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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Niger

The list of Niger 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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17 Oct 2009 (AFP-Niamey) The government of Niger has declared the date of the upcoming legislative elections, Tuesday, October 20, 2009, a one-off public holiday. • 18 Sep 2009 (Site De La Presidence De La Republique Du Niger-Niamey) Niger's Ministère de la Fonction Publique et du Travail has published a communiqué declaring Sunday, September 20, 2009, as the date of the upcoming Aïd Al fit'r public holiday. • 03 Aug 2009 (BBC News-Niamey) Niger's President, Mamadou Tandja, has declared a public holiday for tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4, 2009, on the occasion of Niger's constitutional change referendum. • 18 Jun 2008 (African Press Agency-Niamey) The government of Niger has declared Thursday, June 19, 2008, a one-off public holiday throughout the country, to mark the a national census to update the electoral roll in the country’s 265 communes, ahead of the 2009 general polls. • 16 Oct 2006 (Planete Afrique) The government of Niger has confirmed that there would be no public sector holiday on Monday, October 23, 2006, despite the fact that this year's Tabaski (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday falls on a Sunday. • 09 May 2006 (Site De La Presidence De La Republique Du Niger-Niamey) Niger has gazetted the "Proposition de loi modifiant la loi instituant les fêtes légales" as the loi N° 2006-08 du 2 mai 2006, abolishing public holidays on the Monday that follows a fixed-date public holiday that falls on a Sunday. • 13 Apr 2006 (Assemblée Nationale du Niger-Niamey) Niger's Assemblée Nationale (unicameral legislative assembly) has approved the draft bill "Proposition de loi modifiant la loi instituant les fêtes légales". • 19 Jan 2005 (Le Sahel-Niamey) The government of Niger has announced that the upcoming Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday would be on Thursday, January 20, 2005, rather than the previously announced date of January 21. • 23 Jun 1997 (Site De La Presidence De La Republique Du Niger-Niamey) Niger has gazetted the loi N° 2006-08 du 2 mai 2006 instituting days in lieu public holidays on the Monday that follows a fixed-date public holiday that falls on a Sunday. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Niger 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 Niger are regulated by the Loi no 98-05 du 29 avril 1998 modifiant la loi no 97-020 du 20 juin 1997 instituant les fêtes légales (Journal officiel, 1998-07-01, no 13, pp. 500-501) and subsequent decrees. • Public and para-public sector workers no longer get an additional, fully paid, public holiday, the day after any public holiday. • Niger International Codes NE and NER (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ne (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Niger information and news: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) (Niger central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Niger maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Niger), and Wikipedia (includes Niger commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

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

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