Flag of Republika Srpska

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Republika Srpska
Flag of Republika Srpska.svg
NameТробојка/Trobojka (Tricolor)
UseEntity and civil flag
Proportion1:2
Adopted9 January 1992
DesignA horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white

The flag of Republika Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted on 24 November 1992.[1] The flag is a rectangular tricolour with three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and white.[2] It is similar to the civil flag of Serbia.

Flags of Republika Srpska during Day of the Republic celebration in Banja Luka

While the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the coat of arms of Republika Srpska unconstitutional, claiming that it did not represent the non-Serb ethnicities living in the entity, the flag was deemed to be in line with the constitution. The court ruled that though the combination of the colours relates to the Serbian tricolor, the use of red, blue and white are considered to be pan-Slavic colors as well.

Related flags[]

See also: Flag of Serbia

The Serb tricolor has been used as the basis for other flags, most notably as Serbia's national flag. Montenegro has also used the Serbian tricolor with varying shades of blue. Under communist Yugoslavia, the republics of Serbia and Montenegro had flags of same design and colors. Montenegro changed its flag in 1993 by altering the proportion and shade of blue in its flag and used this flag until 2004.

The Serbian tricolor was also the basis for the Republic of Serbian Krajina. The Serbian tricolor defaced with a Serbian cross is used as the flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

The Republika Srpska's flag is popular among many Bosnian Serbs and they prefer to fly it or the Serbian flag instead of the Bosnian national flag.[3]

Colours scheme[]

Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg Crimson Cerulean Blue White
RGB 237/28/36 60/76/204 255/255/255
Hexadecimal #ed1c24 #3c4ccc #FFFFFF
CMYK 0/88/85/7 71/63/0/20 0/0/0/0

Gallery[]

Further information: List of Serbian flags and List of flags of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Serb flag with cross and firesteels.svg

    Unofficial flag of Republika Srpska, depicting Serbian cross on tricolor frequently used during '90s

  • Flag of the Republika Srpska (unoff).jpg

    Unofficial flag of Republika Srpska with Emblem

  • Flag of Republika Srpska (unofficial variant, 1995-2007).svg

    Unofficial flag of Republika Srpska with former Coat of Arms (1995–2007)

Standards[]

  • Flag of the President of Republika Srpska.svg

    Standard of the President of Republika Srpska, used from 2007.

  • Standard of the President of Republika Srpska (1995-2007).svg

    Standard of the President, used between 1995 and 2007.

  • Standard of the Prime Minister of Republika Srpska (1995-2007).svg

    Standard used by Prime Minister until 2007

  • Standard of the President of the People's Assembly of Srpska (1995-2007).svg

    Former standard of President of National Assembly

  • Standard of the Minister of Defence of Republika Srpska (1995–2007).svg

    Former standard of Minister of Defence

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Heimer, Zeljko. "The FAME: Republic of Srpska". zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  2. ^ Flag of Republika Srpska crwflags.com
  3. ^ "Bosnia's 'Foreign' Flag Still Draws Mixed Feelings". www.balkaninsight.com. 2017.
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