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The following is a list of flags of Kosovo[a].
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State flag [edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2008—Present | State flag | Blue with six white stars in an arc above a gold-colored map of Kosovo in the center. Dimensions: 5:7 |
Governmental flag [edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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1992–2007 | Presidential standard | Flag based on Ibrahim Rugova's "Dardania" flag proposal. Dimensions: 2:3 |
Flags of Kosovo under UN administration [edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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1999–Present | Kosovo Force (KFOR) | The flag is dark (NATO) blue with a shield divided vertically in white and blue, each half inscribed counterchanged in vertical line, dexter in Latin (KFOR) and sinister in Cyrillic (КФОР). The shield is set between two NATO emblems. Dimensions: 1:2 |
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1999–2009 | Kosovo Protection Corps | Red with a black emblem of the KPC in the centre. Dimensions: 2:3.[1] |
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1999–Present | Kosovo Police Service | White with two blue stripes, and a yellow-blue emblem of the KPS in the centre. Dimensions: 2:3. |
Historic flags [edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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1999–2008 | State flag | Flag of the United Nations, used for official and government purposes in Kosovo until February 17, 2008. |
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1991–2000 | Unofficial separatist flag | Used by the secessionist state Republic of Kosova proclaimed in 1991 by a parallel parliament representing the Ethnic Albanian population of Kosovo. |
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c.1950-c.1990 | Minority flag | The flag was the official flag of the Albanian ethnic minority of Yugoslavia from the late 1940s to the late 1980s |
Flag proposals [edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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never used | State flag | "Competition Candidate 1" Dimensions: 2:3 |
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never used | State flag | "Competition Candidate 2". Dimensions: 2:3 |
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never used | State flag | "Competition Candidate 3". Dimensions: 2:3 |
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never used | State flag | DioGuardi's proposal for a new Flag of Kosovo based on Albanian and USA flag. Dimensions: 2:3 |
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never used | State flag | 2007 proposal for a new Flag of Kosovo based on Albanian and UN flag. Dimensions: 2:3 |
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never used | State flag | 2012 proposal for a new Flag of Kosovo inspired on EU and historical flags. Dimensions: 2:3 |
See also [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Flags of Kosovo |
Notes and references [edit]
Notes:
| a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Kosovo's independence has been recognised by 99 out of 193 United Nations member states. |
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