List of Belarusian flags
The following is a list of flags of Belarus.
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State flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | June 7, 1995[1] —Present (Ornament pattern modified in 2012)[2] | State flag and civil ensign | Proportions: 1:2 |
Governmental flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | December 11, 1997—present | Presidential flag | Proportions: 5:6 |
 | 2018—present | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
 | December 9, 1991—present | Ministry for Emergency Situations | |
 | 2000—2009 | Border Guard | Green with a red saltire |
 | 2000—2009 | Chairman of State Committee of the Border Guard | Green with a red saltire with the State coat of arms in the center. |
| 2000—2009 | Chief of Staff of Border Guard | Green with a red saltire with the Border Guard emblem in the center. |
 | March 5, 2001—Present | State Committee of Aviation | Blue with a triangle, in the center of which the symbol of the SCA is placed. |
 | March 5, 2001—Present | Customs | Green flag with the emblem of the Belarusian customs in the center. |
Military flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2007—Present | General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus | |
 | 2000—2012 | Flag of the Armed Forces | |
 | 2012—present | Flag of the Armed Forces | Ornament pattern modified in 2012 |
 | March 8, 2005—Present | Land Forces Flag | Red, with emblem of the Land Forces in full colors in the center |
 | 2005—Present | Air Forces | Air force emblem corresponding to 2/5 of the total flag-width, placed on a blue field with yellow beams |
 | 2003 —Present | Flag of DOSAAF | Emblem of the Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy of the Republic of Belarus, centered on a sky-blue background |
Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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.svg.png.webp) | 1991—1995,2021-now | State flag and civil ensign; today the white-red-white flag is used in opposition to the current government | Proportions: 1:2 |
.svg.png.webp) | 1951—1991 | Flag of the Byelorussian SSR | |
.svg.png.webp) |  Reverse flag | All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side. | |
.svg.png.webp) | 1944—1951 | Flag of the Byelorussian SSR | |
| 1942—1944 | Belarusian Central Council | |
.svg.png.webp) | 1941–1944 | German occupation (Reichskommissariat Ostland) | |
.svg.png.webp) | 1937—1940 | Flag of the Byelorussian SSR | |
| 1919—1937 | Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus | |
 | 1920—1922 | Republic of Central Lithuania | Red flag with the coat of arms of Central Lithuania in the centre. The coat of arms features the Polish white eagle and the Belarusian Pahonia. |
 | 1919—1919 | Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR | |
.svg.png.webp) | 1919—1925 | Belarusian Democratic Republic (in exile) | White with a red horizontal band of red, the central red stripe being bordered by a thin black stripes. In use besides the regular white-red-white flag. Black stripes are believed to symbolize mourning. |
| since 1918 (in exile after 1919) | Belarusian Democratic Republic | Proportions: 1:2 |
 | 17th century | Royal Banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Red, white and red with the royal coat of arms in the centre |
 | 15th century | Royal Banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Red flag with a white chaser; origin of the Pahonia, a symbol once used as the coat of arms of Belarus |
Subdivision flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2001—Present | City of Minsk | Blue with the Minsk Coat of Arms of 1591 in the center. |
 | 2004—Present | Brest Voblast | Blue with a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower (coat of arms of the Region of Brest). |
 | 2005—Present | Homiel Voblast | Green with the coat of arms of the Region of Homyel (Gomel) (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio: 1:2. |
 | 2007–Present | Hrodna Voblast | Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Hrodna (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2 |
 | 2005—Present | Mahilyow Voblast | Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Mogilyov (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio: 1:2. |
 | 2007—Present | Minsk Voblast | Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Minsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2 |
 | 2009—Present | Vitsebsk Voblast | Green with the coat of arms of the Region of Vitsebsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2 |
Minority flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Lipka Tatars | A white-red-white flag with a crescent moon and a five-pointed star. |
Other flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
_with_Arms_(2020).svg.png.webp) | 2020 | A variant of the 1991–1995 flag of Belarus, used by pro-democracy protestors. | A white-red-white flag with the Pahonia coat of arms in the centre. |
Former national flag proposals
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp) | Proposed in 1992 | Proposed flag for Belarus. | A red Scandinavian Cross on a white field with the Pahonia arms in the centre of the cross. |
 | Proposed in 1995 | Alexander Lukashenko's proposed flag for Belarus. | A red field with small green bars at the top and bottom. |
See also
References
- "Указ Президента Республики Беларусь Об утверждении Положения о Государственном флаге Республики Беларусь | Геральдика.ру". Geraldika.ru. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- "STB 911–2008: National Flag of the Republic of Belarus. Technical Specifications" (in Russian). State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
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