What is Flag of the Marshall Islands?
{{Infobox flag | Name = Marshall Islands | Nickname = | Image = Flag of Marshall Islands.svg | Use = 111000 | Symbol = | Proportion = 10:19 | Adoption = May 1, 1979 | Design = A blue field with two diagonal stripes of orange and white radiating from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner and the large white star with four large rays and twenty small rays on the upper hoist-side corner above the stripes. | Designer = [[Emlain Kabua]] }} The '''[[flag]] of the [[Marshall Islands]]''', an [[island nation]] in the [[Pacific]], was adopted upon the start of self-government, May 1, 1979. The flag was designed by [[Emlain Kabua]], who was the first [[First Lady]] of the republic.<ref name=marshall>{{cite news|title=RMI Flag |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805234813/http://rmigovernment.org/about_your_government.jsp?docid=3|archive-date=August 5, 2013|url=http://rmigovernment.org/about_your_government.jsp?docid=3|work=Office of the [[President of the Marshall Islands]] |access-date=September 16, 2015}}</ref> Rules about the flag are set forth in the Official Flag of the Marshall Islands Act 1979 (Public Law 1979-1).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/mh/legis/consol_act/ofotmia1979292/ofotmia1979292.html?stem=&synonyms=&query=Flag#disp16|title=Marshall Island Revised Code 2014 (1 MIRC Ch. 3)|website=paclii.org|publisher=Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute|access-date=September 1, 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:National flags|Marshall Islands]] {{stub}} [[Category:National symbols of the Marshall Islands]]