List of flags of North Macedonia
This is a list of flags which have been used in the 20th century or are still used on the territory of North Macedonia, or by its citizens, in 21st century.
North Macedonia
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1995–present | Flag of North Macedonia (civil, state, and war flag) | Golden-yellow sun with eight rays extending to the edges of the red field |
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1995–present | Flag of North Macedonia (vertical) |
Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1992–1995 | Flag of the Republic of Macedonia | 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 bands, blue on the top, white in the middle, and red on the bottom, five-pointed red star in the center |
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1946–1991 | Flag of the People's Republic of Macedonia (1946–1963) and Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1963–1991) | Red flag with a gold-edged red star in the top-hoist corner[1] |
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1944–1946 | Flag of Democratic Federal Macedonia | Red flag with a gold-edged red star in the middle |
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1944 | Flag of the First Macedonian Brigade (WW2) | Red flag with the unit's name written in yellow capital Cyrillic letters in the lower half |
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1941–1945 | Flag of Yugoslav partisan movement | Three equal horizontal bands, blue on the top, white in the middle, and red on the bottom, with a red star in the white field |
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1920s–present[2][3] | Historical flag of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) used by political parties in Bulgaria and North Macedonia[4][5] | Horizontal bicolor of red and black |
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1914–1917 | Flag of the Macedonian Colony (Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society) in Petrograd, Russian Empire | Red field with a unicorn in a white square in the canton and a sun in the lower fly (outer) corner above which there is the inscription "ONE INDEPENDENT MACEDONIA" |
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3 August – 13 August 1903 | Flag of the 3rd cheta of Pitu Guli,[6] proclaimed years later as flag of the Republic of Kruševo. In fact, the insurgents in Kruševo flew Bulgarian flags in many places.[7] | Red banner with a symbol representing unity, with text writing Svoboda ili smart ("Freedom or Death") |
Local flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Mijaks | ||
 | Flag of a Mijak family in Galičnik | Red rectangle inside which are circle, a horseman, a horseman with a crown, a crescent and moon, and another figure (possibly a flower) | |
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Mijaks' wedding flag | ||
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Flag of Albania, used by Albanians in North Macedonia and publicly displayed in local areas with a majority Albanian population[1][8][9][10] | Silhouetted black double-headed eagle in the center of a red background |
Municipal flags
- Note: This list is incomplete.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2012–present | Aerodrom Municipality | |
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?–present | Aračinovo Municipality | Red flag with the coat of arms in the middle and two thin horizontal black stripes near the top and bottom |
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?–present | Berovo Municipality | Light (sky) blue flag with red insignia in the middle |
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2006–present | Bitola Municipality | White background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle |
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?–present | Bogdanci Municipality | Blue and red flag (two blue and two red quarters), with the municipality coat of arms in the middle |
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1996–present | Bogovinje Municipality | Red background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle |
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1996–present | Bosilovo Municipality | |
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Brvenica Municipality | ||
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2010–present | Čair Municipality | White background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle |
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Čaška Municipality | ||
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2016–present | Municipality of Češinovo-Obleševo | |
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Centar Župa Municipality | ||
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Municipality of Čučer-Sandevo | Cyan background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle | |
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Debar Municipality | ||
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Debarca Municipality | ||
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Municipality of Delčevo | ||
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2015–present | Demir Hisar Municipality | |
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Demir Kapija Municipality | Yellow background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle | |
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Dojran Municipality | ||
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Dolneni Municipality | ||
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?–present | Gevgelija Municipality | Flag with a blue bar over a white bar and the coat of arms of the municipality near the hoist |
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Gostivar Municipality | ||
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1996–present | Ilinden Municipality | Red vertical flag with a 12-pointed sun and the letter "I" in Cyrillic (И) |
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Jegunovce Municipality | ||
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Karbinci Municipality | White background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle | |
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Kavadarci Municipality | ||
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?–2015 | Kisela Voda Municipality | |
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2010–present | Municipality of Kočani | |
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Konče Municipality | Red background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle | |
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2006–present | Kratovo Municipality | |
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2009–present | Kriva Palanka Municipality | |
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2005–present | Karpoš Municipality | Yellow background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle |
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Municipality of Krivogaštani | Red background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle | |
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Municipality of Kruševo | ||
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2002–present | Kumanovo Municipality | Red background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle |
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Lipkovo Municipality | ||
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Lozovo Municipality | ||
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?–present | Makedonska Kamenica Municipality | |
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Makedonski Brod Municipality | ||
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Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša | ||
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Mogila Municipality | ||
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Negotino Municipality | ||
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Novaci Municipality | ||
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Novo Selo Municipality | ||
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Municipality of Pehčevo | ||
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Petrovec Municipality | ||
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Plasnica Municipality | ||
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?–present | Prilep Municipality | Dark blue background with the municipal coat of arms, outlined in white, in the middle |
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2015–present | Municipality of Probištip | |
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2007–present | Rankovce Municipality | |
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Resen (municipality) | White background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle | |
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Rosoman Municipality | ||
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Skopje Municipality | ||
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Municipality of Sopište | ||
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Municipality of Staro Nagoričane | ||
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Municipality of Štip | White background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle | |
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?–present | Struga Municipality | Blue vertical flag with the coat of arms in the middle |
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?–present | Strumica Municipality | White vertical flag with the coat of arms and a blue-yellow border |
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Municipality of Studeničani | ||
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?–present | Radoviš Municipality | |
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2007–present | Tearce Municipality | |
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?–present | Tetovo Municipality | Horizontal tricolor of red, black, and yellow, with stripe proportions ≈ 3:2:1 |
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Valandovo Municipality | ||
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Vasilevo Municipality | ||
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?–present | Veles Municipality | |
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?–present | Vevchani Municipality | |
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2007–present | Vinica Municipality | Red and blue bicolor flag with outline of Vinica Fortress and an icon[clarification needed] |
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Municipality of Vrapčište | ||
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Zelenikovo Municipality | ||
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1996–present | Municipality of Želino | |
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Zrnovci Municipality | ||
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Šuto Orizari Municipality | White background with the municipal coat of arms in the middle |
Former flags of municipalities
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Aračinovo Municipality | ||
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?–2015 | Kisela Voda Municipality | |
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Šuto Orizari Municipality |
Political party flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2019–present | SDSM | |
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?–2019 | ||
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1997–present | Liberal Democratic Party | |
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2020–present | Green Humane City | |
| Link to file | 2002–present | Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia | |
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1997–present | Albanian Democratic Party | |
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1992–present | Democratic Party of Turks | |
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Dostoinstvo | ||
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1944–1990 | League of Communists of Macedonia |
Organization flags
 | This section may contain material unrelated to the topic of the article. (August 2016) |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of Macedonian Heraldic Society | Red flag with the coat of arms of the society | |
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Official flag of the Radko Association in North Macedonia and Bulgaria | ||
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1962–1985 | Flag of the Movement for the Liberation and Unification of Macedonia |
References
- 1 2 Pål Kolstø (2016). Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis. pp. 173, 179–182. ISBN 9781317049364.
- ↑ 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. Archived May 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 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 954-8187-10-8, Publisher: Macedonian Scientific Institute, Authors: Professor D. Michev, Ph.D. D. Gotsev, Sofia - 1994, p. 7. Archived January 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 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 Александров изедначен со Гоце Делчев [Aleksandrov tied with Gotse Delchev]. Southeast European Times (in Macedonian). October 16, 2006. Archived from the original on May 30, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2008. 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.Интервју: Д-р Иван Катарџиев, Историчар [Interview: Dr. Ivan Katarjiev, Historian] (in Macedonian). Вест. March 24, 2001. Archived from the original on October 16, 2005. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
- ↑ Иванов, Иван, Български бойни знамена и флагове, изд. Св. „Георги Победоносец“, София, 1998 г., „Знамената на освободителното движение и въстанията в Македония и Тракия“, стр. 45.
- ↑ The Kruševo manifesto was declared, assuring the population that the uprising was against the Sultan and not against Muslims in general, and that all peoples would be included. As the population of Kruševo was two - thirds hellenised Vlachs and Patriarchist Slavs, this was a wise move. Despite these promises the insurgents flew Bulgarian flags everywhere and in many places the uprising did entail attacks on Muslim Turks and Albanians who themselves organised for self-defence. For more see: Hugh Poulton (2000) Who Are the Macedonians? Indiana University press, ISBN 9780253213594; p. 47.
- ↑ "Albanian Flag Day Causes Jitters in Macedonia". Balkan Insight. November 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Përdorimi i cunguar i flamurit shqiptar në Maqedoni". Radio Free Europe (in Albanian). November 28, 2018.
- ↑ "Знамето - спорен симбол во Македонија". Deutsche Welle (in Macedonian). May 3, 2011.
External links
Media related to Flags of North Macedonia at Wikimedia Commons- Media related to Flags of Macedonian Military at Wikimedia Commons
- Media related to Flags of Macedonian Diaspora at Wikimedia Commons
