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Bank and Public Holidays for Micronesia (Federated States of)

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Micronesia 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.

Date in 2012

Holiday Name Observance*
Sun New Year's Day
Mon New Year's Day Holiday
* Wed Kosrae Constitution Day Regional
* Thu Yap Day Regional
* Fri Yap Day Holiday Regional
Fri Culture Day Holiday
Sat Micronesian Culture and Traditions Day
* Fri Good Friday (Pohnpei) Reg+Chr
* Sun Easter Reg+Chr
Thu Federated States of Micronesia Day (Constitution Day)
* Tue Gospel Day (Kosrae) Regional
* Sat Kosrae Liberation Day Regional
* Tue Pohnpei Liberation Day Regional
* Mon Chuuk Constitution Day Regional
Wed United Nations' Day
Fri Independence Day Holiday
Sat FSM Independence Day
* Thu Pohnpei Constitution Day Regional
Sun Veterans of Foreign Wars Day
Mon Veterans of Foreign Wars Holiday
* Thu Thanksgiving Day (Chuuk) Regional
* Mon Yap Constitution Day Regional
Tue Christmas Day

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Recent News and Updates

30 Dec 2011 (Yap State Government-Colonia) The governor of Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia, Sebastian Anefal, has announced that Monday, January 2, 2011, would be an additional non-working public holiday throughout Yap State.  25 Mar 2010 (FSM Information Services-Pohnpei) The President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Emanuel (aka. Manny) Mori, has signed into law legislation that creates a new annual March 31st public holiday called "Micronesian Culture and Traditions Day".  26 Feb 2010 (Marianas Variety-Colonia) The governor of Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia, Sebastian L. Anefal, has declared an additional public sector holiday, on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, on account of this year's Yap Day celebrations.  22 Jun 2009 (FSM Information Services-Pohnpei) FSM President, Manny Mori, signed a Presidential Proclamation declaring a 4-day national period of mourning, from June 23-26, 2009, on the occasion of the passing of the late Honorable Vice-Speaker and Dauk of U, Resio S. Moses of the State of Pohnpei.  25 Jun 2004 (FSM Information Services-Pohnpei) Public Law 13-38 of the Federated States of Micronesia was signed on June 23, 2004, and states that the eleventh day of November of each year, is to be an official public holiday designated as FSM Veterans of Foreign Wars Day.  12 May 1997 (FSM Office of the President-Pohnpei) The acting President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Jacob Nena, announced that a proclamation signed last week would make July 12, 1997, a one-off public holiday, to be referred to as Micronesian Law Day.  More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Micronesia public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.


Background Information

Governing Law: Official public holidays in the Federated States of Micronesia are regulated by Section 603 of title 1 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, as amended in 2004 by the Congressional Bill No.13-97, C.D.1 (Public Law No.13-38) which added Veterans' Day to the list of national public holidays.  Weekend Public Holidays: Generally, federal/national public holidays that fall on Saturday are observed on the proceeding Friday and public holidays that fall on Sunday are observed on the following Monday. However, regional public holidays do not seem to follow the same pattern.  Government Public Holidays: In October 2003, section 603 of title 1 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, as previously amended, was amended to grant the President the discretion to allow employees of the National Government to observe holidays other than the five National holidays, and for other purposes (NB: six national public holidays, as of March 2010).  Pohnpei State Public Holidays: • Good Friday • Pohnpei Liberation Day September 11 • Pohnpei Constitution Day November 8  Yap State Public Holidays: • Yap Day March 1 • Yap State Constitution Day December 24  Chuuk State Public Holidays: • Chuuk State Constitution Day October 1 • Thanksgiving Day November (fourth Thursday)  Kosrae State Public Holidays: • Kosrae Constitution January 11 • Gospel Day August 21 • Kosrae Liberation Day September 8.  Micronesia International Codes FM and FSM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .fm (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Micronesia 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 (Micronesia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Micronesia), and Wikipedia (includes Micronesia commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).


Footnotes
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Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Micronesia, 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.


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



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