![]() 1959–1986 | |
Use | Civil and state flag ![]() ![]() |
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Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 19 November 1959 |
Relinquished | 1 January 1986 |
Design | White, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; six white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a hexagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. |
![]() 1986–2010 | |
Use | Civil and state flag ![]() ![]() |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 1 January 1986 |
Relinquished | 10 October 2010 |
Design | White, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a pentagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. |
The flag of the Netherlands Antilles was the flag used by the Netherlands Antilles. It was white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; six white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a hexagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. It was adopted on 15 December 1959. [1]
The flag of the Netherlands Antilles was first created as a separate flag for the Netherlands Antilles in 1956 as part of a Royal decree by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands on 15 December 1959 to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the Netherlands Antilles' autonomy. [1] The six stars represented the six main islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. The colors red, white and blue refer to the Dutch flag. [1] On 1 January 1986, Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles having been granted status aparte , resulting in the flag being modified to depict only five stars to represent the remaining five islands. [2]
On 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved into Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the three public bodies of the Caribbean Netherlands. [3] During the dissolution ceremony in Curacao, attended by then Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, the flag of the Netherlands Antilles was lowered with the flag of Curaçao raised in its place. [4] Each part of the former Netherlands Antilles adopted their own separate flags as a result. [5]
The governor of the Netherlands Antilles had his own flag. [6]