Flag of the Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands
UseNational flag
Proportion10:19
AdoptedMay 1, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-05-01)
DesignA blue field with two diagonal stripes of orange and white radiating from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner and the large white star with four large rays and twenty small rays on the upper hoist-side corner above the stripes.
Designed byEmlain Kabua
Marshall Islands flag at the Majuro Cooperative School.

The flag of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, an island nation in the Pacific, was adopted upon the start of self-government, May 1, 1979. The flag was designed by Emlain Kabua, who served as the first First Lady of the republic.[1]

Rules and specifications regarding the flag are set forth in the Official Flag of the Marshall Islands Act 1979 (Public Law 1979–1).[2]

  1. ^ "RMI Flag". Office of the President of the Marshall Islands. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Marshall Island Revised Code 2014 (1 MIRC Ch. 3)". paclii.org. Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2016.