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.[1]</ref>[2][3][4]

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
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

Flag Date Use Description
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 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

Independence

Flag Date Use Description
1977–2011 Flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya A 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]
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.[14]
1969–1972 Flag of the Libyan Arab Republic A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black.[15]
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.[16][17][18][19]

French Fezzan

Flag Date Use Description
1949–1951 Flag of the Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames[20][21] 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.

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 5 pointed star.

British Libya

Flag Date Use Description
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).

Egyptian Libya

Flag Date Use Description
Kingdom era
1922–1934 Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt A green field with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars.
Sultanate era
1914–1922 Flag of the Sultanate of Egypt Red flag with three white crescents, each containing a five-pointed white star.
Khedivate era
1881–1914 Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation Red flag with a white crescent containing a six-pointed white star.
1867–1881 Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt Red flag with a white crescent, containing three five-pointed white stars.
Ottoman Era
1844–1867 Flag of Ottoman Egypt Red flag with a white crescent containing a five-pointed white star.
1793–1844 Flag of Ottoman Egypt Red flag with a white crescent containing a seven-pointed white star.
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
1174–1193 Saladin's personal standard A Golden Field with a Two-Headed Eagle in the Center.
1171–1260 Flag of the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt A Simple Golden Field

Tripolitanian Republic

Flag Date Use Description
1918–1922 Flag of the Tripolitanian Republic A cyan field with a green palm tree in the center and a 5 pointed star.

Italian Libya

Flag Date Use Description
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.

Ottoman Libya

Flag Date Use Description
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).

Hospitaller Tripoli

Flag Date Use Description
1530–1551 Flag of the Knights Hospitaller (Hospitaller Tripoli) Red rectangular flag quartered by a white cross.

Spanish Tripoli

Flag Date Use Description
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

Flag Date Use Description
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.

Kingdom of Tripoli

Flag Date Use Description
1327–1401 Flag 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.

Kanem Libya

Flag Date Use Description
1231–1259 Flag of the Kanem Empire A white field with a green palm tree.

Moroccan Libya

Flag Date Use Description
1158–1212 Battle Banner of the Kingdom of Morocco under the Almohad Dynasty A Banner Similar to the Traditional Moroccan Carpet with Quran inscriptions written on it.

Caliphal Libya

Flag Date Use Description
909–1171 Flag of the Fatimid Caliphate A Simple Green Field.
750–909 Flag of the Abbasid Caliphate A Simple Black Field.
661–750 Flag of the Umayyad Caliphate A Simple White Field.

Ethnic flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of The Daza people [citation needed]
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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