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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Liberia

The list of Liberia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes 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. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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28 Nov 2008 (The Liberia Times) Liberia's President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Saturday, November 29, 2008, a public holiday for the 113th birth anniversary of Liberia’s 18th President, William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman. • 23 Aug 2008 (Liberia Broadcasting System) Although the Liberia Public Holidays Act does not address the issue of public holidays that occur on a week-end, earlier today, the Liberian Foreign Ministry released a statement saying that since August 24th falls on Sunday, this year, a day in lieu public holiday is to be officially observed on Monday, August 25, 2008. • 19 Mar 2008 (allAfrica.com) Friday, March 21, 2008, has been declared a national public holiday, to coincide with the first day of the first Liberian census in 24 years • 04 Jan 2008 (The Analyst-Monrovia) Liberia's Information Minister, Rev. Dr. Lawrence Bropleh, recently declared that he would support a move to add Muslim public holidays to the list of Liberia public holidays. No specific holidays were mentioned. • 02 Aug 2007 (Government of Liberia) During her recent meeting with trade union leaders, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was asked by trade union leaders to consider making May 1st, a new annual 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 Liberia 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 law governing public holidays in Liberia is the Labour Practices Law (Titles 18 and 18A). • National Decoration Day is a national public holiday when people clean and paint the graves of relatives. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Liberia, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Liberia, 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 Liberia. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Liberia, 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 Liberia, before planning any trip to Liberia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.