Flag of Haiti

Flag ratio: 3:5

The flag of Haiti was adopted on February 25, 1986. The flag has two horizontal bands of equal height; the top stripe is blue and the bottom is red. In the center there is a white rectangle with the Coat of Arms of Haiti which consists of a palm tree with several flags at its sides. There are two cannons on either side of the palm tree. The civil flag and the ensign (the one used by commercial ships) do not have a coat of arms.

The Haitian flag was created by the revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines in 1803 from the French flag (the Tricolore); he eliminated the white stripe and left only the blue and red stripes in the new flag.

From May 25 1964 to February 25 1986, during the dictatorship of Francois and Jean-Claude Duvalier, the country had a different flag, in red and black, and divided vertically, not horizontally.

Flag Of Haiti Media

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  Flag used for the whole island under the Marquis de Caradeu (with supposed powers from the French Assembly), commander of the National Guard of Port-au-Prince

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  Flag of Haiti from 1803 to 1804

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  Flag of the Empire of Haiti (1804–1806)

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  Flag of the State of Haiti (1806–1811)

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  Flag of the Kingdom of Haiti (1811–1814)

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  Flag of the Kingdom of Haiti (1814–1820)

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  Flag of the Republic of Haiti (1806–1820) and Republic of Haiti (1820–1849)

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  Flag of the Empire of Haiti (1849–1859)

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  Flag from 1859 to 1964, used by the Republic of Haiti (1859–1957)

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  Flag from 1964 to 1986, used by Duvalier

Other websites

• The Louverture Project: Flag of Haiti