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Official List of Holidays in Peru for 2024: 16 National Holidays with Exact Dates for Public and Private Workers

2023-11-13 13:37:54

Peru annually celebrates a significant number of holidays governed by law that allow workers in both the public and private sectors to enjoy days with paid rest. Precisely, and in relation to non-working dates that represent a benefit for millions of people, 2023 has become the year where the current management of the Congress of the Republic expanded the calendar of official anniversaries, reaching a figure that automatically transforms the country where you take a break most often, 365 days a year. Regarding the approvals by Parliament, we tell you how many there will be from 2024 and what days they fall.

HOW MANY NATIONAL HOLIDAYS WILL BE OFFICIALLY CELEBRATED FROM 2024 IN PERU AND ON WHAT DATES?

For 22 years, the Government of Peru had decreed up to 12 holidays for the benefit of a large percentage of workers and public servants, but when 2021 came to a close, the Congress of the Republic began to make decisions that impacted the calendar of commemorated holidays. annually within the country.

Currently, and following a series of announcements endorsed in bills by Parliament, the number of non-working days officially declared in article 6 of Legislative Decree No. 713, amounts to a total of 16 thanks to the approval of 4 new anniversaries.

Regarding the celebration of the number of holidays mentioned and updated with a view to the coming 2024, which will begin with the traditional New Year, we share with you the exact dates that you can enjoy as a worker in the public and private sector:

January 1March 28 and 29May 1June 7 / June 29July 23 / July 28 and 29August 6 / August 30October 8November 1December 8 / December 9 / December 25

It is important to highlight that the 4 new national holidays promulgated by the Congress of the Republic, and observed by the Government in some cases, came into effect between the end of 2021 and June 2023, and can be enjoyed in their entirety starting in 2024. .

WHAT ARE THE 16 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS THAT WILL OFFICIALLY OCCUR IN 2024?

The list of anniversaries celebrated in Peru with days that constitute mandatory paid breaks was expanded with a view to 2024 due to legislative enactments that seek to recognize and make visible events that are part of the country’s history such as the Battle of Arica, among others. .

Given the above, and thanks to information shared by the official newspaper A Peruvian manwe detail the reasons why it was defined that each new holiday be incorporated into the calendar of holidays framed in article 6 of Legislative Decree No. 713:

Peruvian Air Force Day (July 23)

In the early hours of Friday, June 23, 2023, the Congress of the Republic approved the law that declares this date to honor Captain FAP José Abelardo Quiñones

Battle of Arica and Flag Day (June 7)

Law approved by insistence to establish that this date be declared a national holiday, and published on June 15 in commemoration of both patriotic anniversaries

Battle of Junín (August 6)

On July 7, 2022, Congress approved declaring August 6 a national holiday in honor of this important event that allowed the subsequent independence of Peru to be consolidated.

Battle of Ayacucho (December 9)

Announcements approved on December 9, 2021 by the plenary session of the Congress of the Republic to commemorate this significant national event