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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Lebanon

The list of Lebanon bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes 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. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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05 Jul 2010 (Portal of the Government of Lebanon-Beirut) Lebanon's cabinet’s secretary general has issued a memo declaring Tuesday, July 6, 2010, as a national day of mourning. • 19 May 2010 (Government Portal of Information and Forms-Republic of Lebanon) The press office of Lebanon's Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has announced that all public administrations, schools and universities would be closed on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, on the occasion of the public holiday declared for the upcoming Liberation Day. • 21 Mar 2010 (iLoubnan-Beirut) The Cabinet of the government of Lebanon has issued an official memo declaring that all public institutions will remain closed on April, 2nd, 3rd and 5th, of 2010, on the occasion of the upcoming Easter holidays. • 19 Feb 2010 (L'Orient Le Jour-Beirut) Following yesterday’s cabinet session, Lebanon's Information Minister, Tarek Mitri, announced that the Lebanese cabinet had agreed to make the Feast of the Annunciation a new annual national public holiday (la fête sera chômée). • 03 Jan 2010 (Government Portal for Information and Forms-Republic of Lebanon) The Government of Lebanon has published a revised list of official Lebanese public holidays for 2010. • 16 Dec 2009 (El Nashra-Beirut) The Presidency of Lebanon's Council of Ministers has confirmed that the date of the upcoming "Nouvel An islamique" public holiday would be Friday, December 18, 2009. • 21 Nov 2009 (Ya Libnan-Beirut) Yesterday afternoon, Lebanon's Prime Minister, Rafic Hariri, issued an order declaring a one-off public sector holiday and calling for the closure of all public institutions on Monday, November 23, 2009. • 03 Jun 2009 (Libnanews-Beirut) Lebanon's Minister of Education and Higher Education, Bahia Hariri, has decreed that Saturday, June 6, 2009, would be a second public holiday on the occasion on the next day's legislative elections. • 29 May 2009 (Reuters-Beirut) The government of Lebanon has declared that Monday, June 8, 2009, would be a one-off public holiday, to coincide with the coming parliamentary elections. • 22 May 2009 (Ya Libnan-Beirut) The office of Lebanon's prime minister’s announced that Monday, May 25, 2009, had been declared an official public holiday on the occasion of Liberation Day. As such, all public and private institutions, schools and universities will be closed. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Lebanon 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 Lebanon are regulated by the Lebanese Labour Code (Loi du 23 septembre 1946 portant Code du Travail, dans sa teneur modifiée), as amended by the Loi du 30 avril 1959 sur la Fête du travail (which made May 1st a public holiday) and the Loi du 21 novembre 1963 portant obligation de chômer dans tous les établissements commerciaux et industriels à l'anniversaire de l'indépendance (which made Independence Day a full national public holiday). • Weekends: • The Christian communities and most Muslim areas observe Saturday and Sunday weekends. • Some Sunni, most Druze and almost all the Shi'a communities observe Thursday and Friday weekends. • Government offices close on Saturday afternoon and Sunday all day. • Banks are closed on Sundays • Shops are often open 7 days a week . • The new Lebanese law relating to public holidays was signed by the President of Lebanon and gazetted on 6th October 2005. In September 2005, the Government approved a draft decree that aimed at reducing the number of public holidays celebrated in Lebanon. • Lebanon International Codes LB and LBN (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .lb (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Lebanon information and news: Central Bank of Lebanon (Lebanon central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Lebanon maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Lebanon), and Wikipedia (includes Lebanon commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Lebanon, 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. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Lebanon that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Lebanon were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

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 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Lebanon, 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 Lebanon, before planning any trip to Lebanon. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.