Flag of Libya
The existing since February 27, 2011 National Transitional Council in Benghazi leads the old flag of the Kingdom of Libya as flag, which was first introduced on 24 December 1951. For the first time the new national flag was set at the United Nations in New York on 21 September 2011. A new constitution, which officially adopts the national flag, is still missing.
Description and significance
In the Constitution of 7 October 1951, the flag was first commonly used today again officially adopted as the national flag. The tricolor results in a horizontal arrangement, the colors of the traditional provinces of the country: red for Fezzan, Black with crescent and star for Cyrenaica and green for Tripolitania. The colors have different meanings were assigned: red for the blood in the struggle against Italian colonialism, green for prosperity and black for the royal family. The black stripe is twice as wide as the other two strips. The aspect ratio is 1:2.
History
Until 1977
Were until the individual areas under the Italian colonial rulers united, there were several flags in different parts of the country. So Cyrenaica had a black flag with crescent and star, similar to the present-day Turkish flag. Sometimes also reported a white frame with her. Maybe the black flag was used as early as 1919, as an emirate was established under Italian suzerainty, but which was already abolished in 1920. In 1947, Cyrenaica the flag again after Italy had formally renounced his old colony. As Cyrenaica declared its independence in 1949, it led the black flag with crescent and star as the national flag until it came up in the Kingdom of Libya on 24 December 1951.
The flag of the Kingdom of Libya in 1951 introduced with independence. In the Constitution of 7 October 1951, she was in Chapter 7, Article 1 set. It corresponded to the tricolor again used today with wide black stripes, crescent and star. The flag of King Idris I. was derived from the historical flag Kyrenaikas. She was black with crescent and star and carried in Gösch a crown topped by a small crescent and star.
After the coup of 1 March 1969, the Revolutionary Council under Colonel Gaddafi proclaimed the Libyan Arab Republic and still resulted in the same year the new red -white-black striped national flag. This flag was up at the stars, identical to the Flag of the United Arab Republic, which consisted only of Egypt at that time. It was also determined that additional green stars were inserted into the middle strip with an association of Libya with other Arab states. By this decree, the pan-Arab colors were represented in the flag.
Libya and Egypt in 1971 decided to form a confederation. Both countries hoisted on 1 January 1972, the planned joint flag: red, white and black stripes with a golden Quraysh hawks in the central strip. Besides, black symbolized the dark period of colonialism and of kingship, Red and White, the Revolution, the peaceful future.
In 1973 it was planned to a union with Tunisia, but the Arab Islamic Republic was never materialized. The proposed flag had a pan-Arab tricolor of red, white and black with red crescent and star in the white stripes.
- Historical flags
? Tripoli in the 19th century
? Turkish vilayet of Tripolitania 1835-1912
? Cyrenaica, 1949-1951
1:2? 1951-1969
1:2? 1969-1972
? 1972-1977
? 1972-1977
? Arabic Islamic Republic, 1973
The single-color flag of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visited Israel, Libya perceived this as a betrayal of the common cause. One of the first measures was no longer the same flag to lead as the supposed traitor. On November 19, 1977 put the Libyan Revolutionary Council on the advice of Gaddafi's new national flag that: a pure green cloth. Libya was thus the only independent state, who led a plain material without any symbols as the national flag. Green is the traditional color of Islam, the state religion of Libya. The color also symbolizes the Green Revolution Muammar Gaddafi.
? Seekriegsflagge, 1977-2011
The flag of the Kingdom of the civil war in 2011
In the civil war in Libya in 2011, the insurgents used early during demonstrations the flag of the ancient kingdom. For example, the national flag was replaced at the Libyan embassy in Vienna on 25 February and in other missions abroad by staff as a sign of solidarity with the insurgents by the flag of 1951. In other messages, such as in Berlin on 21 February, protesters tried the same thing. On 27 February, the rebels established the National Transitional Council in Benghazi, who took over the flag as a symbol. While held by the Council to the historical model, there were always variations in which all stripes are of equal width, part missing crescent and star. Chance of demonstrators also used the pan-Arab flag of 1969.
- Variants of the flag of the Kingdom during the uprising of 2011
? Variant with equal width strips
? Variant with equal width strips without crescent and star
More flags of Libya
The Seekriegsflagge Libya shows on a light blue background a white, unclear anchor and the naval jack of the national flag.