Official Holidays in Rwanda in 2021

Rwanda
2021

List of Holidays in Rwanda in 2021

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Friday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Official Holiday
Monday	Jan 04	New Year (in lieu)	Official Holiday	Holiday by Presidential Order
Monday	Feb 01	Heroes' Day	Official Holiday
Friday	Apr 02	Good Friday	Official Holiday
Monday	Apr 05	Easter Monday	Official Holiday
Wednesday	Apr 07	Genocide against the Tutsi Memorial Day	Official Holiday
Saturday	May 01	Worker's Day	Official Holiday	International Workers' Day
Monday	May 03	Worker's Day (in lieu)	Official Holiday	International Workers' Day
Thursday	May 13	Eid Ul Fitr	Official Holiday	End of Ramadan
Thursday	Jul 01	Independence Day	Official Holiday	National Day
Sunday	Jul 04	Liberation Day	Official Holiday
Monday	Jul 05	Liberation Day (in lieu)	Official Holiday
Tuesday	Jul 20	Eid El Haj	Official Holiday	Feast of the Sacrifice
Friday	Aug 06	Umuganura Day	Official Holiday	First Friday of August
Sunday	Aug 15	Assumption Day	Official Holiday
Saturday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Official Holiday
Sunday	Dec 26	Boxing Day	Official Holiday
Monday	Dec 27	Christmas Holiday	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