For more information about the national flag, see Flag of Yugoslavia.
This is a list of flags that were used by and in Yugoslavia.
National and civil flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1929–1945 | National flag, civil and state ensign | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red. | |
1945–1946 | National flag, civil and state ensign | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a red star in the central white band. | |
1946–1992 | National flag | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center. | |
1950–1992 | Civil and state ensign | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center. | |
1992–2006 | National flag | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red. |
Proposed flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1963 | National flag | Red flag with a state coat of arms in the center. Identical to the Naval jack except in aspect ratio. |
Military flags
Army flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1918–1941 | War flag of the Royal Yugoslav Army | ||
1918–1941 | War flag of the Royal Yugoslav Army (in Latin script) | ||
1941–1945 | War flag of the Royal Yugoslav Army (Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland, or Chetniks) | ||
1943–1945 | Flag of the Yugoslav Partisans | ||
1943–1945 | Flag of the First Macedonian Brigade | ||
1943–1945 | Flag of the Liberation Front | ||
1943–1945 | Flag of the Triglav Unit | ||
1945–1992 | War flag of the Yugoslav Ground Forces (in Cyrillic script) | ||
1945–1992 | War flag of the Yugoslav Ground Forces (in Latin script) | ||
1969–1992 | Flag of Territorial Defence forces | ||
1992–2006 | War flag of the Yugoslav Ground Forces |
Air force flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1945–1992 | Air force flag of the Yugoslav Air Force (obverse) | ||
1945–1992 | War flag of the Yugoslav Air Force (reverse) |
Naval ensigns
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1918–1922 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | ||
1922–1944 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | ||
1944–1945 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (Government-in-exile) |
Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white and red. | |
1942–1943 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | ||
1943–1949 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | ||
1949–1992 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | ||
1992–2006 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia |
Naval jacks
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1956–1963 | Naval Jack of Yugoslavia | ||
1963–1992 | Naval Jack of Yugoslavia | ||
1992–2006 | Naval Jack of Yugoslavia |
Defence Ministry Flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1963–1993 | Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of the SFR Yugoslavia | ||
1956–1963 | Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of the SFR Yugoslavia | ||
1944–1945 | Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
1937–1944 | Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
1918–1937 | Standard of the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
1995–2006 | Standard of a Member of the High Defense Council | 1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour with Serbian eagle in the center (version used by Serbia and Montenegro) | |
1995–2006 | Standard of the Chief of the General Staff | 1:1 proportioned white field with Serbian eagle in the center (Serbo-Montenegrin version) plus blue and red stripes at the border | |
1995–2006 | Standard of the Minister of Defense | 1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour with small emblem of the Armed Forces in the center |
Rank flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1929–1941 | Standard of a Field marshal (Vojvoda) of Yugoslavia | ||
1929–1941 | Standard of an Army general of Yugoslavia | ||
1929–1941 | Standard of a Divisional general of Yugoslavia | ||
1929–1941 | Standard of a Brigadier general of Yugoslavia | ||
1918–1941 | Admiral flag | ||
1918–1941 | Vice Admiral flag | ||
1918–1941 | Rear Admiral flag | ||
1956–1991 | Fleet Admiral flag | ||
1956–1991 | Admiral flag | ||
1956–1991 | Vice Admiral flag | ||
1956–1991 | Rear Admiral flag | ||
1949–1956 | Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of the Navy | ||
1949–1956 | Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of a Fleet | ||
1949–1956 | Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of a Brigade |
Government flags
Governmental
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1992–2003 | Presidential standard | ||
1963–1992 | Presidential standard | ||
1956–1963 | Presidential standard | ||
1949–1956 | Naval flag of the commander-in-chief | ||
1981–1992 | Standard of a member of the presidency | ||
1937–1945 | Standard of the prime minister | ||
1995–2006 | Standard of the prime minister | 1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour | |
1981–1992 | Standard of the prime minister | ||
1963–1992 | Standard of the president of the Federal Assembly | ||
1920–1952 | Flag of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Cyrillic script) | ||
1920–1952 | Flag of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Latin script) | ||
1952–1990 | Flag of the League of Communists (Cyrillic script) | ||
1952–1990 | Flag of the League of Communists (Latin script) | ||
1952–1990 | Flag of the League of Communists of Croatia | ||
1952–1990 | Flag of the League of Communists of Slovenia | ||
1952–1990 | Flag of the League of Communists of Macedonia | ||
1974–1990 | Flag of the League of Socialist Youth |
Monarchical
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1922–1937 | Royal Standard of the King | ||
1937–1941 | Royal Standard of the King | ||
1937–1941 | Standard of the Queen | ||
1937–1941 | Standard of the Prince Regent | ||
1937–1941 | Standard of the Crown Prince | ||
1937–1941 | Standard of a Member of the Royal House | ||
1937–1941 | Standard of the Regent |
Republic flags
See also: Flags of the former YugoslaviaSocialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Main article: Flags of Bosnia and HerzegovinaFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1946–1992 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
1944–1946 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Proposed flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1947 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Variant of the flag adopted on 31 December 1946 with a much larger Yugoslav canton flag and a margin. | |
15 November 1946 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Federal flag of Yugoslavia with an additional five-pointed golden star imposed behind the existing red star, with their rays interchangeably positioned. |
Socialist Republic of Croatia
For a more comprehensive list, see List of Croatian flags.Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1990–present | National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia | ||
1990 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia | ||
1947–1990 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia | ||
1945–1947 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia |
Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Main article: List of flags of North MacedoniaFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1946–1992 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Macedonia | ||
1944–1946 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Macedonia |
Socialist Republic of Montenegro
Main article: List of flags of MontenegroFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1993–2004 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro | ||
1946–1993 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro | ||
1943–1946 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro |
Socialist Republic of Serbia
Main article: Flags of SerbiaFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1992–2004 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia | ||
1947–1992 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia | ||
1943–1947 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia |
Socialist Republic of Slovenia
Main article: Flags of SloveniaFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1947–1991 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Slovenia | ||
1943–1947 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Slovenia |
Banate flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1939–1941 | Civil flag and ensign of the Banovina of Croatia |
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1939–1941 | State flag and ensign of the Banovina of Croatia |
Ethnic communities
Although the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo had no official flag, from 1969 the Kosovar Albanian population was able to use a variant of the Albanian flag as its ethnic flag. As of 1985 a similar right applied to all national minorities, provided the flag was charged with the Yugoslav red star.
Flag | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Albanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Flag of the Bulgarian minority in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Flag of the Czech minority in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Flag of the German minority in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Flag of the Hungarian minority in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Flag of the Italian minority in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Flag of the Polish minority in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Flag of the Romani minority in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Flag of the Romanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Flag of the Ruthenian and Ukrainian minorities in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Flag of the Slovak and Russian minorities in SFR Yugoslavia | ||
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Flag of the Turkish minority in SFR Yugoslavia |
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