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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Liberia

The list of Liberia 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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30 Nov 2009 (Liberia Broadcasting System-Monrovia) Liberia's President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has proclaimed Tuesday, December 1, 2009, as World AIDS Day, and has declared the day to be observed across the country as a working holiday. • 23 Nov 2009 (The Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Monrovia) Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has once again issued a proclamation declaring Tuesday, November 24, 2009, as a one-off regional public holiday on the occasion of the Montserrado County Senatorial run-off by-election, to be observed throughout Montserrado County. • 09 Nov 2009 (Liberia Webs-Monrovia) Liberia's President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a Proclamation declaring Tuesday, November 10, 2009, as a one-off regional public holiday, on account of that day's Montserrado County senatorial by-election. • 21 Sep 2009 (The Liberian Times-Monrovia) Liberia's President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Monday, September 21st, 2009, as the International Day of Peace. • 02 Sep 2009 (The Analyst-Monrovia) Liberia's The Analyst newspaper reports that a number of government officials and some legislators have confided that the Muslim Community could get a public holiday for the End of Ramadan, if the community could agree on which day to celebrate it. • 20 Jul 2009 (The Liberian Times-Monrovia) Liberia's President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a Proclamation, declaring Sunday, July 26th, 2009, as National Independence Day in commemoration of the 162nd Independence Anniversary of Liberia, and a Foreign Ministry Release, indicated that since July 26 falls on Sunday, this year, the public holiday will be observed on Monday, July 27th, 2009. • 07 May 2009 (Liberia Broadcasting System-Monrovia) The Liberia Labor Congress has petitioned the Liberian National Legislature to pass a law declaring May 1st, as a national public holiday. • 08 Apr 2009 (Liberia Broadcasting System-Monrovia) Liberia's Deputy Chief Examiner at the National Port Authority, Richard Karyea, has called on the Legislature to declare October 29, the date of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's birthday, an annual public holiday. • 14 Mar 2009 (Liberian Observer-Monrovia) Liberia's President, Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has released a proclamation declaring Sunday, March 15, 2009, as the "Second Centennial Birth Anniversary of Joseph Jenkins Roberts", a public holiday to be observed properly and propitiously throughout the territorial confines of the Republic. • 28 Nov 2008 (The Liberia Times-Monrovia) Liberia's President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Saturday, November 29, 2008, a public holiday for the 113th birth anniversary of Liberia’s 18th President, William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman. • 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 2010 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 blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.