Flag of Madagascar

Madagascar

Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	14 October 1958
Design	A horizontal bicolour of red and green with a white vertical band on the hoist side
Variant flag of Madagascar
Use	Presidential standard
Proportion	2:3

The flag of Madagascar was adopted on 14 October 1958, two years before the independence of that nation, as Madagascar prepared for a referendum on its status in the French Community.

The colors of the flag represent Madagascar's history, yearning for independence, and traditional classes. Red and white were the colors of the Merina kingdom, which succumbed to France in 1896. They were used in the flag of the last Merina monarch, Queen Ranavalona III. They may indicate the ethnic origins of the Malagasy people in Southeast Asia, and are shared by the flag of Indonesia. 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

• Flag of the Merina people.svg

  2:3 Flag of the Merina people

Military

• Flag of the Chief of Army Staff of Madagascar (Brigade General).svg

  2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Brigade General

• Flag of the Chief of Army Staff of Madagascar (Divisional General).svg

  2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Divisional General

• Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff of Madagascar (non-flag officer).svg

  1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Commodore or below

• Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff of Madagascar (Rear Admiral).svg

  1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Rear Admiral

• Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff of Madagascar (Vice Admiral).svg

  1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Vice Admiral

• Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Group (Madagascar).svg

  1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Group

• Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Base (Madagascar).svg

  1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Base

• Masthead pennant of Madagascar.svg

  1:20 Masthead pennant

Historical flags

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  2:3 Flag of the Merina Kingdom, c. 1787–1885

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  2:3 Flag of the Malagasy Protectorate, 1885–1896

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  2:3 The French tricolour of the colonial period, 1896–1958

Presidential Standards

Malagasy Republic

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1959).svg

  2:3 Philibert Tsiranana, 1959

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1959-1972).svg

  2:3 Philibert Tsiranana, 1959–1972, obverse side

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1959-1972, reverse).svg

  2:3 Philibert Tsiranana, 1959–1972, reverse side

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1972-1975).svg

  2:3 Gabriel Ramanantsoa, 1972–1975, obverse side

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1972-1975, reverse).svg

  2:3 Gabriel Ramanantsoa, 1972–1975, reverse side

Democratic Republic of Madagascar

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1976-1993).svg

  2:3 Didier Ratsiraka, 1976–1993, obverse side

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1976-1993, reverse).svg

  2:3 Didier Ratsiraka, 1976–1993, reverse side

Third Republic of Madagascar

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1993-1996).svg

  2:3 Albert Zafy, 1993–1996, obverse side

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1993-1996, reverse).svg

  2:3 Albert Zafy, 1993–1996, reverse side

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1998-2002).svg

  2:3 Didier Ratsiraka, 1998–2002, obverse side

• Presidential Standard of Madagascar (1998-2002, reverse).svg

  2:3 Didier Ratsiraka, 1998–2002, reverse side

See also

• Seal of Madagascar

External links

• Madagascar at Flags of the World