Maronite flag
Flag representing Maronites, ethnoreligious group in Lebanon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flag representing Maronites, ethnoreligious group in Lebanon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although the Maronite flag is believed to have been created in the 17th or 18th century, its first recorded use was in October 1848.[1] The flag was also raised as the first national flag of Lebanon on October 2, 1918, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire.[2]
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| Use | Ethnic and national flag |
|---|---|
| Adopted | 1848 1913 |
| Design | A white field charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree. |
The 1913 version of the flag was created by two Lebanese Brazilian journalists, Shukri El Khoury and Naoum Labaki, who were both part of the Mahjar movement in the Americas. The flag was raised on October 2, 1918, following the expulsion of Ottoman troops from Mount Lebanon and was hung in the Administrative Council (Majlis) of Mount Lebanon until 1920 when the flag and government were succeeded by the state of Greater Lebanon.
The flag was also used by the second Lebanese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, led by the Maronite patriarch Elias Peter Hoayek,[3] to petition for an independent Lebanese state separate from the Arab kingdom of Faisal I.
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The flag has a simple design with two main features:
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