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Bank and Public Holidays for Malawi

Malawi 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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19 Apr 2012 (Government of the Republic of Malawi-Lilongwe) Malawi's President, Joyce Banda, has declared Monday, April 23, 2012, as a non-working public holiday throughout Malawi on the date of the burial ceremony of late president Bingu wa Mutharika. • 20 Dec 2011 (Government of the Republic of Malawi-Lilongwe) Malawi's Chief Secretary to the Government in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Bright Msaka, has announced that President Bingu wa Mutharika had declared a 16-day period of public sector holidays from Friday, December 23, 2011, until Sunday, January 8, 2012, inclusively. • 22 Feb 2011 (The Nyasa Times-Lilongwe) A spokesperson for the Malawi State House has dismissed rumours of a public holiday on either February 24 or 26, 2011, to commemorate President Bingu wa Mutharika’s 77th birthday. • 17 Feb 2011 (The Nyasa Times-Lilongwe) Malawi's National Intelligence Service is quoted as saying that the Malawi government is planning to turn President Bingu wa Mutharika’s birthday, on February 24th, into a national public holiday. • 09 Sep 2010 (African Press Agency-APA) Earlier today, the Malawi Ministry of Local Government announced that the government of Malawi had decided to declare a nation-wide public holiday on Friday, September 10, 2010, on account of the upcoming Eid Ul Fitr celebrations marking the end of the month of Ramadan. • 22 Dec 2009 (Nyasa Times-Lilongwe) Malawi's State President, Ngwazi Dr Bingu wa Mutharika, in his capacity as Minister responsible for the Civil Service, has granted an additional 3-day period of public holidays, from Tuesday, December 29, to Thursday, December 31, 2009. • 18 Sep 2009 (Nyasa Times-Lilongwe) According to an announcement on state radio and TVM, Malawi's government has declared Monday, September 21, 2009 as a statutory public holiday, to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan). • 17 May 2009 (Nyasa Times-Lilongwe) Malawi's Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Patrick Kabambe, has announced that the government of Malawi had declared Tuesday, May 19, 2009, a public holiday on the occasion of this year's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. • 17 May 2009 (Capital Radio-Blantyre) In a radio interview this morning, Malawi's former minister of local government and rural development, George Chaponda, denied reports that 18 May has been declared a public holiday. • 15 Oct 2008 (African Press Agency-Lilongwe) Malawi's President, Bingu wa Mutharika, has announced that from this year onward, Malawi's Mothers' Day public holiday would be observed jointly with the UN-designated World Rural Women’s Day, and on the date of the UN day, October 15. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Malawi 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 Malawi are regulated by the Employment Act, 1999 (published 19th May, 2000) as amended by thePublic Holidays (Amendment of Schedule) Order 1986 (Government Notice No. 99; Malawi Gazette Supplement, 1986-11-07, N. 35A, p.291). • Other Muslim festivals may be celebrated especially in the Northern Region and along Lake Malawi. • Kamuzu Day used to be an official public holiday and beginning in 2008, May 14, once again, became a national public holiday. • National Tree Planting Day is reported in many online sources as a public holiday on December 1, or December 21 or the second Monday of December. However, this is not an official public holiday in Malawi. • Malawi International Codes MW and MWI (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .mw (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Malawi information and news: Reserve Bank of Malawi (Malawi central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Malawi maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Malawi), and Wikipedia (includes Malawi commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Malawi, 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.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Malawi 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 Malawi 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.

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