Flag of Madagascar
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Proportion | 2:3 |
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Adopted | 14 October 1958 |
Design | Two horizontal bands of red and green with a white vertical band on the hoist side |
Use | Presidential standard |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Design | The National flag with the Seal of Madagascar in the center of the tri-point with the initials "R. M." in the canton. |
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The colors of the flag represent Madagascar's history and traditional peasant classes.Merina kingdom, which was conquered by France in 1896.[2] They were used in the flag of the last Merina monarch, Queen Ranavalona III. Green was the color of the Hova, the largest class of peasant commoners, who played a significant role in anti-French agitation and the independence movement.
Current flags
Ethnic
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2:3 Flag of the Merina people (since 1997)[3]
Military
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2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Brigade General
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2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Divisional General
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1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Commodore or below
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1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Rear Admiral
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1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Vice Admiral
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1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Group
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1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Base
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1:20Masthead pennant
Historical flags
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2:3 Flag of the Antankarana Kingdom
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2:3 Flag of the Antongil Kingdom
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2:3 Flag of the Boina Kingdom
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2:3 Flag of the Menabe Kingdom
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Flag of the Sakalava of Antalaotra
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1:1Tamatave Kingdom, 1750–1819
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2:3 Flag of the Tanibe Kingdom, 1822–1828
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2:3 Flag of the Malagasy Protectorate, 1885–1896
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2:3French tricolour of the colonial period, 1896–1958
Presidential Standards
Malagasy Republic
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2:3 Philibert Tsiranana, 1959
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2:3 Gabriel Ramanantsoa, 1972–1975, obverse side
Democratic Republic of Madagascar
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2:3 Didier Ratsiraka, 1976–1993, obverse side
Third Republic of Madagascar
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2:3 Albert Zafy, 1993–1996, obverse side
See also
References
- ^ a b "Malagasy Flag". World Atlas. 24 February 2021.
- ^ Smith, Whitney; Young, Grace (February 16, 2001). "Flag of Madagascar". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Merina local flag (Madagascar). Flags of the World (2015-05-20). Retrieved on 2017-10-17.
External links
- Madagascar at Flags of the World
- Madagascar flag at Flagscorner Archived 2019-09-07 at the Wayback Machine