This is a list of holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Public holidays

{| class="wikitable"

! Date

! Name

!Comments

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|January 1

|New Year's Day

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|January 4

|Martyrs' Day

|Beginning of independence movement, 1959.

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|January 16

|Laurent-Désiré Kabila Assassination

|2001

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|January 17

|Patrice Lumumba Assassination

|1961

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|April 6

|Kimbangu's Day

|2023

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|May 1

|Labour Day

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|May 17

|Liberation Day

|Zaire renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1997

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|May 17

|Armed Forces Day

|Liberation Day renamed DRC Armed Forces Day, 2019

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|June 30

|Independence Day

|From Belgium, 1960

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|August 1

|Parents' Day

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|August 2

|Congolese Genocide Day

|Genocost officially recognized as a public holiday commemoration in DRC, 2024

|-

|December 25

|Christmas Day

|}

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