Flag of Bulgaria

Flag of Bulgaria

Use	National flag and civil ensign. Image:FIAV 111100.svg
Proportion	3:5
Adopted	1879 (original version) 1991 (current version)
Design	A horizontal tricolour of white (whiteness not less than 80%), green (Pantone 17-5936 ТС) and red (Pantone 18-1664 ТС)

The flag of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: знаме на България, zname na Balgariya) is a tricolour consisting of three equal-sized horizontal bands of (from top to bottom) white, green, and red. The flag was first adopted after the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), where Bulgaria gained independence. The national flag at times was charged with the state emblem, especially during the People's Republic of Bulgaria. The current flag was re-established with the 1991 Constitution of Bulgaria and was confirmed in a 1998 law.

History

After the liberational Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), the flag was described in the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879 as follows:

In later history, the former emblem on the left side of the white stripe was removed after 1990: it contained a lion rampant within a wreath of wheat ears below a red five-pointed star and above a ribbon bearing the years 681 (the year the first Bulgarian state was established) and 1944 (the year when the Bulgarian Communist Party took power).

The new Constitution of Bulgaria, adopted in 1991, describes the Bulgarian flag as follows:

Flag law

According to the Law for the State Seal and National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria, promulgated on April 24, 1998:

Colors

According to the Standardization and Meteorology Committee, the following colors are required to be used for the national flag:

Gallery

Image:Bulgaria war flag.png Current Bulgarian War flag, similar to Bulgarian war flags from period 1880's - mid 1940's

Naval Ensign of Bulgaria

Naval Jack of Bulgaria

See also

• Coat of arms of Bulgaria
• Mila Rodino
• National Guards Unit of Bulgaria

References

1. ^ Tarnovo Constitution of 1879 (Bulgarian). Juridical Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
2. ^ Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria. National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
3. ^ Law for the State Seal and National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria. National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
4. ^ ^{a b} Government of Bulgaria (2005). Bulgaria's National Flag. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Flags of Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society (Bulgarian) (English)
• Bulgaria at Flags of the World
• Law for the State Seal and the National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria
• About Bulgarian national symbols
• Voynikov, Ivan. "Part II. The Bulgarian flag through the centuries", History of the Bulgarian State Symbols (in Bulgarian). 

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