Flag of North Macedonia

Republic of North Macedonia
Flag of North Macedonia
UseNational flag and ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion1:2
Adopted5 October 1995; 29 years ago (1995-10-05) (as established in the Constitution of North Macedonia)
DesignA stylized yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the centre to the edge of the field.
Designed byMiroslav Grčev

The flag of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Знаме на Северна Македонија, romanizedZname na Severna Makedonija) depicts a stylized yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the center to the edge of the field. It was created by Miroslav Grčev and was adopted on 5 October 1995.

The eight-rayed sun derives from the national emblem[1] and represents the "new sun of Liberty" referred to in "Denes nad Makedonija" ("Today over Macedonia").[2] The first post-Yugoslav flag of the country, adopted in 1992, known as the Kutlesh flag, featured the Vergina Sun, a symbol that had been discovered at Aigai, the first capital and burial ground of the ancient kings of Macedon. Greece imposed a year-long economic embargo in order to persuade the country to remove it from its flag, resulting in the current design.

  1. ^ Македонски Хералд број 5
  2. ^ James Minahan (2010). The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems - Volume 1. Greenwood Press. p. 458. ISBN 9780313344992.