Official Holidays in Rwanda in 2020

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2020

List of Holidays in Rwanda in 2020

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Wednesday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Official Holiday
Thursday	Jan 02	New Year's Holiday	Official Holiday	Holiday by Presidential Order
Saturday	Feb 01	Heroes' Day	Official Holiday
Monday	Feb 03	Heroes' Day (in lieu)	Official Holiday
Tuesday	Apr 07	Genocide against the Tutsi Memorial Day	Official Holiday
Friday	Apr 10	Good Friday	Official Holiday
Monday	Apr 13	Easter Monday	Official Holiday
Friday	May 01	Worker's Day	Official Holiday	International Workers' Day
Sunday	May 24	Eid Ul Fitr	Official Holiday	End of Ramadan
Wednesday	Jul 01	Independence Day	Official Holiday	National Day
Saturday	Jul 04	Liberation Day	Official Holiday
Monday	Jul 06	Liberation Day (in lieu)	Official Holiday
Friday	Jul 31	Eid El Haj	Official Holiday	Feast of the Sacrifice
Friday	Aug 07	Umuganura Day	Official Holiday	First Friday of August
Saturday	Aug 15	Assumption Day	Official Holiday
Monday	Aug 17	Assumption Day Holiday	Official Holiday
Friday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Official Holiday
Saturday	Dec 26	Boxing Day	Official Holiday
Monday	Dec 28	Boxing Day (in lieu)	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