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Flag of Switzerland

Flag of Switzerland: square national flag with a white cross on Pantone 485C red, arms one-sixth longer than wide; first used at Laupen 1339, official 1848, dimensions fixed 1889.

Flag of Tennessee

Flag of Tennessee: the TriStar state flag of a crimson field, blue circle, and three white stars for East, Middle, and West Tennessee, designed by Le Roy Reeves and adopted April 17, 1905, replacing the 1897 Centennial flag.

Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

The flag of the Byelorussian SSR, adopted in 1951, was a red and green flag with a distinctive white ornamental stripe designed by Matrena Markevich in 1917.

Flag of the Isle of Man

Flag of the Isle of Man, brattagh Vannin: red field with a clockwise triskelion of three armoured, spurred legs joined at the thigh; motto Quocunque Jeceris Stabit; royal warrants 1932, 1971, 1996; based on arms of King Magnus III.

Flag of the Philippines

Flag of the Philippines: national flag of blue, white and red with an eight-rayed golden-yellow sun and three stars, sewn in Hong Kong in 1898 by Marcela Agoncillo, regulated by Republic Act No. 8491.

Flag of the Soviet Union

The flag of the Soviet Union was the state flag of the USSR from 1922 to 1991: a red field with a gold hammer, sickle, and star.

Flag of the United States

Flag of the United States (Stars and Stripes, Old Glory): national flag adopted by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, with 13 stripes and one star per state (currently 50), proportions set by Executive Order 10834, and an advisory Flag Code.

Flag of Turkey

Flag of Turkey (Türk Bayrağı): red field with white crescent and star, constitutionally defined in Article 3, fixed by Flag Law No. 2893 of 1983 and earlier 1936 law, with precise geometric and fabric standards.

Flag of Victoria (state)

Flag of Victoria: Australian state flag, a British Blue Ensign with five white Southern Cross stars and a St Edward's Crown, adopted 1870, crown added 1877; no Commonwealth Star, unlike the national flag.

Flag of Vietnam

Flag of Vietnam (Quốc kỳ Việt Nam): red rectangle with a gold five-pointed star, width two-thirds of length per the constitution; first appeared in the November 1940 Nam Ky uprising, Viet Minh banner, national flag by Ho Chi Minh's decree of 5 September 1945, affirmed 1946, flag of unified Vietnam since 1976.

Flamingo Revolution

The Flamingo Revolution is a leaderless anti-government protest movement in Albania. It began in May 2026 against a luxury resort project by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.

Flávio Bolsonaro 2026 presidential campaign

Flávio Bolsonaro's 2026 Brazilian presidential campaign: the PL senator and Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son, designated in December 2025, formalized July 25, 2026, and took 47% to Lula's 45% in the October 4 first round, forcing an October 25 runoff.

Flavio Bravo

Flavio Bravo is an American Democratic politician representing Phoenix and Glendale in the Arizona Senate's 26th district, after being elected to the Arizona House in 2022.

Flemish Community

Flemish Community (Vlaamse Gemeenschap), Dutch-speaking Community of federal Belgium alongside the French and German-speaking Communities; merged institutions with the Flemish Region, 124-member parliament, competences in education, culture, health and welfare.

Flensburg Government

Flensburg Government (geschäftsführende Reichsregierung Dönitz), the last German Reich government under Karl Dönitz and Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk, 2–23 May 1945, seated at the Marineschule Mürwik, tolerated only to sign Germany's surrender, arrested 23 May 1945.

Fletcher School alumni network

The Fletcher School alumni network, informally known among American diplomats as the "Fletcher Mafia," is the worldwide association of graduates of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Flood Control Act of 1936

The Flood Control Act of 1936 was a United States federal law, signed June 22, 1936, that made flood control a federal responsibility and authorized about $320 million.

Flood control projects scandal in the Philippines

Philippine flood control projects scandal: 2025 corruption controversy over ghost, substandard DPWH flood works; ₱545B program, Discaya contractors, ICI probe, Estrada-Bonoan plunder raps, September 21 protests.

Flood the zone

Flood the zone is a political saturation strategy coined by Steve Bannon in 2018, overwhelming media and opponents with rapid, high-volume actions or claims; closely related to RAND's firehose of falsehood and central to Trump's second-term governing pace.

Floreanismo

Floreanismo, also written florianismo, was the Brazilian political-military movement of support for Marshal Floriano Peixoto, the second president of Brazil's Republic from 1891 to 1894, later honored as the Consolidator of the Republic.

Florence Harding

Florence Harding (Florence Mabel Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1860–1924), first lady 1921–1923 as wife of Warren G. Harding, called "The Duchess"; first woman to vote for her husband for president, activist for veterans, women, and animals, later maligned by a debunked poisoning claim.

Florian Hahn

Florian Hahn is a German CSU politician who has represented München-Land in the Bundestag since 2009 and became Minister of State at the Foreign Office in 2025.

Floriano Peixoto

Floriano Peixoto, born Floriano Vieira Peixoto, was a Brazilian army marshal and the second president of Brazil (1891–1894), nicknamed the Iron Marshal for suppressing the Revolta da Armada.

Florida Democratic Party

The Florida Democratic Party, also called the Florida Democrats, is the Democratic Party's state affiliate in Florida, currently chaired by Nikki Fried, with members in every county.

Florida House of Representatives

Florida House of Representatives: lower chamber of the Florida Legislature, 120 districts, two-year terms with eight-year limit, Speaker Daniel Perez 2024-2026, created by the 1838 constitution.

Florida's 1st congressional district

Florida's 1st congressional district covers the western Panhandle, Florida's most Republican House seat. Matt Gaetz's former district; Jimmy Patronis (R) has held it since winning the April 2025 special election; new 2026 map in effect.

Florida's congressional districts

Florida's 28 U.S. House districts, redrawn under the Fair Districts amendment; DeSantis's 2022 map eliminated a North Florida Black-opportunity district for a 20-8 GOP edge, and a 2026 mid-decade map adds up to four more Republican seats amid ongoing lawsuits.

Florvil Hyppolite

Florvil Hyppolite was a Haitian general who took power by revolt and served as president of Haiti from 1889 to 1896, remembered for public works.

Floyd Prozanski

Floyd Prozanski is an American Democratic politician and municipal prosecutor who has represented Oregon's 4th Senate district since first winning election to the legislature in 1994.

Fob James

Fob James (Forrest Hood James Jr., born 1934) is an Alabama politician and former Auburn football player who served as governor 1979-1983 as a Democrat and 1995-1999 as a Republican, the only person elected Alabama governor from both parties.