Flags of the Republic of Macedonia
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This is a list of flags which have been, or are still today, used on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia or by ethnic Macedonians.
For more information on main flags see article: Flag of the Republic of Macedonia
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[edit] Republic of Macedonia
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1995 –present | Flag of the Republic of Macedonia (Civil, State and War Flag) | A golden-yellow sun with eight rays extending to the edges of the red field. |
[edit] Historical flags
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1991 – 1995 | Flag of the Republic of Macedonia | A red flag with the yellow Vergina Sun in the middle. |
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1947 – 1991 | Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Three equal horizontal fields, blue on the top, white in the middle and red on the bottom, Red star in the center. |
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1946 – 1991 | Flag of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia | A red flag with a gold-edged red star in the canton. |
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1944 – 1946 | Flag of the Federal State of Macedonia (Democratic Macedonia) | A red flag with a so-called "fat" gold-edged red star in the middle of the flag. |
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1941 – 1945 | Flag of Partisan movement | Three equal horizontal fields, blue on the top, white in the middle and red on the bottom, Red star in the white field. |
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1903 | Flag of the Republic of Kruševo[1][2] | A plain red flag. |
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1920s - present [3][4] | Historical flag of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) used by political parties in Bulgaria and Republic of Macedonia until now.[5][6] | Horizontal bicolor of red and black |
[edit] Municipal flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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? – Present | Aračinovo municipality | A red flag with the coat of arms in the middle and two thin horizontal stripes. |
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? – Present | Berovo municipality | A light (sky) blue flag with red insignia in the middle. |
| 2006 – Present | Bitola municipality | A white flag with the coat of arms in the middle. | |
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? – Present | Bogdanci municipality | A blue and red flag (two blue & two red cantons), with the municipality coat-of-arms in the middle and a jagged right edge. |
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– Present | Bogovinje municipality | A red flag with the coat of arms in the middle. |
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? – Present | Bosilovo municipality | A blue flag with two green triangles on the left corners of the flag and a yellow sun. |
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? – Present | Čaška municipality | A flag with two diagonal stripes, one red and one white with a yellow sun. |
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1997 – Present | Centar municipality | A red flag with the coat of arms in the middle. |
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? – Present | Demir Kapija municipality | A yellow flag with the coat of arms. |
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? – Present | Delčevo municipality | A vertical bicolor flag with a white and blue stripe and the coat of arms in canton. |
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?-Present | Gevgelija municipality | A flag with a 2:1 ratio, with a blue bar over a white bar & the coat-of-arms of the municipality near the must of the flag. |
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1996-Present | Ilinden municipality | A red vertical flag with a 12-pointed sun and the letter "I" in Cyrillic (И). |
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?-Present | Kisela Voda municipality | A red flag with the coat of arms in canton. |
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2002-Present | Kumanovo municipality | A red flag with the coat of arms in the middle. |
| - 2002 | Former Labuništa municipality | A red, green and black flag with Coat of Arms in the centre. | |
| File:Mk-makk.gif | 2002-Present | Kumanovo municipality | A red flag with the Vergina Sun in the middle and two diagonal stripes, one black and one green. |
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? – Present | Ohrid municipality | A dark blue background with the municipal coat of arms in the centre. |
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? – Present | Pehčevo municipality | A blue-red flag with an eight-rayed yellow sun and the coat of arms in the middle. |
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? – Present | Prilep municipality | A dark blue background with the municipal coat of arms, outlined in white, in the middle. |
| ? - 2002 | Former Sopotnica municipality | Red flag with Coat of Arms | |
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?-Present | Struga municipality | A blue vertical flag with the coat of arms in the middle. |
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?-Present | Strumica municipality | A white vertical flag with the coat of arms and a blue-yellow border. |
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?-Present | Tetovo municipality | A red, black and yellow tricolor flag, the yellow one being the thickest. |
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?-Present | Vinica municipality | A white flag with the Vinica Coat-of-Arms in the middle. The inscription reads "Vinica" in Macedonian. |
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?-Present | Veles municipality | A red and blue bicolor flag with the coat of arms in the middle. |
[edit] Other
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1990s – present | Ethnic Macedonian flag | A red flag with the yellow Vergina Sun in the middle. |
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1990s – present | Ethnic Macedonian flag | A red flag with the yellow Vergina Sun and a blue center in the middle . |
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1990s –1990s | Ethnic Macedonian flag | A red flag with the lion from the 1741 coat of arms of the geographical region of Macedonia. |
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1990s – present | Ethnic Macedonian flag | A red flag with the stylized yellow lion from the historical coat of arms of the geographical region of Macedonia. |
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1990s – present | Ethnic Macedonian flag | A red flag with the stylized yellow lion (but differently) from the historical coat of arms of the geographical region of Macedonia. |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Considered to be Bulgarian in Bulgaria, see: Xисарлъшка-Танова, С. Знамената на Илинденско-Преображенското въстание 1903 г. — издателство: Векове, 1983, № 3, стр. 77.
- ^ The insurgents in Krushevo flew also Bulgarian flags everywhere. See: "Who are the Macedonians", Published by C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2000, ISBN 1850655340, by Hugh Poulton - p. 57.
- ^ In an article from the Macedonian journalist Spase Shuplinovski in the Macedonian mainstream daily newspaper Utrinski vesnik - issue 1166, October 16, 2006 is described, that the flag of the Macedonian party VMRO - DPMNE was adopted from IMRO, which was established in 1920 and was banned in 1934.
- ^ In official speech in Macedonian Parliament in June, 2008 on the occasion of the enacting a Law about the usage of the flags in Republic of Macedonia, the deputy Yani Macraduli has maintained, the red - black flag of IMRO dates (was created) during the leadership of Todor Alexandrov, i.e. - 1920s.
- ^ The IMRO flag is considered to be Bulgarian in Bulgaria, see: "100 years IMARO" (in Bulgarian) ISBN 9548187108, Publisher: Macedonian Scientifis Institute, Authors: Professor D. Michev, Ph.D. D. Gotsev, Sofia - 1994, p. 7.
- ^ However, according to Academician Ivan Katardjev, Director of the Historical Sciences section in the Department of Social Sciences in the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts the policy of IMRO leader in the beginning of the 1920s, Todor Alexandrov served the Bulgarian interests, see: "Утрински весник", Issue 1806, 16.10.2006[1] and the policy of IMRO leader in the second half of 1920s until its ban in 1934, Ivan Mihailov, for establishment of an independent Macedonian state, meant a Macedonian state of the Bulgarians in Macedonia, see: "Утрински весник", Issue 1806, 16.10.2006.[2]
