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Sri Lanka - Presidents flags

Flags of Sri Lankan Presidents
Current President's Flag (Chandrika Kumaratunga)
Flag of William Gopallawa (1972-1978)

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Sri Lanka

Flags of Sri Lankan Presidents

It seems that each Sri Lankan president has his own flag. From the rulers.org site here is the list of presidents of the Republic (1978-2000 Democratic Socialist Republic):

Presidents
22 May 1972 - 4 Feb 1978 William Gopallawa (b. 1897 - d. 1981)
4 Feb 1978 - 2 Jan 1989 Junius Richard Jayawardene (b. 1906 - d. 1996)
2 Jan 1989 - 1 May 1993 Ranasinghe Premadasa (b. 1924 - d. 1993)
1 May 1993 - 12 Nov 1994 Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (b. 1922) (acting to 7 May 1993)
12 Nov 1994 - Chandrika Kumaratunga (f) (b. 1945)

Current President's Flag (Chandrika Kumaratunga, since 1994))

image by Željko Heimer

[See Junius Jayawardene's flag for significance of some of the elements.]

Yellow flag with red-white-red unequal border and four white pipul leaves, one in each corner. In the middle there is a red white and yellow rosette (arabesque, if you like, though probably this is not proper word here). [Red here is the brownish red of the national flag.]
Source: Album des Pavillons (2000)
Željko Heimer, 23 January 2003

The ratio is 4:9. The patterned border ornament is still not known as we lack a precise original picture.
Pascal Vagnat, 27 January 2003

This flag seems to be a recent development. Previous editions of Album des Pavillons do not mention anything of the sort, nor does Smith (1982). However, there is a presidential flag in Smith (1975c), blue with a coat of arms and inscription (see below). It seems that it was abandoned in late 1970's?
Željko Heimer, 23 January 2003

It seems that in all these representations of the presidential flag it is not in ratio 1:2, but (very) close to 4:9.
Željko Heimer, 25 January 2003

Ranasinghe Premadasa's flag (1989-1993)

On serendib.org/coins/commemorative/1992_rp_1r.html we learn that:

"A commemorative one rupee cupro-nickel coin was issued by Central Bank of Sri Lanka for circulation in January 1992 on the the 3rd Anniversary of the induction of the Ranasinghe Premadasa as the second Executive President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka."

and that:

"Reverse : Two traditional Sinhala lions with swords face each other above His Excellency the President's flag depicted at the center. The value `ONE RUPEE' in Sinhala Tamil and English appear below."

From the photo we see that the flag is very similar, if not identical (the coin is small (25.4 mm)) to the present flag.
Pascal Vagnat, 25 January 2003

In my notes I have a record of a preside