Flag of Seychelles

What the flag means

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives the meanings: blue for the sky and sea, yellow for the sun, red for the people and their will to work for the future in unity and love, white for social justice and harmony, and green for the land and natural environment. The spreading bands stand for a new country moving into the future.

History

The independence flag of 1976 lasted a year. After France-Albert René took power in 1977, it was replaced by a red, white and green flag based on that of the Seychelles People's United Party. Other parties later pressed for a change, and Parliament approved a design by Philip Uzice. The National Symbols Bill was published in January 1996, and the new flag took effect on 18 June 1996.

All five bands start from the bottom hoist corner and widen towards the opposite edges, a layout no other national flag uses.

Earlier flags of Seychelles

1. 1976–1977White saltire dividing blue and red triangles, adopted at independence
2. 1977–1996Red and green fields divided by a wavy white band