The current form of the national flag of the Slovak Republic () was adopted by Slovakia's Constitution, which came into force on 3 September 1992. The flag of Slovakia, like many other flags of Slavic nations, uses the Pan-Slavic colours (white, blue, and red). In the hoist side of the flag is Slovakia's national coat of arms.
History
Slovakia's flag in its current form (but with another coat of arms on it or without any arms) can be dated back to the revolutionary year 1848. It was also used semi-officially in Czechoslovakia before World War II, and by the Slovak Republic during World War II.
In 1990, the interior ministry tasked Ladislav Čisárik, a painter and heraldic artist, and Ladislav Vrtel, an expert in heraldry, with creating a new coat of arms and national flag. Čisárik and Vrtel based their designs for a modern coat of arms of Slovakia and flag on an existing 14th-century coat of arms of Hungary.
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Photo gallery
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File:Flags of Slovakia.jpg|A line of Slovak flags on poles
File:Vertical Slovak Flag Logan Square Philadelphia 30 Jul 2022.jpg|The correct vertical display of the Slovak flag (with rotated coat of arms)
File:EU and Slovakia flags.jpg|Slovak flag and European Union flag are often seen together front of government buildings
File:Slovak International Air Fest 2012 - AFRC -15.jpg|Flag of Slovakia in army uniform
File:Jill Biden met with Zuzana Čaputová at the Grassalkovich Palace in 2022 (1).jpg|Presidential standard of Slovak Republic (centre) together with Slovak flags and European Union flags
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Presidential standard
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File:Flag of the President of Czechoslovakia (1918-1939, 1945-1960).svg|Presidential standard of Czechoslovakia<br/>(1918–1939)<br/>(1945–1960)
File:Flag of the President of Slovakia (1939-1945).svg|Presidential standard of First Slovak Republic<br/>(1939–1945)
File:Flag_of_the_President_of_Czechoslovakia_(1960-1990).svg|Presidential standard of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic<br/>(1960–1990)
File:Flag of the President of Czechoslovakia (1990-1992).svg|Presidential standard of Czech and Slovak Federative Republic<br/>(1990–1992)
File:Flag of the President of Slovakia.svg|Presidential standard of Slovak Republic<br/>(since 1993)
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Historical flags
See also
- Coat of arms of Slovakia
- National Seal of Slovakia
- List of Slovak flags
- Pan-Slavic colors