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Congo (Dem. Rep. of the) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday January 1, 2023 | School holidays | School holidays |  |
| Sunday January 1, 2023 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
| Monday January 2, 2023 | Christmas holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Wednesday January 4, 2023 | Independence Martyrs Day | Secular holiday | |
| Monday January 16, 2023 | L.D. Kabila Assassination | Secular holiday | |
| Tuesday January 17, 2023 | Day of National Heroe, Patrice-Emery Lumumba | Secular holiday | |
| Tuesday January 24, 2023 | Peaceful and Democratic Alternation day | Events, celebrations... | |
| Tuesday January 31, 2023 | Pope's visit (3 days) | Secular holiday | |
| Tuesday February 14, 2023 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
| Friday February 17, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday March 6, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday March 24, 2023 | Day of National Heroe, Joseph Kasa-Vubu | Events, celebrations... | |
| Thursday April 6, 2023 | Optional holiday | Secular holiday | |
| Friday April 7, 2023 | Easter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday April 24, 2023 | Easter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Monday May 1, 2023 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday May 17, 2023 | National liberation Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday June 21, 2023 | Tour du Congo | Sports events | |
| Friday June 30, 2023 | Independence Day | National Day | |
| Saturday July 1, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Friday July 28, 2023 | Foire internationale de Kinshasa (FIKIN) | Tradeshows | |
School holidays
-Sunday January 1, 2023
School holidays : Http://eduquepsp.education
official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
Schooling is mandatory till age 14 - 60% of children do not attend school
Number of instructional days: 222 in primary
schools are open on Saturday
school uniforms required
We carry confirmed dates till Aug 2023 (some variations for intermediary vacations)
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
Make a Paypal donation of euros 50 to [email protected] to purchase the full calendar for 5 countries, including Congolese schools
Contact [email protected] to purchase a file containing confirmed calendars of 550 countries and regions.
official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
Schooling is mandatory till age 14 - 60% of children do not attend school
Number of instructional days: 222 in primary
schools are open on Saturday
school uniforms required
We carry confirmed dates till Aug 2023 (some variations for intermediary vacations)
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
Make a Paypal donation of euros 50 to [email protected] to purchase the full calendar for 5 countries, including Congolese schools
Contact [email protected] to purchase a file containing confirmed calendars of 550 countries and regions.
New Year's Day
-Sunday January 1, 2023
Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Christmas holiday (end)
-Monday January 2, 2023
School holidays :
Independence Martyrs Day
-Wednesday January 4, 2023
Secular holiday :
L.D. Kabila Assassination
-Monday January 16, 2023
Secular holiday :
Day of National Heroe, Patrice-Emery Lumumba
-Tuesday January 17, 2023
Secular holiday :
Peaceful and Democratic Alternation day
-Tuesday January 24, 2023
Culture : On 24 January 2019, Joseph Kabila, after 18 years in power, ceded power to Felix Tshisekedi after a controversial electoral process.
On the brink of civil war, this peaceful transfer has allowed the DRC to preserve civil peace from 2021
Pope's visit (3 days)
-Tuesday January 31, 2023
Secular holiday :
Valentine's Day
-Tuesday February 14, 2023
cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
-Friday February 17, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
-Monday March 6, 2023
School holidays :
Day of National Heroe, Joseph Kasa-Vubu
-Friday March 24, 2023
Culture : The first President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo) from 1960 until 1965.
Optional holiday
-Thursday April 6, 2023
Secular holiday : Celebrates the foundation of Kimbanguism, a Christian new religious movement professed by the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth by His special envoy Simon Kimbangu
Easter holiday (beginning)
-Friday April 7, 2023
School holidays :
Easter holiday (end)
-Monday April 24, 2023
School holidays :
Labor Day/May Day
-Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
National liberation Day
-Wednesday May 17, 2023
Secular holiday : Day of the seizure of power by the AFDL, release of the mobutism
Tour du Congo
-Wednesday June 21, 2023
Sports events : 2023 edition NOT confirmed
Independence Day
-Friday June 30, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by Belgium on June 30, 1960 Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Saturday July 1, 2023
School holidays : www.tasok.cd
Foire internationale de Kinshasa (FIKIN)
-Friday July 28, 2023
Tradeshows : Foire Internationale des Entrepreneurs 2023 edition not confirmed
