Coat of arms of Tunisia

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Coat of arms of Tunisia
Coat of arms of Tunisia.svg
Armiger Republic of Tunisia
Crest "A white circle with a figure of a red star with five points encircled by a red crescent."
Blazon A shield or divided in point consisting of: sinister, a lion sable turned to the left and armed with a scimitar argent; dexter, scales sable; in chief, a ship with a hull bistre, sails argent and flags gules sailing on a sea azure.
Motto Arabic: (right to left)
نظام - حرية - عدالة

( Freedom, Order, Justice )

The coat of arms of Tunisia is divided into three parts. The upper part features a Carthaginian galley sailing on the sea (symbol of freedom). The lower part is itself divided vertically: on the left there is a black scale (symbol of justice) and on the right a black lion grasping a silver scimitar (symbol of order). Between the two parts is a banner bearing the national motto: “Freedom, Order, Justice” (Arabic : حرية، نظام، عدالة). Finally, at the top of the coat of arms is a circle with a red border into which is inserted the red crescent and star appearing on the flag of Tunisia.

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Until the law of 1963, the background was azure (upper part), gold (lower dexter part) and gules (lower sinistral part). Subsequently, the gold color uniformly replaces them. Only the motto inscribed on the coat of arms appears in the 1959 Constitution.

Monarchy

Beylical coat of arms of 1861

The first coat of arms of independent Tunisia are the beylical coat of arms in use from 1861 to 21 June 1956, date of adoption by beylical decree of the coat of arms of the kingdom of Tunisia independent since 20 March of the same year. Although they were officially adopted in 1861, they were already in use well before that date1. They appear in particular on the cover of the book written by Henry Dunant and published in 1858. [1]

Royal coat of arms of 1956

Coat of arms of Tunisia (1956-1963). Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Tunisia.svg
Coat of arms of Tunisia (1956-1963).

The Beylical coat of arms is replaced by the new coat of arms of the Kingdom of Tunisia adopted by the Beylical decree of 21 June 1956. These are emblazoned as follows:

These coats of arms include certain relics of the Beylical coat of arms. On 13 September of the same year, the plaque of the Order of Independence replaced that of National Merit

Republic

Coat of arms of Tunisia (1963-1989) Coat of arms of Tunisia (1963-1989).svg
Coat of arms of Tunisia (1963–1989)
Current coat of arms of Tunisia. Coat of arms of Tunisia.svg
Current coat of arms of Tunisia.

Coat of arms of 1957

After the abolition of the monarchy on 25 July 1957, the royal coat of arms remained that of the republican regime.

Coat of arms of 1963

The law of 30 May 1963 significantly modifies the coat of arms by removing the elements of the beylical coat of arms (spears and banners), by reversing the locations of the scales and the lion, by modifying the color of the background (gold) and by changing the order of the national motto:

Coat of arms of 1989

The law of 2 September 1989 reverses the order of the national currency, returning to that of 1956 [2] :

Project of new coat of arms

Following the adoption of the Constitution on 10 February 2014, its article 4 modifies the country's currency. Consequently, a competition is launched by the Ministry of Culture, for graphic design agencies, to redesign the coat of arms, with a prize of 15,000 dinars for the selected project; a law must ratify the choice. [3]

In January 2015, the government of Béji Caïd Essebsi decided to keep the current coat of arms pending the adoption of a new project.

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References

  1. Dunant, Henry (1858). Notice sur la Régence de Tunis (in French). J.-G. Fick.
  2. "Journal Officiel de la République Tunisienne, No. 60, p. 1338" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. "News en Tunisie : Infos politiques et économiques". Leaders (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-05.