Flag of Benin

Republic of Benin

Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	November 16, 1959; 64 years ago (1959-11-16) (Re-adopted on August 1, 1990)
Design	A horizontal bicolour of yellow and red with a green vertical band at the hoist.

The national flag of Benin^[1] (French: drapeau du Bénin) is a flag consisting of two horizontal yellow and red bands on the fly side and a green vertical band at the hoist. Adopted in 1959 to replace the French Tricolour, it was the flag of the Republic of Dahomey until 1975, when the People's Republic of Benin was established. The new regime renamed the country and changed the flag to a green field with a red star in the canton. This version was utilized until multi-party democracy was re-established in 1990, coinciding with the Revolutions of 1989. The new government promptly restored the original pre-1975 flag.