List of Libyan flags
This is a List of Flags used in Libya. for more information about the national flag, see the Flag of Libya
National flag
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2011–present | National Flag of Libya | A horizontal triband of red, black (double width) and green; charged with a white crescent and five-pointed star centred on the black stripe.[1]</ref>[2][3][4] |
Military flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Current | |||
2011–present | Naval Jack of Libya[5] | a light blue field with the libyan tricolour in the canton and defaced with a vertical White anchor. | |
2014 –present | Flag of the Libyan National Army[6] | a red field with the golden emblem in the center. | |
2011–present | Flag of the Libyan Army[7] | a red field with the emblem in the center. | |
2011–present | Flag of the Libyan Navy[8] | a blue field with the emblem in the center. | |
2011–present | Flag of the Libyan Air Force[9] | a cyan field with the emblem in the center. | |
Flag of the Libyan Air Defense Forces[10] | a diagonally divided field. the upper triangle is blue and the lower triangle is brown and with the emblem in the center. | ||
2014 –present | Flag of the Libyan National Army (Variant) | a white field with the emblem in the center. | |
Former | |||
1977–2011 | Naval Jack of Libya | a light blue field with the libyan green banner in the canton and defaced with a vertical White anchor |
Standards of the head of state
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Former | |||
1947–1951 | Presidential standard of Vincent Auriol | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "VA". | |
1943–1951 | The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom | A banner of the Queen's Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom. | |
1927–1943 | Standard of the Head of Government and Duce of Fascism | A blue flag with a yellow line and a yellow fasces in the middle. | |
1922–1934 | Royal Flag of the King of Egypt | A green field with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars and with the royal crown added in the upper-left corner. | |
1911–1943 | Royal Standard of the King of Italy | A blue flag with a eagle with crown and four crown at corners. | |
1890–1911 | Imperial standard of the Ottoman Sultan | A Red field with the sultan's tughra in the center. | |
1174–1260 | Reconstruction of Saladin's personal standard | A Simple Golden Field with a Double-headed Eagle. |
Historical flags
[edit]Independence
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1977–2011 | Flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | A plain green flag – the colour represents Islamic faith and the nation's agricultural industry.[11] | |
1974 | Flag of the Arab Islamic Republic | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with a red crescent moon and 5 pointed star in the center. | |
1972–1977 | Flag of the Federation of Arab Republics | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with a golden eagle in the center.[12] | |
1969–1972 | Flag of the Libyan Arab Republic | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black.[13] | |
1951–1969 | Flag of the Kingdom of Libya | A horizontal triband of red, black (double width) and green; charged with a white crescent and five-pointed star centred on the black stripe.[14][15][16][17] |
French Fezzan
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1949–1951 | Flag of the Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames[18][19] | A red field with a white crescent moon and a transparent 5 pointed star. | |
1944–1951 | Flag of the Provisional Government of the French Republic and The French Fourth Republic (Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames) | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). | |
1943–1944 | Flag of the Free France | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2) with The Cross of Lorraine in the center. |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1949–1951 | Flag of the Emirate of Cyrenaica | A black field with a white crescent moon and a 5 pointed star. |
British Libya
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1943–1951 | Flag of the United Kingdom (British Military Administration of Libya) | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1911–1943 | Flag of The Kingdom of Italy (Italian Tripolitania, Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Libya) | An Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and Royal Crown in the middle. | |
1918-1922 | Fictional Flag of the Tripolitanian Republic | This flag is customarily attributed to the republic, but its existence is not documented anywhere. The symbol of a palm tree under white star comes from the coat of arms granted to the Italian administration on April 3, 1919. |
Egyptian Cyrenaica
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1922–1934 | Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt | A green field with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars. | |
1914–1922 | Flag of the Sultanate of Egypt | Red Flag with Three white crescents, each containing a five-pointed white star. | |
1899–1914 | Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt | A Red Field with a white crescent containing a six-pointed white star. |
Ottoman Libya
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1844–1911 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | A red field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star. | |
1793–1844 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A red field with a white crescent moon and an eight-pointed star. | |
1517–1793 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | A red field with a green disc in the center with three golden crescent moons inside the disc. | |
Flags of Tripolitania | |||
1864–1911 | Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania | A green Field with 3 white crescent moons. | |
1800–1864 | Flag of The Ottoman Tripolitania | A 7 horizontal striped flag. 3 red, 2 green and 2 white. | |
1771–1800 | Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania | A 7 horizontal striped flag. 3 red, 2 green and 2 white (big). |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1530–1551 | Flag of the Knights Hospitaller (Hospitaller Tripoli) | Red rectangular flag quartered by a white cross. |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1516–1530 | Flag of Habsburg Spain (Spanish Tripoli) | A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field. | |
1510–1516 | Flag of Crown of Castile (Spanish Tripoli) | A Quartered Flag with The arms of Castile (the yellow castle) and the arms of León (the purple lion). |
Hafsid Libya
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1401–1510 | Flag of the Hafsid Sultanate of Tunis | A yellow field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star. | |
1300–1327 | Flag of the Hafsid Sultanate of Tunis | A Red Field with a White Crescent Moon and 3 sestiere on the fly. |
Mamluk and Ayyubid rule
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Mamluk Era | |||
1260–1517 | Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate | A Golden Swallowtailed Field with a White Crescent Moon. | |
1260–1517 | Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate | A Golden Field with a black disc containing a white lion in the center. | |
Ayyubid Era | |||
1171–1260 | Flag of the Ayyubid dynasty | A Simple Golden Field |
Tripoli
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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14th century | Flag attributed to Tripoli by the Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms[20] | A White field with a palm tree in the center and 2 red keys on both sides of the tree.[20] |
Ethnic flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of The Daza people | [citation needed] | ||
Flag of The Berbers[21] | A tricolour of Blue, Green and Yellow with a red Berber Tifinagh in the center. |
See also
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