Jakarta (ANTARA) - The government has designated 16 national public holidays and 8 collective leave days for 2023, according to Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Muhadjir Effendy.



"(We have designated) 16 national holidays and 8 collective leave days, amounting to 24 days, for 2023," he said after presiding over a ministerial-level meeting on national holidays and collective leave days here on Tuesday.



The Joint Ministerial Decision of Religious Affairs Minister, Manpower Minister, and State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucracy Reform Minister No. 1066 of 2022, No. 3 of 2022, and No. 3 of 2022 will serve as the legal basis for the public holidays and collective leave days in 2023, he added.


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Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah, and State Apparatus Minister Abdullah Azwar Anas attended the ministerial-level meeting at the coordinating ministry’s office, Effendy said.



According to the joint ministerial decision, the following dates have been designated as national public holidays:



January 1 : New Year's Day

January 22 : Chinese New Year

February 18 : Commemoration of Prophet Muhammad's Isra' and Mi'raj

March 22 : Hindu Day of Silence

April 7 : Good Friday

April 22–23 : Eid al-Fitr

May 1 : Labour Day

May 18 : Ascension Day

June 1 : Birth of Pancasila Day

June 4 : Birth of Buddha Day

June 29 : Eid al-Adha

July 19 : Islamic New Year

August 17 : Independence Day

September 28 : Prophet Muhammad's Birthday

December 25 : Christmas Day


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Meanwhile, the following dates have been designated as collective leave days:



January 23 : After the Chinese New Year

March 23 : After the Hindu Day of Silence

April 21, 24–26 : Before and after Eid al-Fitr

June 2 : Before the Birth of Buddha Day

December 26 : After Christmas Day


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