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Page created: 25th July 1996 Last updated: 16th December 2007
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Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina ("Bosniak-Croat Federation")

1. Federation Flag, 1996 – 2007
2. Proposals for the Federation Flag
   • Horizontal tricolour with shield
   • Vertical Bicolour One
   • Horizontal tricolour with quartered square
   • Vertical Bicolour Two
   • Vertical tricolour with shield
3. Cantons:
   • Una - Sana Canton
   • Posavina Canton
   • Tuzla Canton
   • Zenica - Doboj Canton
   • Gorazde - Podrinje Canton
   • Central Bosnia Canton
   • Herzegovina- Neretva Canton
   • Western Herzegovina Canton
   • Sarajevo Canton
   • Herzeg-Bosnia Canton

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation Flag, 1996 – 2007

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The flag of the Federation is a compromise design composed of Bosniak and Croat symbols. The green and the red stripe represent the two peoples, as well as the two small shields in the coat of arms. The blue field of the arms contains ten six-pointed stars for the Federation composed of ten cantons. The white field of the flag is of triple width of each of the red and green, making it square.
Since 14 June 2007 the coat of arms and the flag are abolished and not in official use. Since then the Federation uses no official symbols, while the concourse for new symbols is being held.

Proposals for the Federation Flag

Since the Federation was formed with the Dayton Agreement in 1995 the flag was considered for it. The flag issue was discussed vigorously in the Parliament and more widely and in the time several proposals were published in media that were under consideration in Parliament. It was soon clear that the "neutral" proposal have no chance and that the compromise of national symbols of Croats and Bosniaks shall be adopted. The titles of the proposals here are arbitrary.

Horizontal tricolour with shield

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The most straightforward proposal was horizontal tricolour to combine Croat and Bosniak colours. The shield proposed here combines the two in very original way in bend dancety.

Vertical Bicolour One

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A proposal of vertical shape was considered as a solution that would resolve the question whose colours should be above. This variation had the symbols dynamically unbalanced in chief and base.

Horizontal tricolour with quartered square

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Widening of the white stripe seemed the result of rejection of "simple" tricolours that were already "taken" by other nations. Quartering of the central square was due to symbolize equivalence of the two nations.

Vertical Bicolour Two

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This vertical variant is similar to the one above. Even if the proposal was rejected by the Parliament of Federation, this flag was hoisted in the Parliament sessions almost since the debate on the new flag was started, until the new flag was finally adopted, so this flag may be considered de facto flag in use since April 1996 till November 1996.

Vertical tricolour with shield

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This flag is shown on the cover of document "Novi prijedlog grba i zastave Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine" (New proposal for the coat of arms and the flag of the Federation) shown on HRT Dnevnik 21st October 1998 (dating probably from mid-1996). The general layout of the flag reached the latter adopted design, only the shield is different.

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