VMRO-DPMNE (Political party, Macedonia)

Last modified: 2005-05-28 by ivan sache
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by Željko Heimer

• Presentation of VMRO-DPMNE
• Official flag of VMRO-DPMNE
• Unofficial flag of VMRO-DPMNE

See also:

• Macedonia
• Macedonia: Political flags
• Macedonia: Historical flags, 1875-1915
• VMRO (Political party, Bulgaria)

Presentation of VMRO-DPMNE

The whole name of the party in Macedonian is Vnatresna makedonska revolucionerna organizacija - Demokratska partija za makedonsko nacionalno edinstvo. The party name in English is Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity.

VMRO-DPMNE is not a revolutionary party as the party name may suggest. Nowadays it is a Christian Democrat party that is moderately nationalistic. It was formed in 1990 as a Macedonian nationalist party, but during the years it has transformed itself to a Christian Democrat party. From 1998 to 2002 VMRO-DPMNE was the main party in the Macedonian government.

Zdravko Saveski, 20 October 2002

Official flag of VMRO-DPMNE

Article 5 of the party statutes says:

The Party has a coat of arms, a flag and an anthem.

The Party coat of arms is a stylized-shaped lion with a crown in gold colour pictured on a red shield. Above the shield is a red ribbon with yellow letters inscribed 1893-1990, and below the shield on a red ribbon is isnscribed with yellow letters the name of the party VMRO-DPMNE.

The Party flag has a ratio of 1:2,