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Bank and Public Holidays for Cameroon

Cameroon bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, 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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27 Apr 2012 (Présidence de la République du Cameroun-Yaoundé) The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has declared Monday, April 30, 2012, as a one-off bridge non-working public holiday (feriée chômée sur toute l’étendue du territoire de la république du Cameroun) to link the annual May 1st public holiday with the preceding weekend. • 12 Jan 2012 (Prime Minister's Office Republic of Cameroon-Yaoundé) The government of Cameroon has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Cameroon for the calendar year 2012. • 22 Dec 2011 (Présidence de la République du Cameroun-Yaoundé) The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has declared Monday, December 26, 2011, as a one-off public holiday in Cameroon to compensate the fact that the 2011 Christmas Day public holiday falls on a Sunday. • 28 Aug 2011 (Présidence de la République du Cameroun-Yaoundé) The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has declared tomorrow, Monday, August 29, 2011, as a one-off bridge public holiday to link the weekend to the upcoming Djouldé Soumaé (End of Ramadan) annual public holiday. • 09 Sep 2010 (Le Journal du Cameroon-Yaoundé) Earlier tonight, the government of Cameroon announced that Cameroon's Commission du Croissant Lunaire had confirmed that the new Moon of Shawwal had been sighted and thus that the date of the upcoming Aïd El Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday, would be Friday, September 10, 2011. • 19 May 2010 (Présidence de la République du Cameroun-Yaoundé) The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has declared Monday, May 24, 2010, as a one-off public holiday in Cameroon on account of the upcoming May 20 commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Cameroon's independence and reunification. • 10 Dec 2009 (Prime Minister's Office Republic of Cameroon-Yaoundé) The government of Cameroon has confirmed that the upcoming Islamic New Year (aka. Al-Hijra, or simply, Muharram) would be observed on Friday, December 18, 2009, in Cameroon. • 16 Sep 2009 (The gateway of Government of Cameroon-Yaoundé) The government of Cameroon has announced that the date of the upcoming Aïd El Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday, would be observed as a non-working public holiday on Sunday, September 20, 2009. • 01 May 2008 (Cameroon Radio Television-Yaoundé) Cameroon's President issued a decree making tomorrow, Friday, May 2nd, 2008, a one-off bridge public holiday. • 22 Dec 2007 (Kaï Walaï) Cameroon President, Paul Biya, signed an executive decree making Monday, December 24, 2007, a one-off, bridge public holiday. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Cameroon 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 Cameroon are regulated by the 1992 "Labour Code Law No.92/007" and the "Loi N°73/5 du 7 décembre 1973 fixant le régimes des fêtes légales en République Unie du Cameroun", as amended in 1976. • Religious Holidays: After decolonization, Cameroon counted many more religious public holidays. But, in the 1960's, to reduce the total number of public holidays, the government let each faith choose 2 holidays. Catholics, represented by Mgr Jean Zoa chose Good Friday and Assumption. Protestants, represented by Reverend Moubitang chose Christmas and Easter. Muslims, for their part, chose Eid al Ftir (End of Ramadan) and Eid al Adha (Tabaski). • International Women's Day (March 8) has recently become a, de facto, un-official, public holiday in Cameroon with public and private institutions closing for the day, as well as many schools telling children not to bother to come to school . • National Mourning Days: by regulation and tradition, days of national mourning are only public holidays if they are accompanied by a "national hommage", which usually means a State Funeral attended by the President and members of the Government. This was the case in August 1986 and February 1998, but not in the May 2007, day of mourning for the victimns of the Kenyan Airlines crash (although reports indicate that there was widespread absenteeism on that day in both the private and public sectors). • Unification Day (October 1) is listed in a few online sources as a public hoiliday, but there are no trustworthy sources to corroborate this. • Cameroon International Codes CM and CMR (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .cm (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Cameroon information and news: Bank of Central African States (Cameroon central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Cameroon maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Cameroon), and Wikipedia (includes Cameroon commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Cameroon, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Cameroon, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Cameroon. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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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 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Cameroon, 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 Cameroon, before planning any trip to Cameroon. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.