Flag of the President of Ukraine

The flag (standard) of the president of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Прапор (штандарт) Президента України) is the official flag of the president of Ukraine.

President of Ukraine

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Adopted	November 29, 1999

The presidential flag of Ukraine was confirmed by the decree of the president of Ukraine as of November 29, 1999^[1] and used during their inaugural ceremony, during which the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine presents it to the president. On delivering his inaugural address, the president takes a special seat at the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada next to which the president's colour is placed.

Design

The president's colour represents a blue square cloth bearing a golden trident (tryzub), the coat of arms of Ukraine, in the center: the Sign of Prince Volodymyr the Great's State, edged with gold vegetative ornament.^[2] Two-sided silken cloth was embroidered with the use of computer technologies. One side of the president's colour bears more than a million stitches of pure gold and yellow gold threads. The embroidered trident has volume due to a special lining. The flags of the British monarch and the US and French presidents are also made with the use of the same technology.^[1][3]

See also

• Ukraine portal

• Flag of Ukraine
• State symbols of the president of Ukraine