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vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Yemen_Arab_Republic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>Yemen Arab Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Yemen_Arab_Republic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_Yemen" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Yemen"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>South Yemen</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_Yemen-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86" title="علم اليمن – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="علم اليمن" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Yeme" title="Bandera de Yeme – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bandera de Yeme" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C9%99m%C9%99n_bayra%C4%9F%C4%B1" title="Yəmən bayrağı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yəmən bayrağı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kob%C3%A9r_Yaman" title="Kobér Yaman – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Kobér Yaman" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="ইয়েমেনের জাতীয় পতাকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইয়েমেনের জাতীয় পতাকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%B3_%D0%95%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Сцяг Емена – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сцяг Емена" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%99%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Национално знаме на Йемен – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Национално знаме на Йемен" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Jemena" title="Zastava Jemena – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zastava Jemena" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_del_Iemen" title="Bandera del Iemen – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bandera del Iemen" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemensk%C3%A1_vlajka" title="Jemenská vlajka – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jemenská vlajka" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baner_Iemen" title="Baner Iemen – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Baner Iemen" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemens_flag" title="Yemens flag – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Yemens flag" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagge_des_Jemen" title="Flagge des Jemen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Flagge des Jemen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeemeni_lipp" title="Jeemeni lipp – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Jeemeni lipp" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A5%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Σημαία της Υεμένης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σημαία της Υεμένης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Yemen" title="Bandera de Yemen – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bandera de Yemen" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flago_de_Jemeno" title="Flago de Jemeno – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Flago de Jemeno" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%85_%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%86" title="پرچم یمن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرچم یمن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapeau_du_Y%C3%A9men" title="Drapeau du Yémen – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Drapeau du Yémen" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandeira_do_Iemen" title="Bandeira do Iemen – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bandeira do Iemen" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%88%EB%A9%98%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B8%B0" title="예멘의 국기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="예멘의 국기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B5%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B7" title="Եմենի դրոշ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Եմենի դրոշ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C" title="यमन का ध्वज – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="यमन का ध्वज" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_Jemena" title="Zastava Jemena – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zastava Jemena" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="ইয়েমেনর ফিরালহান – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ইয়েমেনর ফিরালহান" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendera_Yaman" title="Bendera Yaman – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bendera Yaman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1ni_Jemens" title="Fáni Jemens – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Fáni Jemens" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandiera_dello_Yemen" title="Bandiera dello Yemen – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bandiera dello Yemen" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%92%D7%9C_%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%9F" title="דגל תימן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דגל תימן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90" title="იემენის დროშა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იემენის დროშა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexillum_Iemeniae" title="Vexillum Iemeniae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vexillum Iemeniae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemenas_karogs" title="Jemenas karogs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Jemenas karogs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemeno_v%C4%97liava" title="Jemeno vėliava – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Jemeno vėliava" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_del_Yemen" title="Bandera del Yemen – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Bandera del Yemen" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemen_z%C3%A1szlaja" title="Jemen zászlaja – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Jemen zászlaja" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%88%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Знаме на Јемен – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Знаме на Јемен" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C" title="येमेनचा ध्वज – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="येमेनचा ध्वज" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendera_Yaman" title="Bendera Yaman – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bendera Yaman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlag_van_Jemen" title="Vlag van Jemen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vlag van Jemen" 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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a list of flags used by Yemen throughout its history, see <a 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Republic of Yemen</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yemen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/255px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="255" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/383px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/510px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vexillological_symbol" title="Vexillological symbol">Use</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_flag" title="National flag">National flag</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_ensign" class="mw-redirect" title="National ensign">ensign</a> <span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_111111.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="National flag and ensign"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/FIAV_111111.svg/23px-FIAV_111111.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/FIAV_111111.svg/35px-FIAV_111111.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/FIAV_111111.svg/46px-FIAV_111111.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">22 May 1990<span class="noprint">; 34 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1990-05-22</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">A horizontal <a href="/wiki/Tricolour_(flag)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tricolour (flag)">tricolour</a> of red, white and black</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background: #DEDEE2; color:inherit;"><b>Presidential standard</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Presidential_Standard_of_Yemen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Presidential standard of the Republic of Yemen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Presidential_Standard_of_Yemen.svg/158px-Presidential_Standard_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="158" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Presidential_Standard_of_Yemen.svg/237px-Presidential_Standard_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Presidential_Standard_of_Yemen.svg/315px-Presidential_Standard_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">The national flag with the Yemeni coat of arms on the canton corner.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background: #DEDEE2; color:inherit;"><b>Flag of the Armed Forces</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Yemen_Armed_Forces.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Armed Forces flag of the Republic of Yemen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_the_Yemen_Armed_Forces.svg/158px-Flag_of_the_Yemen_Armed_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="158" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_the_Yemen_Armed_Forces.svg/237px-Flag_of_the_Yemen_Armed_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_the_Yemen_Armed_Forces.svg/316px-Flag_of_the_Yemen_Armed_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">The national flag with the Emblem of the Yemeni Armed Forces in the canton corner.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background: #DEDEE2; color:inherit;"><b>Army flag</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Army flag of the Republic of Yemen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Army.svg/158px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="158" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Army.svg/237px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Army.svg/315px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">A red field with the national flag in the canton corner, and the Emblem of the Yemeni Armed Forces centered on the fly side.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background: #DEDEE2; color:inherit;"><b>Navy Flag</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Naval ensign of the Republic of Yemen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Navy.svg/158px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="158" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Navy.svg/237px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Navy.svg/315px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">A blue field with the national flag in the canton corner, and the Emblem of the Yemeni Navy centered on the fly side.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background: #DEDEE2; color:inherit;"><b>Air force flag</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Air force flag of the Republic of Yemen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Air_Force.svg/158px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="158" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Air_Force.svg/237px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Air_Force.svg/315px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">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.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_flag" title="National flag">national flag</a> of <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">علم اليمن</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">'Alam al-Yaman</i></span>) is the official flag of the <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>. It was adopted on 22 May 1990, the day of the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_unification" title="Yemeni unification">Yemeni unification</a>. It resembles the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Liberation_Flag" title="Arab Liberation Flag">Arab Liberation Flag</a> that was used by the <a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Front_(South_Yemen)" title="National Liberation Front (South Yemen)">National Liberation Front</a>. It served as the derivation for the flags of both <a href="/wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="Yemen Arab Republic">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Yemen" title="South Yemen">South Yemen</a> prior to their unification, and the distinctive elements of flag were removed in choosing the flag post-unification.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NLF_supporters_celebrating.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/NLF_supporters_celebrating.jpg/220px-NLF_supporters_celebrating.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/NLF_supporters_celebrating.jpg/330px-NLF_supporters_celebrating.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/NLF_supporters_celebrating.jpg/440px-NLF_supporters_celebrating.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="657" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Front_(South_Yemen)" title="National Liberation Front (South Yemen)">National Liberation Front</a> supporters waving their flags as part of the celebrations, demonstrations and mass marches after the British <a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_from_Aden" title="Withdrawal from Aden">Withdrawal from Aden</a></figcaption></figure> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Libyan_Arab_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Libyan Arab Republic">Libyan Arab Republic</a> from 1969 to 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-Brit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colors">Colors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Colors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Construction_sheet">Construction sheet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction sheet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yemen_(construction_sheet).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Yemen_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_Yemen_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Yemen_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/450px-Flag_of_Yemen_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Yemen_%28construction_sheet%29.svg/600px-Flag_of_Yemen_%28construction_sheet%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>construction sheet of the flag </figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meaning_behind_the_colors">Meaning behind the colors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Meaning behind the colors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:50%; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Scheme </th> <th>Textile colour </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #CE1126"><span style="color:#ffffff"> Red </span> </th> <td>the blood of martyrs who struggle to achieve independence and unity<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ffffff">White </th> <td>Represents a bright future<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #000000"><span style="color:#ffffff"> Black </span> </th> <td>To stand for the dark days of the past<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Color_shades">Color shades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Color shades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yemen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/30px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/60px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><br />Colors scheme </th> <th style="background:#CE1126;color:white">Red </th> <th style="background:#FFFFFF">White </th> <th style="background:#000000;color:white">Black </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hexadecimal" title="Hexadecimal">Hexadecimal</a></b> </td> <td>#CE1126 </td> <td>#FFFFFF </td> <td>#000000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/RGB_color_model" title="RGB color model">RGB</a></b> </td> <td>206–17–38 </td> <td>255–255–255 </td> <td>0–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/CMYK" class="mw-redirect" title="CMYK">CMYK</a></b> </td> <td>0, 90, 76, 0 </td> <td>0, 0, 0, 0 </td> <td>0, 0, 0, 100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pantone" title="Pantone">Pantone</a></b> </td> <td>032 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Black </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAL_colour_standard" title="RAL colour standard"><b>RAL</b></a> </td> <td>3028 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>9005 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_flags">Government flags</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Government flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Interior_Ministry.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Yemeni Interior Ministry."><img alt="Flag of the Yemeni Interior Ministry." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Interior_Ministry.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Interior_Ministry.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Interior_Ministry.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Interior_Ministry.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Interior_Ministry.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Interior_Ministry.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Yemen)" title="Ministry of Interior (Yemen)">Yemeni Interior Ministry</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yemeni_Republican_Guard_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Yemeni Republican Guard"><img alt="Flag of the Yemeni Republican Guard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Yemeni_Republican_Guard_Flag.svg/120px-Yemeni_Republican_Guard_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Yemeni_Republican_Guard_Flag.svg/180px-Yemeni_Republican_Guard_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Yemeni_Republican_Guard_Flag.svg/240px-Yemeni_Republican_Guard_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Republican_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Republican Guard">Yemeni Republican Guard</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Special_Security_Forces.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Yemeni Special Security Forces"><img alt="Flag of the Yemeni Special Security Forces" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Special_Security_Forces.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Special_Security_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Special_Security_Forces.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Special_Security_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Special_Security_Forces.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_Yemeni_Special_Security_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Special_Security_Forces_(Yemen)" title="Special Security Forces (Yemen)">Yemeni Special Security Forces</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regional_flags">Regional flags</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Regional flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Federalization_of_Yemen" title="Federalization of Yemen">Federalization of Yemen</a></div> <p>The <b>Federalization of Yemen</b> or the <b>Federal Republic of Yemen</b> was the outcome of the <a href="/wiki/National_Dialogue_Conference_(Yemen)" title="National Dialogue Conference (Yemen)">National Dialogue Conference</a>. The Dialogue members also agreed that <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> would be transformed into a six-region federal system.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regions would be Azal in the North, Saba in the center, Tihama in the West, Aden and Janad in the South, and Hadhramaut in the East. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Aden_Region.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Aden Region"><img alt="Flag of Aden Region" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_Aden_Region.svg/120px-Flag_of_Aden_Region.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_Aden_Region.svg/180px-Flag_of_Aden_Region.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_Aden_Region.svg/240px-Flag_of_Aden_Region.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of <a href="/wiki/Aden_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Aden Region">Aden Region</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Azal_Region,_Yemen.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Azal Region."><img alt="Flag of Azal Region." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Azal_Region%2C_Yemen.svg/120px-Flag_of_Azal_Region%2C_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Azal_Region%2C_Yemen.svg/180px-Flag_of_Azal_Region%2C_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Azal_Region%2C_Yemen.svg/240px-Flag_of_Azal_Region%2C_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of <a href="/wiki/Azal_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Azal Region">Azal Region</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hadhramaut.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Hadhramaut Region."><img alt="Flag of Hadhramaut Region." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Hadhramaut.svg/120px-Flag_of_Hadhramaut.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Hadhramaut.svg/180px-Flag_of_Hadhramaut.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Hadhramaut.svg/240px-Flag_of_Hadhramaut.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="284" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of <a href="/wiki/Hadhramaut_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Hadhramaut Region">Hadhramaut Region</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Janad_Region_(Yemen).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Janad Region."><img alt="Flag of Janad Region." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Janad_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Janad_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Janad_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Janad_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Janad_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Janad_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of <a href="/wiki/Janad_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Janad Region">Janad Region</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sheba_Region_(Yemen).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Saba Region."><img alt="Flag of Saba Region." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Sheba_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Sheba_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Sheba_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Sheba_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Sheba_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Sheba_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="682" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of <a href="/wiki/Saba_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Saba Region">Saba Region</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tahama_Region_(Yemen).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Tihama Region."><img alt="Flag of Tihama Region." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Flag_of_Tahama_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Tahama_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Flag_of_Tahama_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_Tahama_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Flag_of_Tahama_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg/240px-Flag_of_Tahama_Region_%28Yemen%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of <a href="/wiki/Tihama_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Tihama Region">Tihama Region</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_flags">Historical flags</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Historical flags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before Yemen was unified into the present-day <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Republic of Yemen</a> in 1990, it existed as two states, <a href="/wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="Yemen Arab Republic">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Yemen" title="South Yemen">South Yemen</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Yemen">North Yemen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: North Yemen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kingdom_of_Yemen">Kingdom of Yemen</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Kingdom of Yemen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Yemen" title="Flag of the Kingdom of Yemen">Flag of the Kingdom of Yemen</a></div> <p>The Kingdom of Yemen was never a British protectorate, it was nominally part of the Ottoman empire until 1918 and was independent thereafter. Independently, here were two British protectorates (known as the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Aden_Protectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Aden Protectorate">Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aden_Protectorate" title="Aden Protectorate">Western Aden Protectorates</a>) which contained 24 sultanates, emirates and sheikhdoms in the hinterland of Aden.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The flag was in use until 1962 when the imam was overthrown and the Yemen Arab Republic was established. 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style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yemen_1918.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1923)"><img alt="Kingdom of Yemen, (1918–1923)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_Yemen_1918.svg/180px-Flag_of_Yemen_1918.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_Yemen_1918.svg/270px-Flag_of_Yemen_1918.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_Yemen_1918.svg/360px-Flag_of_Yemen_1918.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yemen" title="Kingdom of Yemen">Kingdom of Yemen</a><br />(1918–1923)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen_(1918-1927).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kingdom of Yemen (1923–1927)"><img alt="Kingdom of Yemen, (1923–1927)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen_%281918-1927%29.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen_%281918-1927%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen_%281918-1927%29.svg/270px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen_%281918-1927%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen_%281918-1927%29.svg/360px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen_%281918-1927%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yemen" title="Kingdom of Yemen">Kingdom of Yemen</a><br />(1923–1927)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kingdom of Yemen (1927–1970)"><img alt="Kingdom of Yemen, (1927–1970)," src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg/270px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg/360px-Flag_of_the_Mutawakkilite_Kingdom_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yemen" title="Kingdom of Yemen">Kingdom of Yemen</a><br />(1927–1970)<br 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29%2C_Flag_of_Syria_%281980%E2%80%932024%29.svg/225px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29%2C_Flag_of_Syria_%281980%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29%2C_Flag_of_Syria_%281980%E2%80%932024%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Republic_%281958%E2%80%931971%29%2C_Flag_of_Syria_%281980%E2%80%932024%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_States" title="United Arab States">United Arab States</a> which North Yemen was a part of<br />(1958–1961)<br /></div> </li> </ul></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Yemen_Arab_Republic">Yemen Arab Republic</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Yemen Arab Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">North Yemen</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="display:none"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/255px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="255" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/383px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/510px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vexillological_symbol" title="Vexillological symbol">Use</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Historical <span class="mw-default-size noviewer skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIAV_historical.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Design used in the past, but now abandoned"><img alt="Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/23px-FIAV_historical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/36px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/FIAV_historical.svg/46px-FIAV_historical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="150" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Proportion</th><td class="infobox-data">2:3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">November 1, 1962<span class="noprint">; 62 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1962-11-01</span>)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(slight adaptation from September 26, 1962)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relinquished</th><td class="infobox-data">May 22, 1990<span class="noprint">; 34 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1990-05-22</span>)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Yemeni_unification" title="Yemeni unification">Yemeni unification</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black with a green five-pointed star in the centre</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="Yemen Arab Republic">Yemen Arab Republic</a> revolted against the imamate in 1962, a version of the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Liberation_Flag" title="Arab Liberation Flag">Arab Liberation Flag</a> with one green star in the center of the white band which symbolized unity and independence.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1275594942" /><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_North_Yemen_(1962).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yemen Arab Republic (1962, based on the UAR flag)"><img alt="Yemen Arab Republic, (1962, based on the UAR flag)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_North_Yemen_%281962%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_North_Yemen_%281962%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_North_Yemen_%281962%29.svg/225px-Flag_of_North_Yemen_%281962%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_North_Yemen_%281962%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_North_Yemen_%281962%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="Yemen Arab Republic">Yemen Arab Republic</a><br />(1962, based on the UAR flag)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990)"><img alt="Yemen Arab Republic, (1962–1990)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/150px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/225px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/300px-Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Yemen_Arab_Republic" title="Yemen Arab Republic">Yemen Arab Republic</a><br />(1962–1990)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vertical_Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vertical standard"><img alt="Vertical standard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Vertical_Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/52px-Vertical_Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="52" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Vertical_Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/79px-Vertical_Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Vertical_Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg/105px-Vertical_Flag_of_North_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="599" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Vertical standard</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Yemen">South Yemen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Yemen&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: South Yemen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_South_Yemen" title="Flag of South Yemen">Flag of South Yemen</a></div> <p>The flag of the <a href="/wiki/South_Yemen" title="South Yemen">People's Democratic Republic of Yemen</a> in the South was a version of the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Liberation_Flag" title="Arab Liberation Flag">Arab Liberation Flag</a> with a light blue <a href="/wiki/Chevron_(flag)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chevron (flag)">chevron</a> which represented the people under the leadership of the <a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Front_(South_Yemen)" title="National Liberation Front (South Yemen)">National Liberation Front</a>, with a red star next to the hoist representing the NLF itself and later the Socialist Party.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag was adopted on 30 November 1967 when South Yemen declared independence from the United Kingdom until the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_unification" title="Yemeni unification">Yemeni unification</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was used again for a few months in 1994 during the existence of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Yemen" title="Democratic Republic of Yemen">Democratic Republic of Yemen</a>. </p> <link 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/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/South_Yemen" title="South Yemen">People's Democratic Republic of Yemen</a> (1967–1990)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Presidential_standard_of_South_Yemen_1967-1990.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990), Presidential Standard"><img alt="People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990), Presidential Standard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Presidential_standard_of_South_Yemen_1967-1990.svg/150px-Presidential_standard_of_South_Yemen_1967-1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Presidential_standard_of_South_Yemen_1967-1990.svg/225px-Presidential_standard_of_South_Yemen_1967-1990.svg.png 1.5x, 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