National holidays in 2022
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
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Press Release
National holidays in 2022
The public holidays with a fixed date and variable date for 2022, determined by the Law n.10/2005 of 10th of August, are:
a) 1st of January – New Year’s Day (fixed date public holiday)
b) 3rd of March – Veterans Day (fixed date public holiday)
c) 15th of April – Holy Friday (variable date public holiday)
d) 1st of May – World Labour Day (fixed date public holiday)
e) 2nd of May – Idul Fitri (variable date public holiday);
f) 20th of May – Restoration of Independence Day (fixed date public holiday);
g) 16th of June – Corpus Christi (variable date public holiday);
h) 9th of July – Idul Adha (variable date public holiday);
j) 30th of August – Popular Consultation Day (fixed date public holiday);
j) 1st of November – All Saints Day (fixed date public holiday);
k) 2nd of November – All Souls Day (fixed date public holiday);
l) 12th of November –National Youth Day (fixed date public holiday);
m) 28th of November – Proclamation of Independence Day (fixed date public holiday);
n) 7th of December – Memorial Day (fixed date public holiday);
o) 8th of December – Day of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception and Timor-Leste Patroness (fixed date public holiday);
p) 25th of December – Christmas Day (fixed date public holiday).
q) 31st of December – National Heroes Day (fixed date public holiday).
The Law n. 10/2005, of 10th of August, determines national public holidays, official commemorative dates and the granting of days-off, and has been amended by Law n. 3/2016, of 25th of May, to recognise key historical dates of the Timorese Struggle for National Liberation. ENDS
