Flags of North Macedonia

This is a list of flags which have been, or are still today, used on the territory of North Macedonia or by ethnic Macedonians.

North Macedonia[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1995–present	Flag of the Republic of North Macedonia (civil, state, and war flag)	A golden-yellow sun with eight rays extending to the edges of the red field.

Historical flags[]

Date	Use	Description
1992–1995	Flag of the Republic of Macedonia	A red flag with the yellow Vergina Sun in the middle.
1947–1991	Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Three equal horizontal fields, blue on the top, white in the middle and red on the bottom, Red star in the center.
1946–1991	Flag of the People's Republic of Macedonia (1946–1963) and Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1963–1991)	A red flag with a gold-edged red star in the canton.
1944–1946	Flag of Democratic Federal Macedonia	A red flag with a so-called "fat" gold-edged red star in the middle of the flag.
1941–1945	Flag of Partisan movement	Three equal horizontal fields, blue on the top, white in the middle and red on the bottom, Red star in the white field.
2.8.1903 – 12.8.1903	Flag of the Republic of Kruševo^[a]	A plain red flag. In the middle is a yellow palm crown, decorated with two shaking hands - a symbol of the people's unity, and over there is a flaming torch. Around these symbols is the slogan "Svoboda ili smart" and another inscription "Banner of the Krushevo cheta".
1920s–present^[3]^[4]	Historical flag of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) used by political parties in Bulgaria and North Macedonia until now.^[5]^[6]	Horizontal bicolor of red and black

Municipal flags[]

Note: This list is incomplete.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2012–present	Aerodrom Municipality
	? – Present	Aračinovo Municipality	A red flag with the coat of arms in the middle and two thin horizontal stripes.
	? – Present	Berovo Municipality	A light (sky) blue flag with red insignia in the middle.
	2006–present	Bitola Municipality	The municipal arms on a white background.
	? – Present	Bogdanci Municipality	A blue and red flag (two blue & two red cantons), with the Municipality coat-of-arms in the middle.
	1996–present	Bogovinje Municipality
	1996–present	Bosilovo Municipality
		Brvenica Municipality
	1997–present	Centar Municipality
	2010–present	Čair Municipality
		Čaška Municipality
	?–2014	Municipality of Češinovo-Obleševo
		Centar Župa Municipality
		Municipality of Čučer-Sandevo
		Debar Municipality
		Debarca Municipality
		Municipality of Delčevo
	?–2015	Demir Hisar Municipality
		Demir Kapija Municipality
		Dojran Municipality
		Dolneni Municipality
	?-Present	Gevgelija Municipality	A flag with a blue bar over a white bar & the coat-of-arms of the Municipality near the mast of the flag.
		Gostivar Municipality
		Gradsko Municipality
	1996–present	Ilinden Municipality	A red vertical flag with a 12-pointed sun and the letter "I" in Cyrillic (И).
		Jegunovce Municipality
		Karbinci Municipality
		Kavadarci Municipality
	?–2015	Kisela Voda Municipality
		Kičevo Municipality
	2010–present	Municipality of Kočani
		Konče Municipality
	2006–present	Kratovo Municipality
	2009–present	Kriva Palanka Municipality
	2005–present	Karpoš Municipality
		Municipality of Krivogaštani
		Municipality of Kruševo
	2002–Present	Kumanovo Municipality
		Lipkovo Municipality
		Lozovo Municipality
	?-Present	Makedonska Kamenica Municipality
		Makedonski Brod Municipality
		Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša
		Mogila Municipality
		Negotino Municipality
		Novaci Municipality
		Novo Selo Municipality
	2014–present	Ohrid Municipality
		Municipality of Pehčevo
		Petrovec Municipality
		Plasnica Municipality
	? – Present	Prilep Municipality	A dark blue background with the municipal coat of arms, outlined in white, in the middle.
[[File:Probistip-zname.png\|100xp	2015–present	Municipality of Probištip
	2007–present	Rankovce Municipality
		Resen (municipality)
		Rosoman Municipality
		Municipality of Sopište
		Municipality of Staro Nagoričane
		Municipality of Štip
	?-Present	Struga Municipality	A blue vertical flag with the coat of arms in the middle.
	?-Present	Strumica Municipality	A white vertical flag with the coat of arms and a blue-yellow border.
		Municipality of Studeničani
	?-Present	Radoviš Municipality
	2007–present	Tearce Municipality
	?-Present	Tetovo Municipality	A red, black and yellow tricolor flag, the yellow one being the thickest.
		Valandovo Municipality
		Vasilevo Municipality
	?-Present	Veles Municipality
	?-Present	Vevchani Municipality
	2007–present	Vinica Municipality	A red and blue bicolor flag with outline of Vinica Fortress and an icon.
		Municipality of Vrapčište
		Zelenikovo Municipality
	1996–present	Municipality of Želino
		Zrnovci Municipality
		Šuto Orizari Municipality

Government flags[]

Date	Use	Description
- present	Flag of Ministry Foreign Affairs of Republic of Macedonia
- present	Flag of Ministry of Culture of Republic of Macedonia
1992–present	Flag of the Army of Republic of Macedonia
1992-2013	Flag of Ministry of Internal Affairs	A blue flag with the emblem in the middle
1992–present	Flag of Uniformed members of MIA	A blue flag with the emblem in the middle
-present	Flag of Special Police Force - Tiger
- present	Flag of Border Police of Republic of Macedonia	A green flag with the emblem in the middle
- present	Flag of Customs of Macedonia

Universities[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
		St. Clement of Ohrid University of Bitola
		University of Information Science and Technology "St. Paul The Apostle"
		Goce Delčev University of Štip
		State University of Tetovo
		South East European University
		FON University
		Euro College Kumanovo

Military flags[]

Date	Use	Description
1944	Flag of the First Macedonian Brigade (WW2)	red flag and the lower half of the flag the unit's name is written in yellow capital Cyrillic letters
2009–present	Flag of 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade	red flag with the coat of arms of Macedonia on the upper left and the unit's badge on upper right and the lower half of the flag the unit's name is written in yellow capital Cyrillic letters
1999–present	Flag of Macedonian Land Forces	A red background with unit badge at right, and Macedonia coat of arms at left. At bottom is the Macedonian inscription: "The force is with us"
1992–present	Flag of Military Police Battalion	green flag with the unit's badge in the middle
1990s-present	Flag of Combat Helicopter Squadron	blue flag with the unit's badge in the middle

Religious flags[]

Date	Use	Description
-present	Flag of Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric	red flag with the COA of MOC-OA in the middle
	Old flag of Macedonian Orthodox Church
-present
-present	Bigorski Monastery
-present	Christian Adventist Church
-present	Christian Baptist Church-Radosna Vest
-present	Maran-Ata
-present	Christian Baptist Church-Bozhji Glas
-present	Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia
-present	Flag of Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia	green flag with the crescent and the star in the middle

Political Parties flags[]

Date	Use	Description
	IMRO-DPMNU
	SDUM
-present	Flag of Liberal-Democrat Party of Macedonia
	New Social Democratic Party
	Dostoinstvo
-present	Flag of New Social-Democrat Party of Macedonia
	Socialist Party of Macedonia
	Democratic Renewal of Macedonia
-present	Flag of People's Movement for Macedonia
-present	Flag of Party of United Democrats of Macedonia
	Logo of BDI
	Albanian Democratic Party
	Democratic Party of Turks
-present	Flag of Political Party of Macedonians in Albania	Macedonian flag from 1992 with the Cyrillic yellow letters of the name of the political party
1936-1941	Flag of MANAPO
1944-1990	League of Communists of Yugoslavia Flag on Macedonian

Macedonian diaspora flags[]

Date	Use	Description
-present	Flag of the Macedonians in Serbia
-present	Flag of Macedonians in Bulgaria	The UMO Ilinden–Pirin party flag in Bulgaria.
-present	Flag of Macedonians in Greece	The Rainbow Party flag in Greece.
-present	Flag of Macedonians in Albania
-present	Flag of Macedonians in United States
-present	Flag of Macedonians in Argentina

Other[]

Date	Use	Description
1990s –1990s	Ethnic Macedonian flag	A red flag with the Golden Lion from the 1741 coat of arms of the geographical region of Macedonia
-present	Neo Macedonian Flag	Flag for 'Greece is Macedonia' as a response to the Blue Sun of Vergina Flag. Used on football matches.
-present	Neo Macedonian Flag (2)	Similar to the above flag. This flag is used on football matches.
2015	Flag of 2015 Opposition Protests in Macedonia
	Macedonian 4 in 1 flag

Companies flags[]

Government[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	-present	Flag of Macedonian Customs
	-present	Flag of Macedonian Railway
	-present	North Macedonia Post
	-present	Macedonian Stock Exchange
	-present	Macedonian Forest

Private[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	-present	EVN Macedonia
	-present	Macedonian Telekom
	-present	Makpetrol Macedonia
	-present	Okta Macedonia
	-present	Komercijalna Banka
	-present	Agrofila

Organizations flags[]

Date	Use	Description
1992–present	Flag of the World Macedonian Congress	red flag with the star of Kutlesh in the middle
-present	Regular Grand Lodge of Macedonia
-present	Grand Lodge of Macedonia
-present	Koledari Kumanovo
1990–present	Kumani Zapad
-present	Kumanovo Astronomical Club
	Flag of Macedonian Herald Society	red flag with the COA of the society
2001–present	Flag of Alliance of Defenders Kumanovo
2004–present	Flag of Macedonian United Forces	Star from Kutlesh on black background

Notes[]

^ Considered to be Bulgarian in Bulgaria.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ Xисарлъшка-Танова, С. Знамената на Илинденско-Преображенското въстание 1903 г. — издателство: Векове, 1983, № 3, стр. 77.
^ The insurgents in Krushevo flew also Bulgarian flags everywhere. See: "Who are the Macedonians", Published by C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2000, ISBN 1-85065-534-0, by Hugh Poulton - p. 57.
^ In an article from the Macedonian journalist Spase Shuplinovski in the Macedonian mainstream daily newspaper Utrinski vesnik - issue 1166, October 16, 2006 is described, that the flag of the Macedonian party VMRO - DPMNE was adopted from IMRO, which was established in 1920 and was banned in 1934. Archived May 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ In official speech in Macedonian Parliament in June 2008 on the occasion of the enacting a Law about the usage of the flags in Republic of Macedonia, the deputy Yani Macraduli has maintained, the red - black flag of IMRO dates (was created) during the leadership of Todor Alexandrov, i.e. - 1920s.
^ The IMRO flag is considered to be Bulgarian in Bulgaria, see: "100 years IMARO" (in Bulgarian) ISBN 954-8187-10-8, Publisher: Macedonian Scientifis Institute, Authors: Professor D. Michev, Ph.D. D. Gotsev, Sofia - 1994, p. 7. Archived January 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ However, according to Academician Ivan Katardjev, Director of the Historical Sciences section in the Department of Social Sciences in the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts the policy of IMRO leader in the beginning of the 1920s, Todor Alexandrov served the Bulgarian interests, see: "Утрински весник", Issue 1806, 16.10.2006 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2008-08-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) and the policy of IMRO leader in the second half of 1920s until its ban in 1934, Ivan Mihailov, for establishment of an independent Macedonian state, meant a Macedonian state of the Bulgarians in Macedonia, see: "Утрински весник", Issue 1806, 16.10.2006."Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-10-16. Retrieved 2008-08-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

North Macedonia at Flags of the World
Media related to Flags of North Macedonia at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Flags of Macedonian Military at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Flags of Macedonian Diaspora at Wikimedia Commons

[3] Considered to be Bulgarian in Bulgaria.^[1]^[2]

[1] Xисарлъшка-Танова, С. Знамената на Илинденско-Преображенското въстание 1903 г. — издателство: Векове, 1983, № 3, стр. 77.

[2] The insurgents in Krushevo flew also Bulgarian flags everywhere. See: "Who are the Macedonians", Published by C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2000, ISBN 1-85065-534-0, by Hugh Poulton - p. 57.

[4] In an article from the Macedonian journalist Spase Shuplinovski in the Macedonian mainstream daily newspaper Utrinski vesnik - issue 1166, October 16, 2006 is described, that the flag of the Macedonian party VMRO - DPMNE was adopted from IMRO, which was established in 1920 and was banned in 1934. Archived May 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[5] In official speech in Macedonian Parliament in June 2008 on the occasion of the enacting a Law about the usage of the flags in Republic of Macedonia, the deputy Yani Macraduli has maintained, the red - black flag of IMRO dates (was created) during the leadership of Todor Alexandrov, i.e. - 1920s.

[6] The IMRO flag is considered to be Bulgarian in Bulgaria, see: "100 years IMARO" (in Bulgarian) ISBN 954-8187-10-8, Publisher: Macedonian Scientifis Institute, Authors: Professor D. Michev, Ph.D. D. Gotsev, Sofia - 1994, p. 7. Archived January 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[7] However, according to Academician Ivan Katardjev, Director of the Historical Sciences section in the Department of Social Sciences in the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts the policy of IMRO leader in the beginning of the 1920s, Todor Alexandrov served the Bulgarian interests, see: "Утрински весник", Issue 1806, 16.10.2006 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2008-08-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) and the policy of IMRO leader in the second half of 1920s until its ban in 1934, Ivan Mihailov, for establishment of an independent Macedonian state, meant a Macedonian state of the Bulgarians in Macedonia, see: "Утрински весник", Issue 1806, 16.10.2006."Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-10-16. Retrieved 2008-08-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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