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Bank and Public Holidays for Suriname

Suriname 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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29 Feb 2012 (Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname-Paramarimbo) The Commission on Suriname National Holidays established by the government of Suriname to reduce the number of annual public holidays in Suriname has reached a dead-end in its discussions with religious groups, none of which seems ready to abandon one of its religious public holidays. • 31 Jan 2012 (Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname-Paramarimbo) The government of Suriname has released the list of its expected public holidays dates for the calendar year 2012. • 25 Aug 2011 (Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname-Paramarimbo) The government of Suriname has released an updated list of its expected public holidays dates for the calendar year 2011, which now lists Wednesday, August 31, 2011, as the date of the upcoming bank and public holiday on account of the upcoming Id-Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan). • 06 Feb 2011 (Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname-Paramarimbo) The Council of Ministers of Suriname has declared another annual national public holiday on February 25, beginning this year. • 27 Jan 2011 (Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname-Paramarimbo) Suriname's Home Affairs Minister, Soewarto Moestadja, has announced that the Council of Ministers of Suriname had declared an additional public holiday on Thursday, February 3, 2011, for the upcoming Chinese New Year. • 17 Jan 2011 (Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname-Paramarimbo) The government of Suriname has released the list of its expected public holidays dates for the calendar year 2011. • 24 Nov 2010 (Dagblad Suriname-Paramarimbo) Suriname's Secretary of the Interior, Soewarto Moestadja, has announced that the recently-promised, October 10, public holiday for Maroons Day, was not official, yet, and would not be so until a decree or law was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Suriname. • 13 Nov 2010 (Dagblad Suriname-Paramarimbo) The Vice President of Suriname, Robert Ameeral, has announced another new religious public holiday in Suriname, on Tuesday, November 16, 2010, for the upcoming Id-ul-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). • 30 Oct 2010 (Dagblad Suriname-Paramarimbo) Suriname's President, Desi Bouterse, has announced that the upcoming Diwali, on Friday, November 5, 2010, would be an official public holiday in Suriname. • 11 Oct 2010 (Verkiezingen in Suriname-Drie Tabbetje) At a krutu held on the occasion of yesterday's Maroons Day, Suriname's President, Desi Bouterse, announced that Maroons Day, on October 10, would henceforth be an annual non-working public holiday in Suriname. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Suriname public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Chinese, Indian and Jewish businesses usually close on their respective public holidays. Eid-al-Adha and Diwali were declared national public holidays as of the end of 2010. • Indigenous People's Day, on August 9th, was declared a national public holiday in 2007. • Suriname International Codes SR and SUR (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .sr (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Suriname information and news: Central Bank of Suriname (Suriname central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Suriname maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Suriname), and Wikipedia (includes Suriname 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 Suriname, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Suriname, 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 Suriname. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Suriname 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.

Hindu Calendar Public Holidays : For Suriname, when calculating the date of bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays based on the Hindu Lunar calendar, if the date is expunged (ie. does not occur), then we use the following existing date of the Hindu Lunar calendar. Local practice concerning expunged days may vary regionally as described in many sources, including the 1998 book The Indian Calendric System by G.K. Chatterjee.

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