<Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> A horizontal tricolor of blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight - pointed star centered on a red band </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designed by </Th> <Td> Ali bey Huseynzade </Td> </Tr> <P> The flag of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan bayrağı) is a horizontal tricolour featuring three equally sized fesses of blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight - pointed star in the center . The tricolour replaced an earlier design used by the Azerbaijan SSR . The blue symbolizes Azerbaijan's Turkic heritage, the red stands for progress, and the green represents Islam . The official colors and size were adopted on 5 February 1991 . This flag was used from 9 November 1918 to 1920, when Azerbaijan was independent, and it was revived with slight variations on 5 February 1991 . The nickname for the flag is Üçrəngli Bayraq, which means The Tricolour Flag . </P> <P> The flag is referred to in the Constitution and mentioned two times in the national anthem . On land, the flag is used as the civil, state and war flag; at sea, it is used as the civil, state, and naval ensign, as well as the naval jack . The flag also has official status in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic . A presidential decree declared 9 November, the date when in 1918 this flag was adopted as the national flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, as the national Flag Day . </P>

Blue red green flag with moon and star