Republic of Azerbaijan Celebrates National Flag Day

The first three-color National Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan was approved as a national symbol by the Decree of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan of 9 November 1918. It remained the symbol of the statehood of Azerbaijan until April 1920, when it was replaced by the flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

On 5 February 1991, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan adopted the Law on the National Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which gave the tricolor flag the status of the National Flag of Azerbaijan again. On 18 October 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan restored its sovereignty, declared itself the successor of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan and adopted its national symbols, including the flag.

On 17 November 2009, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree declaring the 9 November as the National Flag Day. The holiday has become an official day off.

On 1 September 2010, the National Flag Square was inaugurated in the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Baku. The Emblem and the Map of Azerbaijan installed on the square are made of gilded bronze, as well as the text of the national anthem, placed on the basis of the flagpole. On the initiative of the President of Azerbaijan, the National Flag Museum was established on the square.