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Lebanon bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2013, 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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23 May 2013 Lebanon Bank Holiday May 25 (Association des Banques du Liban-ABL) The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that Saturday, May 25, 2013, had again been declared a bank holiday for all banks and financial institutions of Lebanon, including the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Lebanon, to commemorate "South Liberation Day". • 30 Apr 2013 Lebanon Bank Holiday May 6 (Association des Banques du Liban-ABL) The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that Monday, May 6, 2013, had also been declared a bank holiday for all banks and financial institutions of Lebanon, including the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Lebanon, to commemorate Orthodox Easter Monday. • 26 Apr 2013 Lebanon Public Holiday May 6 (Government Portal for Information and Forms-Republic of Lebanon) The caretaker Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, has announced that the upcoming Orthodox Easter Sunday non-working public holiday, would be observed on Monday, May 6, 2013. • 22 Mar 2013 Lebanon Public Holiday April 1st (Government Portal for Information and Forms-Republic of Lebanon) The Government of Lebanon has announced that the upcoming Western Easter Sunday non-working public holiday, would be observed on Monday, April 1, 2013. • 02 Mar 2013 Lebanon Moves Teachers Day Holiday (Government Portal for Information and Forms-Republic of Lebanon) The Government of Lebanon has announced that the upcoming Teachers' Day holiday, annually observed on March 9, would be observed on Friday, March 8, 2013, as March 9 falls on a Saturday this year. • 17 Feb 2013 Lebanon Call For September 1st Public Holiday (The Daily Star-Beirut) Following last week's declaration of Thursday, February 14, 2013, as a non-working public holiday to, once more, commemorate the anniversary of the 2005 assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Baabda MP Alain Aoun has proposed that September 1st be made into an annual non-working public holiday in Lebanon to commemorate all assassinated political leaders in the country. • 09 Feb 2013 Lebanon Hariri Bank Holiday February 14 (Association des Banques du Liban-ABL) The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that Thursday, February 14, 2013, had also been declared a bank holiday for all banks and financial institutions of Lebanon, including the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Lebanon, to commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (Commémoration de l'assasinat du PM Rafic Hariri). • 08 Feb 2013 Lebanon Hariri Public Holiday February 14 (Government Portal for Information and Forms-Republic of Lebanon) The Government of Lebanon, through a statement by Prime Minister Najib Mikati, has declared Thursday, February 14, 2013, as a non-working public holiday to, once more, commemorate the anniversary of the 2005 assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. • 02 Feb 2013 Lebanon Public Holiday February 9 (Government Portal for Information and Forms-Republic of Lebanon) The Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, has issued an administrative memorandum declaring Saturday, February 9, 2013, as a non-working public holiday in Lebanon. • 30 Nov 2012 Lebanon 2013 Public Holidays Announced (Government Portal for Information and Forms-Republic of Lebanon) The Government of Lebanon has announced the list of official Lebanese non-working public holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2013. • 16 May 2012 Lebanese Call For April 26 Public Holiday (The Daily Star-Beirut) Following yesterday's declaration of May 25 as a non-working public holiday in Lebanon, Phalange Party MPs have presented a draft law which would declare April 26, the anniversary date of the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, into an annual non-working public holiday. • 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 2013 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 worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.