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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.

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This is a List of Flags used in Libya. for more information about the national flag, see the Flag of Libya.

National flag

Flag Date Use Description
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.1234

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
Current
2011–present Naval jack of Libya5 A light blue field with the flag of Libya in the canton and defaced with a vertical white anchor.
2011–present Flag of the Libyan Army6 A red field with the emblem in the center.
2011–present Flag of the Libyan Navy7 A blue field with the emblem in the center.
2011–present Flag of the Libyan Air Force8 A cyan field with the emblem in the center.
Flag of the Libyan Air Defense Forces9 A diagonally divided field with the emblem in the center. The upper hoist triangle is blue and the lower fly triangle is brown.
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.
2014 – c. 2020 Flag of the Libyan National Army10 A red field with the golden emblem in the center.

Historical flags

Independence

Flag Date Use Description
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 five-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.14151617

Emirate of Cyrenaica

Flag Date Use Description
1949–1951 Flag of the Emirate of Cyrenaica A black field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star.

Tripolitania

Flag Date Use Description
Before 1793 Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania A simple red flag with a gray crescent.
After 1793 Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania before the Karamanli takeover A simple red flag with a white crescent and eight-pointed star.
1711–1832/1835 Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania under the Karamanli dynasty A green flag with three crescents.
1711–??? Another flag of Ottoman Tripolitania A white background with two thin horizontal bars on both the top and bottom parts of the flag with one thicker thin red bar in the middle.
18th century Another flag of Ottoman Tripolitania The same order of colors as the above flag, but with equal bands of each color – red, green, white, red, white, green, and red.
After 1835 Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania after Ottoman reassertion of power in the region A simple red flag with a white crescent and five-pointed star.
See also

See also

References

References

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