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State and Government flags of the Dominican Republic

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Presidential flag

Presidential flag
image by Željko Heimer, 16 Jun 2001

In [kan56] the proportions are 2:3, and the miniature flag in the canton is the state flag, with the arms.
Mark Sensen, 11 Apr 1999

Album 2000 [pay00] shows a flag with the state flag (i.e. with coat of arms) in canton and yellow anchor in fly.
Željko Heimer, 16 Jun 2001

Plain cross canton

Presidential flag
image by Željko Heimer, 19 Jun 2001

Canton shows no arms in the Album 1995 [pie90].
Ivan Sache, 11 Apr 1999

Incorrect report

The Album 1995 [pie90] gives the jack as a white ensign with the in canton (without arms) and yellow anchor in fly, which most sources show for the presidential flag, while it shows for the presidential flag what most sources show for the jack. Was it error in Album 1995?).
Željko Heimer, 16 Jun 2001


Previous presidential flags

Flag of the Generalissime

Flag of the Generalissime
image by Ivan Sache, 10 Apr 1999

I suppose it was Trujillo, dictator from 1930 until his assassination in 1961.
Ivan Sache, 10 Apr 1999

Flag of the Generalissime: This is one of the five dominican naval flags in Flaggenbuch (1939-1941) [neu39]. (The others are war ensign and jack, civil ensign, flag of rear-admiral, head of a flotilla and admiral flag)
Ivan Sache, 10 Apr 1999

Admiral-in-Chief and Head of State

Flag of the AiC and HoS
image by Mark Sensen, 13 Apr 1999

[car56] gives a flag of the Admiral-in-Chief and Head of State: royal blue with the national flag in the first quarter, in the fly 4 white stars placed two and two. I presume this flag replaced the Generalissime’s and was later replaced by the current presidential flag.
Mark Sensen, 13 Apr 1999


Judicial Power Flag

Police flag
image by António Martins, 11 Nov 2005

Judicial Power, Dominican Rep. (Poder Judicial)
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 24 Jan 2002

According to the official website of the Dominican Judicial Power about their flag: The flag was created by the late Dominican Judge Julio Genaro Campillo Pérez. It was first raised on February 23, 1998. The meaning of its colors is the following:

  • Purple: represents the Judgeship
  • White: represents the lawyers
  • Blue represents the Public Ministry
  • The golden scales represent Justice
In the website, it is also explained that the Blue of the lower stripe is “Copenhague Blue”. The flag should be raised in all Judicial Power buildings and court rooms, next to the national flag. See a really beautiful (and big) picture of the flag on line.
Francisco Gregoric, 09 Nov 2005


Police flag

Coat of arms and stars

Police flag
image by Željko Heimer, 19 Jun 2001 (source: [kan56])

In his work on police flags [lup93], Lupant gives two slightly different versions of that flag, on pp. 57-58, fig. 86 police flag (without arms citing Kannik [kan58]) and fig. 87 police flag without arms and without stars (citing private communication).
Željko Heimer, 19 Jun 2001

No coat of arms and stars

Police flag
image by Željko Heimer, 19 Jun 2001 (source: [lup93], from [kan58])

No coat of arms and no stars

Police flag
image by Željko Heimer, 19 Jun 2001 (source: [lup93])

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