This is a list of flags used in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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National flag
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1998 – present | Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina | A blue field with a wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top edge of the flag. |
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1998 – present | Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (vertical) |
Subnational flags
editEntities
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1995–2007 | Former flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | A vertical tricolour of red (for the Bosnian Croats), white, and green (for the Bosniaks), with a coat of arms on the wide central band on which the green arms and golden fleur-de-lys represents the Bosniaks, and the checked shield the Bosnian Croats.
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina voted against the use of the current flag of the Federation declaring it unconstitutional.[1] On 31 March 2007, the Constitutional Court placed its decision into the "Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina" officially removing the flag and coat of arms of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] |
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1995 – present | Flag of Republika Srpska | A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white, very similar to the flag of the Misiones Province in Argentina, reversed flag of Russia, or the flag of Serbia without the coat of arms (with slightly differently coloured shades). |
Districts
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1998 – present | Flag of Brčko District | Uses the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Military flags
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1992 – 1996 | Flag of Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | This flag of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted in 1992. |
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1992 – 1996 | Flag of Croatian Defence Council | |
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1992 – 1996 | Flag of Police of Herzeg-Bosnia | |
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2004 – present | Flag of Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Light blue with the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the canton and the emblem of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the lower fly. |
Cantons of the Federation
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1999 – | Flag of Una-Sana Canton | A horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green, charged with the canton’s coat of arms near the hoist. |
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2000 – | Flag of Posavina Canton | A horizontal unequal tricolour of red, white and green, charged with the canton’s coat of arms in the centre. |
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1999 – | Flag of Tuzla Canton | |
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2000 – | Flag of Zenica-Doboj Canton | A horizontal unequal tricolour of green, white and red, charged with the canton’s coat of arms in the centre. |
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2001 – | Flag of Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde | |
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2003 – | Flag of Central Bosnia Canton | |
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2004 – | Flag of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton | |
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1996–1998 | Flag of West Herzegovina Canton | Deemed unconstitutional by the Federation Constitutional Court in 1997 because "it only represented one group".[3] |
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1999 – | Flag of Sarajevo Canton | |
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1996–1997 | Flag of Canton 10 | Deemed unconstitutional by the Federation Constitutional Court in 1997 because "it only represented one group".[3] |
Former flags of the Cantons of the Federation
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1997–1999 | Former Flag of Una-Sana Canton | |
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1996–2000 | Former Flag of Posavina Canton | |
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1996–1999 | Former Flag of Tuzla Canton | |
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1997–2000 | Former Flag of Zenica-Doboj Canton | |
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1997–2001 | Former Flag of Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde | |
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1996–1998 | Former Flag of Sarajevo Canton | |
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1998–1999 | Former Flag of Sarajevo Canton |
Political flags
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Party of Democratic Action | ||
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | |||
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Flag of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party | ||
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Democratic Youth Movement | ||
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Democratic People's Union | ||
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until 1990 | League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Ethnic groups flags
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Flag of Bosniaks (1) | The main national flag of Bosniaks which was used from 1992 to 1995 as the flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The republic remained composed of Bosniaks after the establishment of Republika Srpska and the Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. | ||
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Flag of Bosniaks (2) | An other flag that represents Bosniaks, but it's not so popular. It has two green lines (symbolizing islam) with a white line in the middle. In the white line there's a crescent moon.(the main symbol of islam) | ||
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Flag of Bosnian Serbs | The flag of the ethnic Bosnian Serbs with the Serbian tricolor (red,blue,white). It's also the flag of Republika Srpska and is the traditional Serbian national flag | ||
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Flag of Bosnian Croats | The flag of the ethnic Bosnian Croats. It's similar to the flag of Croatia with a difference in the emblem. It was also the flag of the Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia from 1992 to 1996 |
Historical national flags
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| The Bosnian Banate | |||
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1154-1377 | Flag of the Bosnian Banate. | Swallow-tailed, a blue field with a white cross pattée in the center. |
| The Bosnian Kingdom | |||
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1377-1463 | Flag of the Bosnian Kingdom possibly adopted during the reign of King Tvrtko I Kotromanić. | Swallow-tailed, a blue field with a white line in the center, included with 6 Bosniak lilies from the Kotromanić dynasty. |
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1377-1463 | Royal Flag of Tvrtko I of Bosnia. | a white field with 5 sestiere on the fly and the arms of Bosnia in the center. |
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1377-1463 | Military Flag of Bosnia. | Swallow-tailed, a blue field with a white cross pattée in the center. |
| The Kosača dynasty | |||
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1448-1482 | Flag of Herzegovina | A red field with 2 white crosses pattée off-centred toward the hoist and 3 sestiere on the fly. |
| Rama | |||
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1618 | Banner used for "Rama" at Ferdinand II's coronation as King of Hungary. | Swallow-tailed, a blue field with a shield in the center. |
| Ottoman Bosnia | |||
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1517–1793 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | Red field with a Green Disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc. |
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1793–1844 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 8-pointed star. |
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1844–1878 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star. |
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1800–1878 | Imperial Flag of The Ottoman Empire | |
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1760s | Flag of Western Herzegovina used by Bosniak landlords in border parts in southern and western Herzegovina. The flag was most commonly used in wars. It also accompanied Bosnian troops during the second siege of Hotin. | Swallow-tailed; a green field with a white crescent and star pointing toward the hoist. |
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1878 | Flag of Bosnia. In 1878 Bosnia existed briefly as an independent nation.[citation needed] | Very similar to the flag used by Husein Gradaščević's revolt of 1830: a green field with a yellow crescent and star facing away from the hoist, but with a more curved crescent, like a typical Islamic crescent moon symbol. |
| Austro-Hungarian Bosnia | |||
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1878–1918 | Flag of Austria | A horizontal bicolour of black and yellow. |
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1878–1915 | Royal Flag of Austria-Hungary | A golden field bordered with golden, black, white and red triangles displaying The Austrian Royal Arms. |
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1878–1918 | Royal Flag of Austria-Hungary | A golden field bordered with golden, black, white, red and green triangles displaying both the Imperial crown of Austria and the Royal crown of Hungary. |
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1878–1908 | Flag of the Austro-Hungarian-occupied Province of Bosnia | A red and yellow horizontal bicolour with a shield. The Province of Herzegovina used a similar flag but with the colors reversed (a yellow and red bicolour). |
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1908 | Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina after Austro-Hungarian annexation. | A red and yellow horizontal bicolour. |
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1878-1918 | Flag of Herzegovina, during the Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Bosnia in Yugoslavia | |||
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1918-1941 | Flag of The Kingdom of Yugoslavia | A Horizontal Tricolor of Blue, White and Red. |
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1922-1937 | Royal Flag of The Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
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1937-1941 | Royal Flag of The Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
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1941-1945 | State flag of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) | A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Ustaše symbol in top-left corner (letter "U" surrounded by Croatian interlace) and the Croatian coat of arms (but with the first field white, as opposed to red) in the center. |
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1946-1992 | Flag of The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | A Horizontal Tricolor of Blue, White and Red with a red star in the center. |
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1956-1963 | Presidential Flag of The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
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1963-1992 | Presidential Flag of The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
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1940-1946 | Flag of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Partisans | |
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1946–1992 | Flag of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina within Yugoslavia | A red field (symbolizing the national liberation movements) with the Yugoslav flag in the canton. |
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1993–1995 | Flag of Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia and Republic of Western Bosnia | |
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1992–1998 | Flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | A white field with a blue shield bearing six Bosnian Golden Lilies in the centre. It also was and it still is the main Bosniak national flag. |
Proposed flags
editProposals for the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Proposed, never used | First proposal of a flag for the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 1946.[4] | Federal flag of Yugoslavia with an additional five-pointed golden star imposed behind the existing red star, with their rays interchangeably positioned. |
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Proposed, used in real life | Second proposal of a flag for the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1947.[4] | Variant of the flag adopted on 31 December 1946 with a much larger Yugoslav canton flag and a margin. |
Proposals before Dayton Agreement
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Proposed, never used | Bosnian Tricolor Proposal | |
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Proposed, never used | Bosnian Democratic Union Proposal | |
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Proposed, never used | Defenders of Sarajevo Proposal |
First set of proposals
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Proposed, never used | First alternative in the first set of proposals. | Similar to the flag of the Czech Republic. A green and red horizontal bicolour with a blue triangle in the hoist. |
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Proposed, never used | Second alternative in the first set of proposals. | Similar to the flag of the United Nations. A light blue field with a branch of wheat. |
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Proposed, never used | Third alternative in the first set of proposals. | A blue field with an outline of the map of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
Second set of proposals
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Proposed, never used | First alternative in the second set of proposals. | A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a circle of 10 gold 5-pointed stars. |
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Proposed, never used | Second alternative in the second set of proposals. | A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a circle of 12 gold 5-pointed stars. |
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Proposed, never used | Third alternative in the second set of proposals. | A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a yellow silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina outlined in green within two green olive branches. |
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Proposed, never used | Fourth alternative in the second set of proposals. | A red, white, and blue tricolour with a yellow silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina outlined in green within two green olive branches. |
Third set of proposals
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Proposed, used briefly in 1998 | First alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals). | Identical to the national flag that was adopted, but with a field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses. |
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Proposed, never used | Second alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals). | A field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses with three gold and two white stripes, interleaved so as to form a rectangle in the centre. |
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Proposed, never used | Third alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals). | A field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses with five gold and five white stripes, interleaved so as to form a triangle in the centre. |
See also
edit- Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina – main article on the Bosnian and Herzegovinian national flag
- Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Flag of Republika Srpska
References
edit- ^ "Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina - End of 37th plenary session". Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 38th plenary session - second day". Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ a b "U-11/97". Archived from the original on 19 April 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ a b Heimer, Željko; Jerlagić, Velid-aga (2006). "Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Socialist Yugoslavia)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 10 March 2023.