Haiti - Historical Presidential Flags

Last modified: 2006-02-18 by dov gutterman
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• Reported President's Standard
• President Magloire (December 1950 - 22 October 1956)
• The Duvalier Era (1964-1986)

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• Haiti

Reported President's Standard

image by Ivan Sache and Jaume Ollé, 30 June 2001

A president's standard made of the national arms in a white rectangle placed in a blue field was reported in the 50's. The standard might have been used on the president's yacht Sans-Soucis.
Source: Flottes de Combat (1950), p. 256
Ivan Sache, 30 June 2001

President Magloire (December 1950 - 22 October 1956)

image by Ivan Sache, 30 June 2001

A presidential flag was adopted under Paul Magloire (1951-56), but later disappeared.
Jaume Ollé, 18 January 1998

From a paper published in Franciae Vexilla (#22/98, June 2001) - The standard of President Magloire (December 1950 - 22 October 1956) have an orange fringe. The standard is similar in design to the putative army rank flags, a red field with two stars standing for Malgoire's rank.
Source: Major Francis E. Etienne. Les decorations haitiennes á travers l'Histoire. Port-au-Prince, 1954.
Ivan Sache, 30 June 2001

The Duvalier Era (1964-1986)

image by Ivan Sache and Vincent Morley, 30 June 2001

The Duvaliers Sr. and Jr. (1964-1986) used as president's standard the state flag with larger arms and a golden fringe.
Source: Photography in The Flag Bulletin, #136, vol. XXIX n° 4, July-August 1990, p. 128.
Ivan Sache, 30 June 2001