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The following is a list of flags of Belarus.

State flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	June 7, 1995–present (ornament pattern modified in 2012)	State flag and civil ensign	Proportions: 1:2
		Vertical flag

Presidential flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	December 11, 1997–2012	Presidential flag
	2012–present	Presidential flag	Proportions: 5:6

Presidential institutions

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus
		Flag of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
		Flag of State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2007–present	Flag of the 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
	?–present	Flag of the Presidential Security Service of Belarus	The obverse of the flag bears the coat of arms of Belaurs and the inscription "Служба бяспекі прэзідэнта" (Presidential Security Service).
		Reverse flag	The reverse of the flag bears the emblem of the Presidential Secret Service of Belarus and the inscription "Абавязак. Гонар. Айчына." (Duty. Honor. Fatherland.).
	March 8, 2005–present	Flag of the Land Forces	Red, with emblem of the Land Forces in full colors in the center
	2005–present	Flag of the 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
		Flag of the Special Forces of Belarus

Governmental flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2018–present	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	2018–present	Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
	2018–present	Ministry of Economy
	2018–present	Ministry of Agriculture and Food
	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.
	1991–1995	Customs	White-red-white flag with a Pahonia with a green border on the fly.
	March 5, 2001–present	Customs	Green flag with the emblem of the Belarusian customs in the center.
	March 5, 2001–present	Vitebsk Customs

Subdivision flags

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
		Minsk City	2001	Blue with the Minsk Coat of Arms of 1591 in the center.
		Brest Region	2004	Blue with a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower (coat of arms of the Region of Brest).
		Gomel Region	2005	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.
		Grodno Region	2007	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
		Mogilev Region	2005	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.
		Minsk Region	2007	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
		Vitebsk Region	2009	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

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
Current
	2018–present	Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists
	2007–present	Belaya Rus
	2005–present	Belarusian Social Democratic Party
	2004–present	Right Alliance and Belarusian Freedom Party [be]
	1999–present	Conservative Christian Party – BPF
	1996–present	Communist Party of Belarus	Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1991)
	1994–present	Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus
	1994–present	Republican Party
	1992–present	Belarusian Agrarian Party
	?–present	National Bolshevik Party of Belarus
Former
	1995–1999	Belarusian Peasant Party
	1919–1930s	Belarusian Peasant Party "Green Oak"
Other
	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.
	2017–present	Flag of Veyshnoria, used as an element of satire.
	2000s	Pro-Union State flag
		Flag used by some Belarusian anarchists

Minority flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flags of Lipka Tatars	Top: A white-red-white flag with a crescent moon and a five-pointed star. Bottom: Flag is based on the flag of the Golden Horde.

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	since 1918 (in exile after 1919)	White-red-white flag Belarusian Democratic Republic	Proportions: 1:2
	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.
	1918–1919	Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR	Plain red flag
	1919	Flag of The Second Polish Republic
	1919–1937	Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus	Plain red flag
	1920–1922	Flag of The Republic of Central Lithuania
	1937–1940	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
	1942–1944	Belarusian Central Council
	1943–1945	Union of Belarusian Youth
	1944–1951	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
	1951–1991	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
		Reverse flag	All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
	1991–1995	State flag and civil ensign; today the white-red-white flag is used in opposition to the current government	Proportions: 1:2
	1995–2012

See also

• Flag of Belarus
• Coat of arms of Belarus

References

1. "Указ Президента Республики Беларусь Об утверждении Положения о Государственном флаге Республики Беларусь | Геральдика.ру". Geraldika.ru. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
2. "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.
3. ""Прыйшоў час галіць вусы": "Пошуг" зрабіў новае графіці ў Менску. Фотафакт" (in Belarusian).

External links

VEXILLOGRAPHIA - Флаги Беларуси

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