Flag of Yemen

Yemen


Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	May 22, 1990
Design	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black

Variant flag of Yemen
Name	Presidential standard
Proportion	2:3

Variant flag of Yemen
Name	Army flag
Proportion	2:3

Variant flag of Yemen
Name	Naval ensign
Proportion	2:3

Variant flag of Yemen
Name	Air force flag
Proportion	2:3

The Flag of Yemen (Arabic: علم اليمن‎‎) was adopted on May 22, 1990, the day that North Yemen and South Yemen were unified. The flag is essentially the Arab Liberation Flag of 1952, introduced after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 in which Arab nationalism was a dominant theme. The Arab Liberation Flag served as the inspiration for the flags of both North and South Yemen prior to unification, and the current flags of Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, and Syria.

According to the official description, the red stands for the bloodshed of martyrs and unity; the white for a bright future; black for the dark past. However, there are some controversy about the flag as it was just the reverse version of the German Empire's flag.

Historical flags

Before Yemen was unified into present-day Republic of Yemen in 1990, it was split into North and South.

North Yemen

The North used the flag on the right (the flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen) from 1927 to 1962, when it became the Yemen Arab Republic. The flag of the Yemen Arab Republic was the Arab Liberation Flag with a green star in the center of the white band.

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918-1923)

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1923-1927)

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1927–1962)

Yemen Arab Republic
(1962–1990)

South Yemen

The flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in the South was the Arab Liberation Flag with a sky-blue chevron with a red star (the emblem of the Yemeni Socialist Party) next to the hoist.

Colony of Aden (1937–1963)

Federation of South Arabia (1962–1967)

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990), Presidential Standard

Federation of South Arabia

Lower Aulaqi Sultanate-fictitious

Wahidi Balhaf

Wahidi Haban

Protectorate of South Arabia

Similar and Different flags

Arab states

Foreigner states

Flag of Germany
(1866-1918)
Flag of Germany
(1933-35)
Flag of the German Cameroon
Flag of Togoland
Flag of Upper Volta

External links

Yemen at Flags of the World

Flags of the Arab League States

Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman State of Palestine¹ Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen

¹ Arab League member; partially recognized internationally

Flags of Asia

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

National flags and coats of arms

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National coats of arms	Sovereign states Dependent territories

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