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List of flags of North Macedonia

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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 ethnic Macedonians, in 21st century.

North Macedonia

Flag Date Use Description
  1995–present Flag of North Macedonia (civil, state, and war flag) A golden-yellow sun with eight rays extending to the edges of the red field.

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
  1992–1995 Flag of the Republic of Macedonia A red flag with the yellow Vergina Sun in the middle.
  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, five-pointed red star in the center.
  1946–1991 Flag of the People's Republic of Macedonia (1946–1963) and Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1963–1991) A red flag with a gold-edged red star in the top-left corner.[1]
  1944–1946 Flag of Democratic Federal Macedonia A red flag with a gold-edged red star in the middle of the flag.
  1941–1945 Flag of Yugoslav 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.
  3 August – 13 August 1903 Flag of the Republic of Kruševo A red banner with a symbol representing unity and with text writing "Freedom or Death".
  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
  1914–1917 Flag of the Macedonian Colony (Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society) in Petrograd, Russian Empire A horse in a white square on a red background and a sun in the lower left corner above which there is an inscription "ONE INDEPENDENT MACEDONIA"

Local flags

Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of the Mijaks
  Flag of a Mijak family in Galičnik A red rectangle and inside with a circle, a horsemen ,a horsmen with a crown, the crescent and another figure(possibly a flower)
  Mijaks wedding flag
  Flag of Albania, used by Albanians in North Macedonia and publicly displayed in local areas with a majority Albanian population.[1][6][7][8] A silhouetted black double-headed eagle in the center of a red background.

Municipal flags

Note: This list is incomplete.
Flag Date Use Description
  2012–present Aerodrom Municipality
  ? – Present Aračinovo Municipality A red flag with the coat of arms in the middle and two thin horizontal stripes.
  ? – Present Berovo Municipality A light (sky) blue flag with red insignia in the middle.
  2006–present Bitola Municipality A white background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  ? – Present Bogdanci Municipality A blue and red flag (two blue & two red cantons), with the Municipality coat-of-arms in the middle.
  1996–present Bogovinje Municipality A red background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  1996–present Bosilovo Municipality
  Brvenica Municipality
  2010–present Čair Municipality A white background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  Čaška Municipality
  ?–2014 Municipality of Češinovo-Obleševo
  Centar Župa Municipality
  Municipality of Čučer-Sandevo A white background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  Debar Municipality
  Debarca Municipality
  Municipality of Delčevo
  ?–2015 Demir Hisar Municipality
  Demir Kapija Municipality A yellow background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  Dojran Municipality
  Dolneni Municipality
  ?-Present Gevgelija Municipality A flag with a blue bar over a white bar & the coat-of-arms of the Municipality near the mast of the flag.
  Gostivar Municipality
  1996–present Ilinden Municipality A red vertical flag with a 12-pointed sun and the letter "I" in Cyrillic (И).
  Jegunovce Municipality
  Karbinci Municipality A white background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  Kavadarci Municipality
  ?–2015 Kisela Voda Municipality
  2010–present Municipality of Kočani
  Konče Municipality A red background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  2006–present Kratovo Municipality
  2009–present Kriva Palanka Municipality
  2005–present Karpoš Municipality A yellow background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  Municipality of Krivogaštani A red background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  Municipality of Kruševo
  2002–Present Kumanovo Municipality A red background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  Lipkovo Municipality
  Lozovo Municipality
  ?-Present Makedonska Kamenica Municipality
  Makedonski Brod Municipality
  Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša
  Mogila Municipality
  Negotino Municipality
  Novaci Municipality
  Novo Selo Municipality
  Municipality of Pehčevo
  Petrovec Municipality
  Plasnica Municipality
  ? – Present Prilep Municipality A dark blue background with the municipal coat of arms, outlined in white, in the middle.
  2015–present Municipality of Probištip
  2007–present Rankovce Municipality
  Resen (municipality) A white background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  Rosoman Municipality
  Skopje Municipality
  Municipality of Sopište
  Municipality of Staro Nagoričane
  Municipality of Štip A white background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.
  ?-Present Struga Municipality A blue vertical flag with the coat of arms in the middle.
  ?-Present Strumica Municipality A white vertical flag with the coat of arms and a blue-yellow border.
  Municipality of Studeničani
  ?-Present Radoviš Municipality
  2007–present Tearce Municipality
  ?-Present Tetovo Municipality A red, black and yellow tricolor flag, the yellow one being the thickest.
  Valandovo Municipality
  Vasilevo Municipality
  ?-Present Veles Municipality
  ?-Present Vevchani Municipality
  2007–present Vinica Municipality A red and blue bicolor flag with outline of Vinica Fortress and an icon.
  Municipality of Vrapčište
  Zelenikovo Municipality
  1996–present Municipality of Želino
  Zrnovci Municipality
  Šuto Orizari Municipality A white background with the municipal coat of arms, in the middle.

Former flags of municipalities

Flag Date Use Description
  Aračinovo Municipality
  ?–2015 Kisela Voda Municipality
  Šuto Orizari Municipality

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
  1944 Flag of the First Macedonian Brigade (WW2) Red flag and the lower half of the flag the unit's name is written in yellow capital Cyrillic letters.
  2009–present Flag of 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade Red flag with the coat of arms of Macedonia on the upper left and the unit's badge on upper right and the lower half of the flag the unit's name is written in yellow capital Cyrillic letters.

Political parties flags

Flag Date Use Description
current
  2019–present SDSM
  ?–2019
  1997–present Liberal Democratic Party
  2020–present Green Humane City
Link to file 2002–present Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia
  1997–present Albanian Democratic Party
  1992–present Democratic Party of Turks
former
  Dostoinstvo
  1944-1990 League of Communists of Macedonia

Macedonian diaspora flags

Flag Date Use Description
  -present Flag of the Macedonians in Serbia
  -present Flag of the Macedonians in Slovenia
  -present Flag of the Macedonians in Croatia
  -present Flag of Macedonians in Argentina

Organizations flags

Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of Macedonian Herald Society red flag with the COA of the society

References

  1. ^ a b Pål Kolstø (2016). Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis. pp. 173, 179–182. ISBN 9781317049364.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Albanian Flag Day Causes Jitters in Macedonia". Balkan Insight. November 21, 2012.
  7. ^ "Përdorimi i cunguar i flamurit shqiptar në Maqedoni". Radio Free Europe (in Albanian). November 28, 2018.
  8. ^ "Знамето - спорен симбол во Македонија". Deutsche Welle (in Macedonian). May 3, 2011.
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