Flag of the Republic of the Congo

Flag of the Republic of the Congo
Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	≈2: 3
Officially accepted:	First introduced: August 18, 1959 Reintroduced: June 10, 1991

The flag of the Republic of the Congo was originally introduced on August 18, 1959 and, after a phase with a socialist flag, was restored on June 10, 1991.

meaning

Waving national flag

The national flag is in the pan-African colors :

• Red stands for the fight for freedom
• Yellow symbolizes the natural riches of nature
• Green stands for the nature of the country

Historic flag

In 1968 Major Marien Ngouabi became the new president. He transformed the Congo into a people 's republic in 1969 and leaned politically to the Soviet Union . With its disintegration in 1991, the Congo became a republic again and the flag was changed back to that of 1959.

The flag was introduced in 1970 and is heavily based on the flag of the Soviet Union .

• Red and the five-pointed star represent socialism .
• The hammer symbolizes the working class and the hoe the peasants, crossed to represent their union, as the prosperity of the country depends on them.
• The branches symbolize the nature of the land and peace.

The colors red, yellow and green that appear in the flag also stand for the pan-African colors .

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  ≈2: 3 ^? Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo 1970–1991

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  Hammer and pick

literature

• Whitney Smith , Ottfried Neubecker : The signs of people and peoples. Our world in flags and banners. Reich Verlag, Lucerne 1975, ISBN 3-7243-0115-4 .

Web links

• Flags of the World - Congo (Engl.)