State flag of the Azerbaijan Republic turns 100 years

The first tricolor state flag of the Azerbaijan Republic, approved as a national symbol by the decree of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic of 9 November 1918, remained the symbol of statehood of Azerbaijan until April 1920, when it was replaced with the flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

On 5 February 1991, the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan Republic re-institutionalized the tricolor of Azerbaijan by adopting the law “On the State Flag of the Azerbaijan Republic”.

On 17 November 2009, President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilkham Aliyev signed a decree proclaiming 9 November the Day of State Flag. The holiday became an official day-off.