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[edit]

FlagDateUseDescription
Former
1947–1951Presidential standard of Vincent AuriolA 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 Kingdom 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

Historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1977–2011Flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab JamahiriyaA simple green Field. During most of that time, it was the only national flag in the world with only one colour (in 1996-1997 Afghanistan used a fully white flag).[11][12][13]
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.[14]
1969–1972Flag of the Libyan Arab RepublicA horizontal tricolour of red, white and black.[15]
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.[16][17][18][19]
1949–1951Flag of the Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames[20][21]A red field with a white crescent moon and a transparent 5 pointed star.
1949–1951Flag of the Emirate of CyrenaicaA black field with a white crescent moon and a 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.
1943–1951The Royal Standard of the United KingdomA banner of the Queen's Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.
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).
1922–1934Flag of the Kingdom of EgyptA green field with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars.
1918–1922Flag of the Tripolitanian RepublicA cyan field with a green palm tree in the center and a 5 pointed star.
1914–1922Flag of the Sultanate of EgyptRed flag with three white crescents, each containing a five-pointed white star.
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.
1881–1914Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupationRed flag with a white crescent containing a six-pointed white star.
1867–1881Flag of the Khedivate of EgyptRed flag with a white crescent, containing three five-pointed white stars.
1864–1911Flag of Ottoman TripolitaniaA green Field with 3 white crescent moons.
1844–1911Flag of the Ottoman EmpireA red field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star.
1844–1867Flag of Ottoman EgyptRed flag with a white crescent containing a five-pointed white star.
1793–1844Flag of The Ottoman EmpireA red field with a white crescent moon and an eight-pointed star.
1793–1844Flag of Ottoman EgyptRed flag with a white crescent containing a seven-pointed white star.
1771–1800Flag of Ottoman TripolitaniaA 7 horizontal striped flag. 3 red, 2 green and 2 white (big).
1800–1864Flag of The Ottoman TripolitaniaA 7 horizontal striped flag. 3 red, 2 green and 2 white.
1530–1551Flag of the Knights Hospitaller (Hospitaller Tripoli)Red rectangular flag quartered by a white cross.
1517–1793Flag of the Ottoman EmpireA red field with a green disc in the center with three golden crescent moons inside the disc.
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).
1401–1510Flag of the Hafsid Sultanate of TunisA yellow field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star.
1327–1401Flag of the Kingdom of Tripoli[22]A White field with a palm tree in the center and 2 red keys on both sides of the tree.
1300–1327Flag of the Hafsid Sultanate of TunisA Red Field with a White Crescent Moon and 3 sestiere on the fly.
1260–1517Flag of the Mamluk SultanateA Golden Swallowtailed Field with a White Crescent Moon.
1231–1259Flag of the Kanem EmpireA white field with a green palm tree.
1174–1193Saladin's personal standardA Golden Field with a Two-Headed Eagle in the Center.
1171–1260Flag of the Ayyubid Sultanate of EgyptA Simple Golden Field
1158–1212Battle Banner of the Kingdom of Morocco under the Almohad DynastyA Banner Similar to the Traditional Moroccan Carpet with Quran inscriptions written on it.
1158–1248Flag of the Kingdom of Morocco under the Almohad DynastyA Red Field with a Chess-like emblem in the center.
909–1171Flag of the Fatimid CaliphateA Simple Green Field.
750–909Flag of the Abbasid CaliphateA Simple Black Field.
661–750Flag of the Umayyad CaliphateA Simple White Field.

Ethnic flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of The Daza people
Flag of The Berbers[23]A tricolour of Blue, Green and Yellow with a red Berber Tifinagh in the center.

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ What's in a flag? – Libya. Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
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  12. ↑ "Staff of Libyan consulate in Egypt lower flag". Reuters. 22 February 2011.
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  14. ↑ "Federation of Arab Republics (1 July 1972 - March 1977)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  15. ↑ "Libya, 1969-1972". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  16. ↑ cited after a copy kept by the library of Swiss Vexillological Society; c.f. Jos Poels at FOTW, 1997.
  17. ↑ "For Amal, life (re)begins at 75 |". Feb17.info. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
  18. ↑ [English translation based on The Libyan Flag & The National Anthem, a booklet issued by the Ministry of Information and Guidance of the Kingdom of Libya, cited after Jos Poels at FOTW, 27 January 1997]
  19. ↑ "Libya, 1951-1972". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  20. ↑ "Fezzan, Libya (spurious flag)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
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  22. ↑ "Libya in the "Book of All Kingdoms"". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
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