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Bank and Public Holidays for Liberia

Liberia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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02 May 2012 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Monrovia) The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Thursday, May 3, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday to coincide with the date of this year's World Press Freedom Day. • 23 Apr 2012 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Monrovia) The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Thursday, April 26, 2012, as a non-working public holiday to coincide with the date of the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. • 12 Mar 2012 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Monrovia) The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued two proclamations declaring the consecutive days of Wednesday, March 14, and Thursday, March 15, 2012, respectively, as national public holidays to be observed throughout the country. • 07 Feb 2012 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Monrovia) The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Saturday, February 11th, 2012, as Armed Forces Day, a non-working public holiday to be observed throughout the country as a national holiday. • 04 Feb 2012 (Liberia Broadcasting System-Monrovia) A bill has been introduced in the Liberian House of Representatives to consolidate the various Liberian annual public holidays honoring past presidents into a single, Presidents' Day, public holiday on the last Monday in October. • 13 Jan 2012 (Liberia Broadcasting System-Monrovia) The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a Proclamation declaring Monday, January 16, 2012 as a non-working national public holiday, to be observed throughout the Republic of Liberia. • 26 Nov 2011 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Monrovia) The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Tuesday, November 29, 2011, as a non-working public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic as a national holiday. • 01 Nov 2011 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Monrovia) The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Thursday, November 3, 2011, as a non-working public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic as a national holiday. • 06 Oct 2011 (Legislature of Liberia Senate-Monrovia) Liberian Senator John Akel Ballout has introduced a bill in the Liberian Legislature that would make the End of Ramadan an official non-working public holiday in Liberia. • 09 Aug 2011 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Monrovia) The Government of Liberia, has announced that Tuesday, August 23, 2011, would be a one-off non-working public holiday to be observed throughout the territorial confines of the Republic, on account of the National Constitutional Referendum to be held on that date. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Liberia 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: the law governing public holidays in Liberia is the Labour Practices Law (Titles 18 and 18A). • Weekend Public Holidays: although fixed-date public holidays that fall on a weekend are meant by law to remain of their appointed dates, in practice, the observance of Sunday public holidays is routinely moved to the following Monday. • National Decoration Day is a national public holiday when people clean and paint the graves of relatives. • Liberia International Codes LR and LBR (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .lr (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Liberia information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Liberia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Liberia), and Wikipedia (includes Liberia 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 Liberia, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Liberia, 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 Liberia. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Liberia, 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 Liberia, before planning any trip to Liberia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.