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| Use | National flag and ensign |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 25 November 1975 |
| Design | A horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large white border with the large yellow five-pointed star centered on the red band. |
| Designed by | Jack Pinas[1] |
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The flag of Suriname (Dutch: Vlag van Suriname) was legally adopted on 25 November 1975, upon the independence of Suriname from the Netherlands.
The flag was designed as a result of a national competition.[2] It was raised for the first time on the Independence Day of the Republic of Suriname.[3] There is a legal requirement for vessels to raise the flag of Suriname when visiting another country to reduce miscommunication between other countries.[4]
- ^ "Oorspronkelijke ontwerper Surinaamse vlag overleden". Waterkant.net (in Dutch). 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Meel, Peter (1998). "Towards a typology of Suriname nationalism". New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 72 ((3-4)): 257–281. doi:10.1163/13822373-90002593. S2CID 128539085. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Hoefte, Rosemarijn (January 2014). Suriname in the Long Twentieth Century: Domination, Contestation, Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 136. doi:10.1057/9781137360137. ISBN 978-1-349-47183-6. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ Bouterse, Desire. D (2017). "Bulletin of Acts and Decrees the Republic of Suriname" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2020.