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Bank and Public Holidays for Bénin

A preview of the Bénin bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2021, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers.

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07 Jan 2019 Benin Vaudoun Public Holiday January 10 (Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin-Cotonou) The Ministry of Labour of the government of Benin released the communiqué N°001MTFP/DC/SGM/DGT/DRP/SRI announcing that Thursday, January 10, 2019, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the upcoming annual non-working public holiday in the Bénin for the "fête annuelle des religions traditionnelles" (traditional religions day). • 16 Nov 2018 Benin Public Holiday November 20 (Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin-Cotonou) The government of Benin has released a communiqué, signed by Benin's Minister of Labour and Social Security, Mathys Adidjatou, announcing that the government of Bénin had declared Tuesday, November 20, 2018, as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the upcoming Maouloud annual non-working public holiday in the Bénin celebrating the anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed. • 30 Oct 2018 Benin Public Holiday November 1 (Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin-Cotonou) The government of Benin has released a communiqué, signed by Benin's Minister of Labour and Social Security, announcing that the government of Bénin had declared Thursday, November 1, 2018, as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the upcoming "fête catholique de la Toussaint, qui célèbre tous les saints" annual non-working public holiday in the Bénin. • 09 Aug 2018 Benin Public Holiday August 15 (Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin-Cotonou) The government of Benin has released a communiqué, signed by Benin's Minister of Labour and Social Security, announcing that the government of Bénin had declared Wednesday, August 15, 2018, as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the upcoming "fête de l'Assomption" annual non-working public holidays in the Bénin. • 24 Jul 2018 Benin Public Holiday August 1 (Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin-Cotonou) The government of Benin has released a communiqué signed by Benin's Minister of Labour, Mathys Adidjatou, announcing that Wednesday, August 1, 2018, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin. • 12 Jun 2018 Benin Public Holiday June 15 (Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin-Cotonou) The government of Benin has released a communiqué signed by Benin's Ministry of Labour's, on behalf of the Ministre Du Travail et de La Fonction Publique, Mathys Adidjatou, announcing that Friday, June 15, 2018, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the upcoming End of Ramadan (Aïd El-Fitr) annual non-working public holidays in the Bénin. • 24 Jan 2018 Bénin 2018 Public Holidays Announced (Site Officiel du président Béninois Boni Yayi-Cotonou) The government of Bénin has announced its annual list of non-working public holidays in Bénin for the calendar year 2018. • 07 Jan 2018 Benin Vaudoun Public Holiday January 10 (Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin-Cotonou) Late Friday night, the Ministry of Labour of the government of Benin released a communiqué announcing that Wednesday, January 10, 2018, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the upcoming annual non-working public holiday in the Bénin for the "célébration des cultes endogènes" (traditional religions day). • 28 Nov 2017 Benin Maouloud Public Holiday November 30 (Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin-Cotonou) The government of Benin has released a communiqué ("note de service N°049MTFP/DC/SGM/DGT/DRP/SRI en date à Cotonou le 27 Novembre 2017") signed by Benin's Ministry of Labour, announcing that Thursday, November 30, 2017, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the upcoming annual non-working public holidays in the Bénin of the "Maouloud" (the Prophet's Birthday). • 10 Aug 2017 Benin Public Holiday August 15 (Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin-Cotonou) The government of Benin has released a communiqué, signed by Benin's Minister of Labour and Social Security, announcing that the government of Bénin had declared Tuesday, August 15, 2017, as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the upcoming "fête de l'Assomption" annual non-working public holidays in the Bénin. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Bénin 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 the Bénin are regulated by the "Ordonnance no 79-33 du 2 juillet 1979 fixant les fêtes légales en République populaire du Bénin". • Vaudoun Day is also called Voodoo Day or Traditional Religions Day. Although 65 percent of Benin's population believes in voodoo, the practice has historically been the target of discrimination and was even, at one point, subject to a government imposed ban. But, now, the festival has been a national holiday for a decade and in 2006 delegations from neighboring Togo and Ghana were represented, as well as tourists from as far away as the United States. The festival has now gone global. • The public holidays of January 16 and October 26 were abandonned in 1990, although one still finds them listed on some web sites. • Bénin International Codes BJ and BEN (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .bj (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Bénin information and news: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) (Bénin central bank), UnitedHealthcare Global (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Bénin maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Bénin), and Wikipedia (includes Bénin 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 Bénin, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Bénin, 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 Bénin.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Bénin 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 Bénin 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).

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 2021 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Bénin, 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 Bénin, before planning any trip to Bénin. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.

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