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Bank and Public Holidays for Paraguay

A preview of the Paraguay bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2023, 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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12 Apr 2019 Paraguay Public Sector Holiday April 17 (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's President, Mario Abdo Benítez, has decreed a non-working public sector holiday for Ash Wednesday, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, to let Paraguayan civil servants begin their Holy Week non-working public holidays earlier. • 26 Feb 2019 Paraguay Public Sector Holiday February 27 (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's President, Mario Abdo Benítez, has decreed a non-working public sector holiday for the "Día del Funcionario Público" on Wednesday afternoon, February 27, 2019. • 22 Dec 2018 Paraguay 2019 Public Holidays Released (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) The President of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez, has signed the "Decreto número 913" which lists the annual official non-working public holidays in Paraguay for the upcoming calendar year 2019, including which of the annual non-working public holidays of Paraguay will be moved to adjoin a nearby weekend during the calendar year 2019. • 11 Dec 2018 Paraguay Public Holidays December 24 and 31 (Portal Paraguayo de Noticias-PPN) Paraguay's president, Mario Abdo Benítez, has released the executive decree No.848 making Monday, December 24, and Monday, December 31, 2018, one-off public sector holidays in Paraguay. • 02 Dec 2018 Paraguay Public Sector Holiday December 7 (Portal Paraguayo de Noticias-PPN) Paraguay's president, Mario Abdo Benítez, has released the executive decree No.740 making Friday, December 7, 2018, a one-off public sector holiday in Paraguay, beginning at 10:00 am local time. • 30 May 2018 Paraguay Public Holiday June 11 (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) The Paraguayan head of presidential decrees has released a communiqué confirming that the date of the upcoming Día de la Paz del Chaco annual non-working public holiday of Paraguay would be moved to Monday, June 11, 2018, as per the terms of the previously-released "Decreto número 8108". • 01 May 2018 Paraguayan May 14-15 Public Holidays (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) The Paraguayan head of presidential decrees, Édgar Rodas, has released a communique confirming that May 14 is a permanent part of the list of dates of the Paraguayan public holidays, as per ley 4.531. • 11 Apr 2018 Paraguay May 1st Public Holiday Maintained (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) The Paraguayan head of presidential decrees has released a communique confirming that, notwithstanding the Decreto Presidencial N° 9393, the upcoming Día Internacional de los Trabajadores Paraguayan annual non-working public holiday would remain on its set date of Tuesday, May 1, 2018. • 22 Mar 2018 Paraguay Public Sector Holiday March 28 (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's President, Horacio Cartes, has once again decreed a non-working public sector holiday for Ash Wednesday, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, to let Paraguayan civil servants begin their Holy Week non-working public holidays earlier. • 22 Feb 2018 Paraguay Public Holiday February 26 (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) The Paraguayan head of presidential decrees has released a communiqué confirming that the date of the upcoming Día de los Héroes de la Patria annual non-working public holiday of Paraguay would be moved to Monday, February 26, 2018, as per the terms of the previously-released "Decreto número 8108". • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Paraguay 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 Paraguay are regulated by the Ley 8/90 del 6 de junio de 1990 por la cual se determinan los feriados de la República, además de los domingos which re-grouped into a single text of law all previous holidays bills such as Ley 69 de fecha 20 de abril de 1914, incluye como feriado nacional el dia 12 de Octubre, fecha del descubrimiento de America and by the law 1601 of 2000. Note that many online sources for these laws have incorrect dates for both Independence Day and Asunción Foundation Day. • Mid-Week Public Holidays: The laws of 1990 and 2000 were later amended by Law 1723 of 2001, which gave discretionary powers to the executive branch to move annual public holidays that fall mid-week, to the nearest Monday, except for some patriotic and religious public holidays. However, this discretionary power is not systematically used. In fact, former president, González Macchi, tried to do it one year for the June 12 and August 15 holidays, and had to rescind his decree, hours after issuing them, due to vociferous protests (the usual "moving religious dates is atheism, and moving historical dates is un-patriotic" criticism). • Battle of Boquerón Day (September 29): This public holiday was gazetted for a "trial" period of 5 years by law 715/95 and then made into an annual law, five years later by law 1601/2000. • Mid-Week Public Holidays: Article 1 of the law 1.723/01 authorizes the Executive Branch to move most public holidays to the following Monday, except 4. • New Year's Eve: The end-of-the-year bank holiday covers banks and all financial institutions, and is governed by Executive Decree Nº 9131 of December 23, 1949, which specifies that "declárase feriado bancario el último día hábil del mes de diciembre de cada año" (ie. the holiday occurs on the last working day of the year). • Paraguay International Codes PY and PRY (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .py (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Paraguay information and news: Central Bank of Paraguay (Paraguay central bank), UnitedHealthcare Global (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Paraguay maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Paraguay), and Wikipedia (includes Paraguay commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

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

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 2023 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Paraguay, 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 Paraguay, before planning any trip to Paraguay. 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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