidays) are a uniquely Brazilian construct whereby some days are specified by the government (either at the federal, state or municipal level) as optional holidays that can be taken but need to be compensated later. This usually applies to civil servants, bank employees, and employees in large companies. The list of pontos facultativos included here is the list announced by the federal government. In pratice, most states will declare the same dates, albeit at the last-minute, and if the states do not then most municipalities also will. • Carnival Tuesday (terça-feira de Carnaval) is not a national public holiday in Brazil (only in some states and municipalities). However, tradition is that most businesses are off for both the Monday and Tuesday of Carnival. • Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are often only half days. • All Saints Day (Nov. 1) is not one of the official public holidays but may be taken, especially in villages. • State Public Holidays: • Acre: 15th of June: Aniversário do estado, 6th of August: Início da Revolução Acreana, 5th of September: Dia da Amazônia, 17th of November: Assinatura do Tratado de Petrópolis. • Alagoas: 16th of September: Emancipação Política de Alagoas, 20th of November: Dia da Consciência Negra. • Amapá: 19th of March: Dia de São José, 5th of October: Criação do Estado. • Amazonas: 05th of September: Elevação do Amazonas à categoria de província, 8th of December: Dia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição. • Bahia: 02nd of July: Indepêndencia da Bahia. • Ceará: 19th of March: Dia de São José. • Distrito Federal: 21st of April: Fundação de Brasília, 30th of November: Dia do Evangélico. • Espírito Santo: 23th of May: Colonização do solo espírito-santense. • Goiás: 28th of October: Dia do Servidor Público. • Maranhão: 28th of July: Adesão do Maranhão à independência do Brasil, 8th of December: Dia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição. • Mato Grosso: 20th of November: Dia da Consciência Negra. • Mato Grosso do Sul: 11th of October: Criação do Estado. • Minas Gerais: 21st of April: Data magna do Estado. • Pará: 15th of August: Adesão do Grão-Pará à independência do Brasil. • Paraíba: 05th of August: Emancipação política do estado. • Paraná: 19th of December: Emancipação Política (Emancipação do Paraná de São Paulo). • Pernambuco: None. • Piauí: 13th of March: Dia da Batalha do Jenipapo, 19th of October: Dia do Piauí. • Rioth of January:: 15th of October: Dia do Comércio, 20th of November: Dia da Consciência Negra. • Rio Grande do Norte: 29th of June: Dia de São Pedro, 3th of October: Mártires de Cunhaú e Uruaçu. • Rio Grande do Sul: 20th of September: Revolução Farroupilha. • Rondônia: 04th of January: Criação do Estado, 18th of June: Dia do Evangélico. • Roraíma: 05th of October: Criação do Estado. • Santa Catarina: 11th of August: Criação da capitania, separando-se de São Paulo. • São Paulo: 09th of July: Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932. • Sergipe: 08th of July: Autonomia política de Sergipe. • Tocantins: 05th of October: Criação do Estado. • Zumbi's Birthday, also known as Día Nacional de la Conciencia Negra (National Day of Black Self-Awareness), on November 20: Bill 302/2003 (Dispõe sobre a instituição de feriado nacional na data da morte de Zumbi dos Palmares), by Senator Paulo Paim, to make the date a national public holiday has been stalled in the Senate since 2003. However, despite its lack of official national status, it was officially celebrated in 5267 of the country's 5561 cities and municipalities in 2007 (as compared to 5225, in 2006), including Río de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, where it has been an official municipal public holiday since 2003 . • Resolução 2516, from the year 2000, made Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter) a working day, but the same resolution excused financial institutions from fulfilling minimal operating hours on that date. • December 31 was made a holiday for the banking sector by resolution 2.596/99. • On election years, law 9.504/97 specifies that the first round of voting ocurs on the first Sunday of October, and the second round, when needed, occurs on the last Sunday of October. • Dia do Servidor Público (Civil Servants' Day): although the governing law (art. 236 of law nº 8.112 of December 11, 1990) specifies a fixed date for this holiday, in the past it has often been arbitrarily moved to another date when it occurred on a weekend (2007) or in the middle of the week (2008 and 2009). • Brazil International Codes BR and BRA (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .br (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Brazil information and news: Central Bank of Brazil (Brazil central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Brazil maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Brazil), and Wikipedia (includes Brazil commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Brazil, 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.

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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 2009 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Brazil, 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 Brazil, before planning any trip to Brazil. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.