Back Vlag van Jemen Afrikaans علم اليمن Arabic Bandera de Yeme AST Yəmən bayrağı Azerbaijani Kobér Yaman BAN Сцяг Емена Byelorussian Национално знаме на Йемен Bulgarian ইয়েমেনের জাতীয় পতাকা Bengali/Bangla ইয়েমেনর ফিরালহান BPY Zastava Jemena BS
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| Use | National flag and ensign  |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 22 May 1990 |
| Design | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black |
| Presidential standard | |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | The national flag with the Yemeni coat of arms on the canton corner. |
| Flag of the Armed Forces | |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | The national flag with the Emblem of the Yemeni Armed Forces in the canton corner. |
| Army flag | |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | A red field with the national flag in the canton corner, and the Emblem of the Yemeni Armed Forces centered on the fly side. |
| Navy Flag | |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | A blue field with the national flag in the canton corner, and the Emblem of the Yemeni Navy centered on the fly side. |
| Air force flag | |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | A sky blue field with the national flag in the canton corner, and the Emblem of the Yemeni Air Force centered on the fly side. |
The national flag of Yemen (Arabic: علم اليمن, romanized: 'Alam al-Yaman) is the official flag of the Yemen. It was adopted on 22 May 1990, the day of the Yemeni unification. It resembles the Arab Liberation Flag that was used by the National Liberation Front. It served as the derivation for the flags of both North and South Yemen prior to their unification, and the distinctive elements of flag were removed in choosing the flag post-unification.[1]
According to the official description, the red stands for unity and the bloodshed of martyrs, the white for a bright future, and the black for the supposed dark past. The flag is graphically identical to the flag of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1972.[1]
- ^ a b Smith, Whitney (February 16, 2001). "Flag of Yemen". Britannica. Retrieved June 12, 2018.