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Bank and Public Holidays for Kazakhstan

A preview of the Kazakhstan bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2023, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers.

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14 Nov 2018 Kazakhstan 2019 Public Holidays Announced (Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana) The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Kazakhstan has released the annual list of 2019 public holidays in Kazakhstan ("On Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan"), the days in which national and state holidays are celebrated in Kazakhstan are recognized as holidays in accordance with the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. • 03 Aug 2018 Kazakhstan August 2018 Public Holidays (Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana) The Government of Kazakhstan has announced that August 21 as well as August 30 and 31, 2018, would be non-working public holidays in Kazakhstan. • 25 Dec 2017 Kazakhstan 2018 Public Holidays Extension Approved (Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana) The Cabinet of the Government of Kazakhstan has confirmed the draft amendments to the annual list of 2018 public holidays in Kazakhstan as announced 2 months ago. • 17 Oct 2017 Kazakhstan 2018 Public Holidays Extended (Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana) The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Kazakhstan has issued a draft amendment to the recently-released annual list of 2018 public holidays in Kazakhstan ("On Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan"), "with a view to rational use of working time in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 85 of the Labor Code", in accordance with the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. • 05 Oct 2017 Kazakhstan 2018 Public Holidays Announced (Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana) The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Kazakhstan has released the annual list of 2018 public holidays in Kazakhstan ("On Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan"), the days in which national and state holidays are celebrated in Kazakhstan are recognized as holidays in accordance with the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. • 09 Aug 2017 Kazakhstan Mulls August 31 Public Holiday (Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana) The government of Kazakhstan is reported to be considering the declaration of Thursday, August 31, 2017, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Kazakhstan, to link the upcoming annual Constitution Day non-working public holiday of Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, with this year's Kurban-ait (Feast of Sacrifice) on Friday, September 1, 2017, and adjoining weekend. • 17 Feb 2017 Kazakhstan March 2017 Public Holidays Amended (Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana) The government of Kazakhstan has released an amended version of its previously-released annual official list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the month of March 2016. • 18 Jan 2017 Kazakhstan 2017 Public Holidays Officialized (Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana) The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, has finally signed a decree officializing the list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan, including bridge holidays and compensatory working Saturdays, for the upcoming calendar year 2017. • 04 Jan 2017 Kazakhstan January 9 Public Holiday Ruled-Out (Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana) The government of Kazakhstan, via its Ministry of Health and Social Development, has issued a statement ruling-out the declaration of Monday, January 9, 2017, as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Kazakhstan, due to the Orthodox Christmas public holiday of Kazakhstan falling on a Saturday in 2017. • 17 Oct 2016 Kazakhstan 2017 Public Holidays Confirmed (Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana) The Ministry of Health and Social Development of the government of Kazakhstan has confirmed the earlier-released draft of the annual list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan, including bridge holidays and compensatory working Saturdays, for the upcoming calendar year 2017. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Kazakhstan 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: The official public holidays of Kazakhstan are regulated by the Law on Public Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the Labour Law 1999 which was amended in 2001, 2005, and 2009. • Mid-Week Public Holidays: Section 56-4 of Kazakhstan's Labour Code entitles the government to move any public holiday that falls in the middle of the week to another weekday, such as a Monday or Friday, to minimize the disruption caused by holidays to business life. • Classification: Public holidays are grouped into 3 categories: National Holidays, State Public Holidays, and Religious Public Holidays. When any of the holidays of the first 2 categories fall on a weekend, a day in lieu is given on the next working day. • Kazakhstan International Codes KZ and KAZ (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .kz (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Kazakhstan information and news: National Bank of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan central bank), UnitedHealthcare Global (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Kazakhstan maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Kazakhstan), and Wikipedia (includes Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Kazakhstan, 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 Kazakhstan.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan 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).

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 2023 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Kazakhstan, 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 Kazakhstan, before planning any trip to Kazakhstan. 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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