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Bank and Public Holidays for Malawi

Malawi 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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16 Jan 2013 Malawi January 17 Public Holiday Ruled-Out (Government of the Republic of Malawi-Lilongwe) Malawi's Information Minister, Moses Kunkuyu, has announced that tomorrow, Thursday, January 17, 2013, had not been, and would not be, declared as a one-off non-working public holiday by the government of Malawi. • 21 Dec 2012 Malawi Year-End 2012-2013 Public Sector Holidays (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 once again declared a 16-day period of public sector holidays from Saturday, December 22, 2012, until Sunday, January 6, 2013, inclusively. • 18 Dec 2012 Malawi Boxing Day Public Holiday Restored (Government of the Republic of Malawi-Lilongwe) Malawi government spokesperson, Maganizo Mazeze, has announced that, with immediate effect, December 26 (Boxing Day) would be restored as an official non-working public holiday in Malawi. • 22 Jul 2012 Malawi Calls For New July Public Holiday (The Nyasa Times-Lilongwe) The Executive Director of the Council for Non Governmental Organisation in Malawi, Voice Mhone, has called on the government of Malawi to declare a new annual non-working public holiday on July 20. • 19 Apr 2012 Malawi Public Holiday April 23 (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 Malawi President Declares 16-Day Public Sector Holidays (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 Malawi Rules-Out Bingu Public Holiday (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 Malawi Set To Declare February 24 Public holiday (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 Malawi Declares September 10 Ramadan Public Holiday (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 Malawi Declares 10-Day Public Sector Holidays (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. • 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.

Arbitrary dates public holidays are public holidays whose date is determined in an unpredictable manner. This is usually due to their date being set by administrative or political bodies, and these holidays often do not occur every year, some recurring every 4 or 5 years (the Olympic Games, national elections, ...) and some occurring only once ever (Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee in 2002). In some cases these public holidays are also declared at the last-minute, as one-off public holidays, and are denoted as "Only in 2013".

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.

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 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.