Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri issued a memo stipulating the closure of public administrations, state institutions and municipalities for the occasion of the Assumption of Virgin Mary day.
According to the memo, all public administration, institutions and municipalities are required to close on the 15th of August, 2018, to mark the Assumption of Virgin Mary in accordance to decree number 15215, issued on the 27th of September 2009, and its amendments, which specifies official holidays.