Flag of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Use	National flag
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	31 January 1946 (1946-01-31)[1]
Relinquished	27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)
Design	A horizontal triband of blue, white and red with a gold-bordered red star in the center
Designed by	Đorđe Andrejević-Kun
Use	Civil and state ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	21 March 1950 (1950-03-21)[2]
Relinquished	27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)
Design	The national flag shortened to a proportion of 2:3.
Use	Naval ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	6 June 1949 (1949-06-06)[3]
Relinquished	27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)

The flag of Yugoslavia was the official flag of the Yugoslav state from 1918 to 1992. The flag's design and symbolism are derived from the Pan-Slavic movement, which ultimately led to the unification of the South Slavs and the creation of a united south-Slavic state in 1918.

The flag had three equal horizontal bands of blue, white, and red and was first used by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1941. A red star was added in its center by the victorious Yugoslav Partisans in World War II and this design was used until the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, whereupon the red star was removed. This version continued to be used by one of the five successor states to Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, until its own dissolution in 2006. Today, the flag still holds meaning to those nostalgic for Yugoslavia or who admire its anti-fascist symbolism.