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Timor-Leste Flag
The Flag of Timor-Leste was adopted in 2002. It is the same as in
1975.
About midnight the 19th May and the first
moments of the Day of Independence restored, the 20th May
2002, the UN flag was replaced by the flag of the newly independent
Timor-Leste.
Official Description of the Flag:
Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Part I, Section
15
“The National Flag is rectangular and is
formed by two isosceles triangles, the bases of which are
overlapping. One triangle is black and its height is equal to
one-third of the length overlapped to the yellow triangle, whose
height is equal to half the length of the Flag. In the centre of
the black triangle there is a white star of five ends, meaning
the light that guides. The white star has one of its ends turned
towards the left side end of the flag. The remaining part of the
flag is red.”
Yellow
– the remains of colonialism
Black – the superstition to
defeat
Red - the struggle for
national liberation
White
– peace
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