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Day of Liberation and Innovation

Suriname’s labour-law explanatory material documents the February 25 “Day of Liberation and Innovation” designation and later removal from statutory free-day treatment; current reporting confirms the date is not automatically a national free day in 2026.

Date / rule25 February in historical Suriname designations; current national-holiday status has changed and must not be assumed
ScopeSuriname / historically designated February 25 observance with changed legal/status treatment
VerificationNational Law History Status Legacy Verified
PortabilityHistorical Legacy
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyHistorical Only
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Day of Liberation and Innovation?

Suriname’s labour-law explanatory material documents the February 25 “Day of Liberation and Innovation” designation and later removal from statutory free-day treatment; current reporting confirms the date is not automatically a national free day in 2026.

Date and recurrence

25 February in historical Suriname designations; current national-holiday status has changed and must not be assumed

This is retained as historical or legacy evidence. The site does not assume that the observance still recurs today.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Suriname / historically designated February 25 observance with changed legal/status treatment. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Day of the Revolution

Classification

Topic and context

Civic, Remembrance & History →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Historical Context Only.
  • Remembrance Civic Context Care.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Government of Suriname — Arbeidswet explanatory historyNational Government Law
  2. Dagblad Suriname — 2026 no national free day on 25 FebruaryCurrent Status Reporting
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Day of Liberation and Innovation?

25 February in historical Suriname designations; current national-holiday status has changed and must not be assumed The stored recurrence guidance is: Historical/status-sensitive February 25 designation; verify current Suriname government status before any present-year holiday claim.

Does Day of Liberation and Innovation fall on the same date every year?

The record is historical/legacy and is not treated as a currently recurring annual date.

Is Day of Liberation and Innovation an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Suriname / historically designated February 25 observance with changed legal/status treatment. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Day of Liberation and Innovation?

The stored designation basis is: Suriname’s labour-law explanatory material documents the February 25 “Day of Liberation and Innovation” designation and later removal from statutory free-day treatment; current reporting confirms the date is not automatically a national free day in 2026.. Supporting provenance includes Government of Suriname — Arbeidswet explanatory history. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Day of Liberation and Innovation international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to Suriname. Its fuller verified scope is: Suriname / historically designated February 25 observance with changed legal/status treatment.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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