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Socialist Yugoslavia: Republics

List of the Republics in Socialist Yugoslavia
Use of flags in the Republics
President of a Republic

See also:

List of the Republics in Socialist Yugoslavia

The republics in Socialist Yugoslavia were named "People's Republics" until 1963, and later "Socialist Republics" until 1990-1991.

Use of flags in the Republics

The flags of the Republics were supposed to be used by goverment only, but were in practice used widely (most of the companies and buildings were owned by the state [or society, as it was called], so they had right to display the flags, anyway). There were no versions for use at sea, of course.

It was normal to display three flags together (still you would find three flagpoles in front of most buildings):

Yugoslavia in the middle
Republic to the left
Party to the right (from the viewer).

In the areas with a significant minority population, the flag of the minority was added to this. In some towns the town flag would be added also (again as a rule, with a red star), but it was not so often (I remember Zagreb and Rijeka were doing so, Rijeka was special in displaying five flags in rows on the lightpoles: Yugoslav, Croatian, Party's, Italian and the town flag).

It was not so unusual to see in public places displayed all of the flags of Republics in a circle, and state and Party flags in the middle.

Zeljko Heimer, 1 April 1996

President of a Republic

by Zeljko Heimer

When on board on a Navy ship, the President of a Republic used a a square tricolour flag with the yellow bordered red five-pointed star surrounded by a wreath, as in the naval ensign.

Source: Pomorska enciklopedija VII: Zastava, Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod, Zagreb, 1964.

Zeljko Heimer, 20 October 2003