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2012 Official Embassy Holidays
 

During calendar year 2012, the American Embassy will be closed on the dates indicated below in observance of American and Libyan holidays. 

Date Day of the Week Holiday Type
January 1 Sunday** New Year's Day American
January 15
Sunday** Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday American
February 4 Lunar Saturday*** Prophet's Birthday Libyan
February 17
Friday*** Revolution Day Libyan
February 19
Sunday** President's Day American
May 1 Tuesday Labor Day Libyan
May 27 Sunday** Memorial Day American
July 4 Wednesday Independence Day American
August 19 Lunar Sunday (3 days) **** Eid-Al-Fitr Libyan
September 2 Sunday** Labor Day American
September 16
Sunday Martyr's Day Libyan
October 7 Sunday** Columbus Day American
October 23
Tuesday Liberation Day Libyan
October 25 Lunar
Thursday**** The Day of Arafa Libyan
October 26 Lunar Friday (3 days) **** Eid-Al-Adha Libyan
November 11 Lunar Sunday** Veteran's Day American
November 22
Thursday Thanksgiving Day American
December 24 Monday Independence Day Libyan
December 25 Tuesday Christmas Day American

*When this holiday falls on a Friday, the holiday is observed on the preceding Thursday. When it falls on a Saturday, the holiday is observed on the following Sunday. (See 3 FAM 2337.2)

** For holidays designated by law to occur on Monday (i.e., Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day), the employees at a duty post outside the United States whose basic workweek is other than Monday Through Friday, and for whom Monday is a regularly scheduled workday, the legal public holiday is the first  workday of the workweek in which the Monday designated for the observance of such holiday falls. (See 3 FAM 2337.2).

*** Libyan holidays falling on Friday or Saturday will not affect the weekday work schedule

**** Dates approximate. U.S. Embassy observance generally follows the scheduling announced by the Government of Libya.