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

FlagDateUseDescription
2011–presentNational Flag of LibyaA 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

FlagDateUseDescription
Current
2011–presentNaval Jack of Libya[5]a light blue field with the libyan tricolour in the canton and defaced with a vertical White anchor.
2014 –presentFlag of the Libyan National Army[6]a red field with the golden emblem in the center.
2011–presentFlag of the Libyan Army[7]a red field with the emblem in the center.
2011–presentFlag of the Libyan Navy[8]a blue field with the emblem in the center.
2011–presentFlag 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 –presentFlag of the Libyan National Army (Variant)a white field with the emblem in the center.
Former
1977–2011Naval Jack of Libyaa light blue field with the libyan green banner in the canton and defaced with a vertical White anchor

Standards of the head of state

FlagDateUseDescription
Former
1947–1951Presidential standard of Vincent AuriolA vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "VA".
1943–1951The Royal Standard of the United KingdomA banner of the Queen's Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.
1927–1943Standard of the Head of Government and Duce of FascismA blue flag with a yellow line and a yellow fasces in the middle.
1922–1934Royal Flag of the Kingdom of EgyptA green field with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars and with the royal crown added in the upper-left corner.
1911–1943Royal Standard of the King of ItalyA blue flag with a eagle with crown and four crown at corners.
1890–1911Imperial standard of the Ottoman sultanA Red field with the sultan's tughra in the center

Historical flags

Independence

FlagDateUseDescription
1977–2011Flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab JamahiriyaA plain green flag – the colour represents Islamic faith and the nation's agricultural industry.[11]
1974Flag of the Arab Islamic RepublicA horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with a red crescent moon and 5 pointed star in the center.
1972–1977Flag of the Federation of Arab RepublicsA horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with a golden eagle in the center.[12]
1969–1972Flag of the Libyan Arab RepublicA horizontal tricolour of red, white and black.[13]
1951–1969Flag of the Kingdom of LibyaA 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

FlagDateUseDescription
1949–1951Flag of the Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames[18][19]A red field with a white crescent moon and a transparent 5 pointed star.
1944–1951Flag 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).
1943–1944Flag of the Free FranceA vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2) with The Cross of Lorraine in the center.
FlagDateUseDescription
1949–1951Flag of the Emirate of CyrenaicaA black field with a white crescent moon and a 5 pointed star.

British Libya

FlagDateUseDescription
1943–1951Flag 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).
FlagDateUseDescription
1911–1943Flag of The Kingdom of Italy (Italian Tripolitania, Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Libya)An Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and Royal Crown in the middle.

Ottoman Libya

FlagDateUseDescription
1844–1911Flag of the Ottoman EmpireA red field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star.
1793–1844Flag of The Ottoman EmpireA red field with a white crescent moon and an eight-pointed star.
1517–1793Flag of the Ottoman EmpireA red field with a green disc in the center with three golden crescent moons inside the disc.
Flags of Tripolitania
1864–1911Flag of Ottoman TripolitaniaA green Field with 3 white crescent moons.
1800–1864Flag of The Ottoman TripolitaniaA 7 horizontal striped flag. 3 red, 2 green and 2 white.
1771–1800Flag of Ottoman TripolitaniaA 7 horizontal striped flag. 3 red, 2 green and 2 white (big).
FlagDateUseDescription
1530–1551Flag of the Knights Hospitaller (Hospitaller Tripoli)Red rectangular flag quartered by a white cross.
FlagDateUseDescription
1516–1530Flag of Habsburg Spain (Spanish Tripoli)A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
1510–1516Flag 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

FlagDateUseDescription
1401–1510Flag of the Hafsid Sultanate of TunisA yellow field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star.
1300–1327Flag of the Hafsid Sultanate of TunisA Red Field with a White Crescent Moon and 3 sestiere on the fly.

Mamluk and Ayyubid rule

FlagDateUseDescription
Mamluk Era
1260–1517Flag of the Mamluk SultanateA Golden Swallowtailed Field with a White Crescent Moon.
1260–1517Flag of the Mamluk SultanateA Golden Field with a black disc containing a white lion in the center.
Ayyubid Era
1171–1260Flag of the Ayyubid dynastyA Simple Golden Field

Tripoli

FlagDateUseDescription
14th centuryFlag 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

FlagDateUseDescription
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

References