This is a list of flags associated with Angola.
National flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1975–present | National flag | Two horizontal bands of red and black with the Machete and Gear Emblem in the center. |
Standards of the head of state
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current | |||
?–present | Standard of the President of Angola | ||
former | |||
?–1975 | Flag of Governor of Portuguese Angola | ||
?–1975 | Flag of Portuguese Colony High Commissioner | ||
1510s–c. 1543 | Banner of Manikongo Afonso I |
Police
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current | |||
?-present | Flag of the Angola National Police |
Penitentiary Service
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current | |||
?-present | Flag of the Angola Penitentiary Service |
Olympic Committee
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current | |||
1979-present | Flag of the Angolan Olympic Committee |
Historical flags
Flag | Date | Regime | Description |
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c. 1883 | Royal Banner of the Kingdom of Kakongo | ||
c. 17th century | Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo | ||
c. 17th century | Flag of the Kingdom of Ndongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo | ||
Proposed flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2003 | Proposed flag of Angola | Five horizontal stripes: the top and bottom stripes are blue, separated by thin white stripes, with a broad red stripe in the middle. Centered on the red stripe is a yellow sun. The sun design in the middle is meant to be reminiscent of cave paintings found in Tchitundo-Hulu cave near Virei. | |
1996 | Proposed flag of Angola | Three horizontal stripes: red, green and black, combining the colors of the MPLA and UNITA parties and providing Pan-African colors. | |
1965 | Proposed flag of the Portuguese overseas province of Angola | ||
1932 | Proposed flag of the Colony of Angola | The flag is divided into four purple and yellow triangular sections radiating from the center. In the center of the flag is a shield with a golden pelican feeding its young in a purple field. The golden border of the shield contains five small blue shields with white dots and four red crosses of the Order of Christ. Above the shield is a mural crown and below the shield is a white scroll with the word "ANGOLA" written on it. |
Political flags
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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current | |||
2020–present | Humanist Party of Angola | Party logo on a white background. | |
2012–present | Broad Convergence for the Salvation of Angola – Electoral Coalition | Blue map of Angola surrounded by 18 white stars on a green background. Angola is divided into 18 provinces. | |
2006–present | New Democracy Electoral Union | White ring on an orange background. | |
1991–present | Democratic Party for Progress – Angolan National Alliance | Vertical red white green tricolor. In the middle band is a yellow disc held by two symmetrical black hands. | |
Link to file | 1990–present | Democratic Renewal Party | A blue flag with the party logo, the logo consists of a handshake on a red disc background. |
1990–present | Social Renewal Party | Two horizontal bands of red and green with a black vertical band on the hoist side and white disc where the colors meet. | |
1966–present | National Union for the Total Independence of Angola | Three horizontal stripes, respectively red green red, in the middle stripe there is a red rising sun with 18 rays and a black rooster symbolizing the awakening of the African peoples. | |
1960–present | People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola | Two horizontal stripes, black and red, with a yellow star in the center. | |
1954–present | National Liberation Front of Angola | A diagonal tricolour of white, red and yellow radiating from the lower hoist side corner, and white star in the center. | |
Youth wings | |||
1974–present | Revolutionary United Youth of Angola | Emblem on a red background. | |
1962–present | Youth of MPLA | A horizontal tricolour of red, blue and black with yellow rising sun on the middle stripe. | |
former | |||
1994–2013 | Republican Party of Angola | Two versions of a flag consisting of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating white and red, with an emblem similar to the U.S. seal surrounded by 18 blue stars. In its right talon the eagle holds a hammer and a compass. | |
Link to file | 1992–2013 | Democratic Angola – Coalition | White flag with a rose flower with a stem. |
1990s–2013 | Angolan National Democratic Party | Horizontal bicolor green and black field. Centered on the flag is a yellow disc, upon which is placed a white five-pointed star. On the star there is a white dove in flight. | |
1990s | Angolan Democratic Forum | A horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green. | |
1988–2013 | Social Democratic Party | ||
1983–2013 | Liberal Democratic Party |
Separatists
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
---|---|---|---|
c. 1975–present | Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda | ||
1990s–present | Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Renovada | ||
1996–present | Liberation Front of the State of Cabinda | Horizontal blue, copper and black tricolour, the symbol in the middle is a padrão commemorating the Treaty of Simulambuco. | |
?–present | Cabinda Free State | A horizontal tricolour of copper, white and black. |
Ethnic groups flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Lunda-Tchokwé people | |||
Flag of the Kongo people | |||
Flags of the Mbunda Kingdom | A white flag with a drawing of an African elephant. | ||
Red Cross Society
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1978–present | Flag of the Angola Red Cross | Red Cross surrounded by the association's name. |
Yacht clubs
Burgee | Club |
---|---|
Clube Náutico da Ilha de Luanda |
See also
References
- Flags: The visual guide to more than 300 flags from around the world. New York City: Dorling Kindersley. 1998. p. 96. ISBN 0-7894-4224-8.
- Hermínio Escórcio: O MPLA tinha um Plano B, mas preferiu pôr de lado. Jornal de Angola. 11 de novembro de 2020.
- "Angola - proposals for a new flag". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- "Proposed New Flag of the Republic of Angola". 2004-06-22. Archived from the original on 2004-06-22. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- "Simulambuco Treaty Historical Landmark". verangola.