Flag of the Socialist Republic of Romania
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| Name | Tricolorul |
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National flag and ensign 
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 8 January 1948 |
| Design | A vertical tricolor of blue, yellow, and red with the emblem on the center. |
Flag of the Romanian Communist Party
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| Use | Historical
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | A red flag with the emblem of the PCR that consisted of the wheat and the hammer and sickle. |
The historical flag of the Socialist Republic of Romania (Romanian: drapelul României) was the official flag of Romania under its communist regime from 1947 to 1989. It was an tricolor with vertical stripes, beginning from the flagpole: blue, yellow and red with the emblem on the center. It had a width-length ratio of 2:3. The flag remained in use until 1989 when the flag used from 1918-1947 was restored.
On 30 December 1947, Romania was proclaimed a people’s republic and all the kingdom’s symbols were outlawed, including the coats of arms and the tricolor flags that showed them. On 8 January 1948, Decree nr. 3 was issued, regarding specifications for the powers of the Presidium of the Romanian People’s Republic. At article 7, this provided that the republic’s new coat of arms should be “composed of: a tractor, a group of three chimneys against the field of a rising sun, surrounded by bound ears of wheat, tied by a ribbon with the inscription Republica Populară Română and the initials R. P. R. at the end of the ears”. Article 8 dealt with the national flag: “the colors of the Romanian People’s Republic are: blue, yellow and red, arranged vertically, and having in the center of the yellow field the Coat of Arms of the Republic”.
According to article 101 of the 1948 Constitution, “The flag of the Romanian People’s Republic is composed of the colors: blue, yellow and red, arranged vertically. In the middle is placed the national coat of arms”. The 1952 Constitution, at article 103, added a little detail: “The flag of the Romanian People’s Republic has the colors red, yellow and blue, arranged vertically with blue near the lance. In the middle is placed the coat of arms of the Romanian People’s Republic”. Neither the colors’ shades nor the flag’s proportions were specified. According to provisions of the 1952 Constitution, a five-pointed red star appeared at the upper edge of the coat of arms (itself altered in March 1948), something that was also reflected on flags and official Romanian standards.
RPR flag from January to March 1948.
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