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Madagascar 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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27 Apr 2012 (Filankevitry ny Governemanta-Mahazoarivo) Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement has issued a decree amending the previously-declared list of 2012 Madagascar public holidays by declaring Monday, April 30, 2012, as a paid one-off bridge public holiday throughout Madagascar to link the upcoming May 1st public holiday with the preceding weekend. • 18 Jan 2012 (Filankevitry ny Governemanta-Mahazoarivo) Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement, at the insistence of the Minister of communications, has issued the "Décret fixant la liste des jours fériés, chômés et payés au titre de l'année 2012", which officially declares the list of public holidays in Madagascar for the calendar year 2012. • 28 Oct 2011 (Filankevitry ny Governemanta-Mahazoarivo) Madagascar's Minister of Communications, Rahajason Harry Laurent, has issued a decree declaring Monday, October 31, 2011, as a paid one-off bridge public holiday throughout Madagascar (journée déclarée fériée, chômée et payée sur tout le territoire de la République). • 13 Aug 2011 (Midi Madagasikara-Antananarivo) The President of Madagascar's Commission de la Sécurité et Défense Nationale, Alain Ramaroson, has called for the addition of 2 new annual public holidays to the current list of official non-working public holidays in Madagascar. • 18 Jun 2011 (Communiqués de la Présidence de la Haute Autorité de la Transition-Antananarivo) Madagascar's chargé de communication à la Présidence de la HAT has published a detailed program for Madagascar's upcoming 51st Independence Day celebrations which rules-out a day in lieu public holiday on Monday, June 27, 2011. • 01 Jun 2011 (Filankevitry ny Governemanta-Mahazoarivo) Late last night, Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement issued a decree declaring Friday, June 3, 2011, as a paid one-off bridge public holiday throughout Madagascar. • 25 Mar 2011 (Filankevitry ny Governemanta-Mahazoarivo) Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement has ruled-out the widely expected declaration of Monday, March 28, 2011, as a bridge public holiday. • 23 Mar 2011 (Communiqués de la Présidence de la Haute Autorité de la Transition-Antananarivo) Madagascar's Présidence de la Haute Autorité de la Transition has issued a press communique officially declaring Tuesday, March 29, 2011, as an official paid public holiday (journée déclarée fériée, chômée et payée). • 15 Jan 2011 (Filankevitry ny Governemanta-Mahazoarivo) Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement has issued the Decree N°2011-012 ("Décret fixant la liste des jours fériés, chômés et payés au titre de l'année 2011") which officially declares the list of public holidays in Madagascar for the calendar year 2011. • 10 Jan 2011 (L'Express de Madagascar-Antananarivo) Madagascar's Conseil du Gouvernement has reached an agreement with all major parties to postpone, sine die, the upcoming March 16, 2011, paliamentary elections. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Madagascar 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 Madagascar are regulated by the Décret 62-150 du 28 mars 1962 Déterminant les modalités d'application du repos hebdomadaire, des jours fériés chômés et des jours fériés chômés et payés whose article 22 lists the official public holidays of Madagascar, and whose Article 28 addresses (partially) the issues stemming from public holidays that fall on a weekend. • Annual Decrees: After consultations with the Conseil National de l'Emploi, the list of annual public holidays in Madagascar is confirmed or modified annually by a government decree, usually published in January, such as the décret n°2011-012 du ministère de la Fonction publique, du travail et des lois sociales. • International Women's Day was made a partial public holiday, for women only, by decree 99-145 of February 25, 1999. • Martyrs' Day was made a partial public holiday, pursuant to decree 66-035 of December 19, 1966. • June 26: The public holiday on that date is often referred to as Madagascar's National Day (Fetim-pirenena), for lack of a clearly selected National Day, but that is not really correct. • Madagascar International Codes MG and MDG (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .mg (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Madagascar information and news: Central Bank of Madagascar (Madagascar central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Madagascar maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Madagascar), and Wikipedia (includes Madagascar 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 Madagascar, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Madagascar, 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 Madagascar. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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