Flag of North Macedonia
| Use | National flag and ensign |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 5 October 1995 (as established in the Constitution of North Macedonia) |
| Design | A stylized yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the centre to the edge of the field. |
| Designed by | Miroslav Grčev |
The flag of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Знаме на Северна Македонија; Albanian: Flamuri i Maqedonisë së Veriut) depicts a stylized yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the center to the edge of the field. It was created by Miroslav Grčev and was adopted on 5 October 1995.
The eight-rayed sun derives from the national emblem and represents the "new sun of Liberty" referred to in "Denes nad Makedonija" ("Today over Macedonia"). The first post-Yugoslav flag of the country, adopted in 1992, known as the Kutlesh flag, featured the Vergina Sun, a symbol that had been discovered at Aegae, the first capital and burial ground of the ancient kings of Macedon. Greece imposed a year-long economic embargo in order to persuade the country to remove it from its flag, resulting in the current design.