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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Madagascar

The list of Madagascar 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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08 Aug 2007 (Madagascar Tribune) President, Marc Ravalomanana, declared tomorrow, Thursday, August 9, 2007, as a one-off public holiday to coincide with the first day of the Indian Ocean Games sporting event. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Madagascar 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 Madagascar are regulated by the Décret 62-150 du 28 mars 1962 Déterminant les modalités d'application du repos hebdomadaire, des jours fériés chômés et des jours fériés chômés et payés whose article 22 lists the official public holidays of Madagascar, and whose Article 28 addresses (partially) the issues stemming from public holidays that fall on a weekend. • Annual Decrees: After consultations with the Conseil National de l'Emploi, the list of annual public holidays in Madagascar is confirmed or modified annually by a government decree, usually published in January. • International Women's Day was made a partial public holiday, for women only, by decree 99-145 of February 25, 1999. • Martyrs' Day was made a partial public holiday, pursuant to decree 66-035 of December 19, 1966. • June 26: The public holiday on that date is often referred to as Madagascar's National Day (Fetim-pirenena), for lack of a clearly selected National Day, but that is not really correct. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of Madagascar (Madagascar central bank), 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).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Madagascar, 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.

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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 Madagascar, 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 Madagascar, before planning any trip to Madagascar. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.