Use | National flag |
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Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 10 October 1970 |
Design | A Cyan Ensign with the shield from the national coat of arms centred in the fly half. |
Designed by | Tessa Mackenzie[1][2] |
Use | Civil ensign |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Design | A Red Ensign with the shield from the national coat of arms centred in the fly half. |
Use | State ensign |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Design | A Blue Ensign with the shield from the national coat of arms centred in the fly half. |
Use | Naval ensign |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Design | A White Ensign with the national coat of arms centred in the fly half. |
Use | Civil air ensign |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Design | A dark blue cross outlined in white on a light blue field with the Union Jack in the canton and the shield from the Fijian coat of arms superimposed over the right arm of the cross. |
The national flag of Fiji was adopted on 10 October 1970. The state arms have been slightly modified but the flag has remained the same as during Fiji's colonial period. It is a defaced cyan "Blue Ensign" (the actual Blue Ensign version of the flag is the government ensign), with the shield from the national coat of arms. It has remained unchanged since Fiji was declared a republic in 1987, despite calls from some politicians for changes.
A plan to change the flag, announced by Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama in 2013, was abandoned in August 2016.