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Today is National Flag Day in Azerbaijan. National Flag Day was established by the Order of President Ilham Aliyev dated November 17, 2009 "On the establishment of the Day of the National Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan." On December 4 of the same year, the National Assembly officially declared November 9 as National Flag Day.
The national flag of Azerbaijan was adopted on November 9, 1918, at a meeting of the Government of the Republic.
The tricolor flag, which was lowered after the fall of the Republic in April 1920, was raised again in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic 70 years later - on November 17, 1990, by the decision of the session held on the initiative and leadership of Heydar Aliyev, Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
On February 5, 1991, according to the decision of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan, the same tricolor flag was adopted as the National Flag.
It should be noted that on November 8, 2024, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva and their son Heydar Aliyev visited the National Flag Square in Baku. The head of our state raised the tricolor flag of Azerbaijan here.
That flag was included in the "Guinness Book of Records" for its size. The total weight of the flag is more than 500 kilograms. Before the National Flag Square was closed for repairs, this record was broken due to the height of the flag pole.
