Georgia: Standard of the President of the Republic

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Standard of the President of the Republic - Image by Zachary Harden, 6 October 2020

• Standard of the President of the Republic
• Standards used by Mikhail Saakashvili (2004-2013)

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Standard of the President of the Republic

The standard of the President of Georgia is a square (1:1) white flag. In the middle of the flag depicts the lesser state coat of arms of Georgia; purpure field is depicted a silver rider on a silver horse and with a silver spear ending with a golden cross, Saint George with a golden halo, striking a silver dragon. The flag of the President of Georgia is bordered by red; the white section is charged with eleven red wolf-teeth that surround the lesser arms.

The crown that sits upon the lesser arms was removed from the design. This design was one of three that was drafted by the State Council of Heraldry Committee and was picked by the Office of Administration of the President of Georgia. It was of note that this design harkens back to the flag used by the Chairman of the Government of the First Republic of Georgia, according to the State Council of Heraldry. There was a later Decree N03/08/01 of 3 August 2020 that issued protocols for use of the presidential standard.

Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán & Zachary Harden, 6 October 2020

Standards used by Mikhail Saakashvili (2004-2013)

Standards used by President Saakashvili - Image by Victor Lomantsov, 28 April 2007

Saakashvili used a flag vertically divided blue white with a coloured coat of arms in the center of the white stripe (photo, 10 August 2008; video, 7 August 2008; photo; Russian TV, 8 October 2006). Two lions rampant or hold a shield quarterly gules and azure. In the center of the shield is an escutcheon or with the chiton of Christ argent.
The first quarter is charged with a crown or above two swords argent crossed in saltire. The second quarter is charged with a saltire or superimposed by an arrow-cross of the same.
The third quarter features a pair of scales argent.
The fourth quarter is charged with a St. Geoerge argent killing a dragon or.
The shield is surmounted by a crown or, like in the national coat of arms.

Mikhail Revnivtsev, Victor Lomantsov & Estban Rivera, 10 August 2008

Other reported flag of the President and detail of the emblem - Images by Eugene Ipavec, 23 December 2009, emblem adapted from Gaceta de Banderas

Gaceta de Banderas [gdb] (January 2008) shows the flag of the President as a square version of the national flag, with two of the quarters countercharged and the lesser national coat of arms superimposed in the center, with the addition of a crossed scepter and saber beneath them.

Eugene Ipavec & Nozomi Karyasu, 6 March 2007