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Public Holidays and
Bank Holidays for
Micronesia (Federated States of)
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Related countries: Oceania
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The list of Micronesia bank
holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from
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Background Information
Footnotes
Disclaimer
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Date in 2008 |
Holiday Name |
Observance* |
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Tue |
New Year's Day
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Fri |
Kosrae Constitution Day
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Regional |
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Sat |
Yap Day
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Regional |
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Fri |
Good Friday (Pohnpei)
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Reg+Chr |
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Sun |
Easter
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Reg+Chr |
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Mon |
Culture Day (Chuuk + Pohnpei)
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Regional |
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Fri |
Federated States of Micronesia Day (day in lieu)
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Sat |
Federated States of Micronesia Day
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Thu |
Gospel Day (Kosrae)
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Regional |
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Mon |
Kosrae Liberation Day
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Regional |
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Thu |
Pohnpei Liberation Day
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Regional |
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Wed |
Chuuk Constitution Day
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Regional |
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Fri |
United Nations' Day
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Mon |
Independence Day
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Sat |
Pohnpei Constitution Day
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Regional |
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Tue |
Veterans' Day
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Thu |
Thanksgiving Day (Chuuk)
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Regional |
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Wed |
Yap Constitution Day
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Regional |
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Thu |
Christmas Day
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Background Information |
Governing Law: Official public holidays in the Federated States of Micronesia are regulated by Section 603 of title 1 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, as amended in 2004 by the Congressional Bill No.13-97, C.D.1 (Public Law No.13-38) which added Veterans' Day to the list of national public holidays.
Weekend Public Holidays: Generally, federal/national public holidays that fall on Saturday are observed on the proceeding Friday and public holidays that fall on Sunday are observed on the following Monday. However, regional public holidays do not seem to follow the same pattern.
Government Public Holidays: In October 2003, section 603 of title 1 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, as previously amended, was amended to grant the President the discretion to allow employees of the National Government to observe holidays other than the five National holidays, and for other purposes.
Pohnpei State Public Holidays:
Good Friday
Pohnpei Cultural Day March 31
Pohnpei Liberation Day September 11
Pohnpei Constitution Day November 8
Yap State Public Holidays:
Yap Day March 1
Yap State Constitution Day December 24
Chuuk State Public Holidays:
Cultural Day March 31
Chuuk State Constitution Day October 1
Thanksgiving Day November (fourth Thursday)
Kosrae State Public Holidays:
Kosrae Constitution January 11
Gospel Day August 21
Kosrae Liberation Day September 8.
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Footnotes |
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Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Micronesia, 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. |
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 Micronesia, 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 Micronesia, before planning any
trip to Micronesia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays,
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