Official Holidays in Rwanda in 2016

Rwanda
2016

List of Holidays in Rwanda in 2016

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Friday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Official Holiday
Saturday	Jan 02	New Year's Holiday	Official Holiday	Holiday by Presidential Order
Monday	Feb 01	Heroes' Day	Official Holiday
Friday	Mar 25	Good Friday	Official Holiday
Monday	Mar 28	Easter Monday	Official Holiday
Thursday	Apr 07	Genocide against the Tutsi Memorial Day	Official Holiday
Sunday	May 01	Worker's Day	Official Holiday	International Workers' Day
Monday	May 02	Worker's Day Holiday	Official Holiday	International Workers' Day
Friday	Jul 01	Independence Day	Official Holiday	National Day
Monday	Jul 04	Liberation Day	Official Holiday
Wednesday	Jul 06	Eid Ul Fitr	Official Holiday	End of Ramadan
Friday	Aug 05	Umuganura Day	Official Holiday	First Friday of August
Monday	Aug 15	Assumption Day	Official Holiday
Sunday	Sep 11	Eid El Haj	Official Holiday	Feast of the Sacrifice
Monday	Dec 12	Mawlid	Official Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Sunday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Official Holiday
Monday	Dec 26	Boxing Day	Official Holiday
Tuesday	Dec 27	Christmas Day	Official Holiday

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Notes

• Islamic holiday exact dates are subject to moon sightings and may differ from the date given
• Except for Genocide against the Tutsi Memorial Day (7th April), if an official holiday falls on a weekend, the following working day shall be an official holiday
• If two consecutive official holidays fall on a weekend, the two official holidays shall be compensated in one working day that follows
• If two official holidays fall on the same working day, the following working day shall be an official holiday to compensate one of the two coinciding official holidays