Flag of Algeria

The flag of Algeria (Arabic: علم ​​الجزائر, DMG ʿ Alam al - Ǧazā ʾ ​​ir) was adopted on 3 July 1962. It consists of two equal vertical bars, green left and right white. In the center of the flag is a red crescent and a red five -pointed star is shown.

Importance

White symbolizes purity and the color green Islam. The crescent moon originally came from pre-Islamic times. Since many states used the crescent and the star in their flags with a majority Muslim population, this symbol has established itself as a sign of Islam.

? Seekriegsflagge

History

The national flag is almost the flag of the Front de Libération Nationale ( FLN) in the crescent and star were smaller. There are suspicions that the flag was used in the 19th century by Abd el-Kader, more likely, however, that the flag was designed in 1928 by Messali Hadj. The Front de Libération Nationale took over the flag 1954. 1958, the flag was the symbol of the provisional Algerian Republic.

Nominal Algeria was until the conquest by France part of the Ottoman Empire and led the flag. In addition, Algerian ships led in the 18th and 19th century sometimes called " barbarians flag ": the head of a Berbers on a red background. Since the conquest of France was used in Algeria, the French flags. 1830 still used with the flag of the Kingdom, from 1834 the tricolor.

? Car Flag of France Governor Jacques Soustelle 1955

? Flag of Algeria 1958-1962

Political flags

Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie (RCD)

Parti Communiste algérien ( PCA)