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Bank and Public Holidays for Tunisia

A preview of the Tunisia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2022, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers.

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18 Nov 2018 Tunisian 2018 Prophet Public Holiday November 20 (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) The government of Tunisia (la présidence du gouvernement) has announced that the date for the upcoming Mouled Anabawi Charif (the Prophet's Birthday) annual non-working public holiday in Tunisia, would be Tuesday, November 20, 2018. • 07 Sep 2018 Tunisian Islamic New Year 1440 Public Holiday (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) The government of Tunisia (Présidence du Gouvernement) has announced that the upcoming Nouvel an de l’Hégire (Islamic New Year 1440) annual non-working public holiday throughout Tunisia would be observed on Monday or Tuesday, September 10 or 11, 2018. • 10 Jun 2018 Tunisian 2018 Aïd El Fitr Public Holidays (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) The government of Tunisia (Présidence du Gouvernement), in conjunction with the "Institut national de météorologie" (INM), has announced that the upcoming Aïd El-Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holidays throughout Tunisia would be observed from Friday to Sunday, June 15 to 17, 2018. • 20 Dec 2017 Tunisian 2018 Public Holidays Announced (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) The government of Tunisia has released its official list of official annual non-working public holidays in Tunisia for the upcoming calendar year 2018. • 20 Nov 2017 Tunisian 2017 Prophet Public Holiday December 1 (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) The government of Tunisia (la présidence du gouvernement) has announced that the date for the upcoming Mouled Anabawi Charif (the Prophet's Birthday) annual non-working public holiday in Tunisia, would be Friday, December 1, 2017. • 20 Sep 2017 Tunisian Islamic New Year 1439 Public Holiday (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) The government of Tunisia (Présidence du Gouvernement) has announced that the upcoming Nouvel an de l’Hégire (Islamic New Year 1439) annual non-working public holiday throughout Tunisia would be observed on Thursday, September 21, 2017. • 23 Aug 2017 Tunisian 2017 Aïd El-Idha Public Holidays (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) The government of Tunisia (Présidence du Gouvernement) has announced that the upcoming Aïd El-Idha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays throughout Tunisia would be observed on Friday and Saturday, September 1-2, 2017. • 22 Jun 2017 Tunisian 2017 Aïd El Fitr Public Holidays (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) The government of Tunisia (Présidence du Gouvernement), in conjunction with the "Institut national de météorologie" (INM), has announced that the upcoming Aïd El-Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holidays throughout Tunisia would be observed from Sunday, June 25, until Tuesday, June 27, 2017. • 31 Dec 2016 Tunisia December 17 Public Holiday Update (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) The organizing committee of the ARP ("Assemblée des représentants du peuple") which had been at the origin of the introduction of a bill that would declare December 17 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Tunisia, has been sent back for redrafting. • 20 Dec 2016 Tunisian 2017 Public Holidays Announced (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) The government of Tunisia has released its official list of official annual non-working public holidays in Tunisia for the upcoming calendar year 2017. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Tunisia public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Tunisia, and their dates, are regulated by the Tunisian Labour Code's (Code du travail tunisien, Loi no 66-27 du 30 avril 1966) articles 445, subsequently modified many times, for example by law 88-55 (1988) and 91-15 (1991) and Article 1 of law 96-62 (loi n° 96-62 du 15 juillet 1996) which specified that henceforth public holidays would be set forth by official decrees (ie. not by passing a law) or by each branch's collective bargaining agreement. • Accord Cadre: By default, if no specific collective agreement exists then the default (cadre) agreement applies which lists the following as paid non-working days in Article 445 of the Labour Code: March 20, May 1st, July 25, November 7, Rabi al-Awal 12, Shawwal 1-2, Zul-Hija 10-11. The unpaid non-working days are: March 21, April 9, and August 13. According to the Tunisian Ministère du Développement et de la Coopération Internationale, January 1st, although not mentioned in article 445 of the Labour Code, is in fact a paid non-working day. • Weekends are Saturdays and Sundays (private communication). • Tunisia International Codes TN and TUN (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .tn (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Tunisia information and news: Central Bank of Tunisia (Tunisia central bank), UnitedHealthcare Global (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Tunisia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Tunisia), and Wikipedia (includes Tunisia commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Tunisia, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Tunisia, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Tunisia.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Tunisia that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Tunisia were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules).

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2022 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Tunisia, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Tunisia, before planning any trip to Tunisia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.

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