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The following is a flag list of Laos.

National

Present

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2 Dec. 1975 to present	State flag and civil ensign	Three horizontal stripes, with the middle stripe in blue being twice the height of the top and bottom red stripes. In the middle is a white disc, the diameter of the disc is 4⁄5 the height of the blue stripe. Ratio is 2:3.

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	3 Oct. 1893 - 8 Apr. 1945 19 Jul. 1949 - 22 Oct. 1953	Protectorate flag of Kingdom of Laos	Ratio is 2:3. Influences:
	12 Oct. 1945 - 24 Apr. 1946	State flag and civil ensign of Kingdom of Laos	Three horizontal stripes, with the middle stripe in blue being twice the height of the top and bottom red stripes. In the middle is a white disc, the diameter of the disc is 4⁄5 the height of the blue stripe. Ratio is 2:3. Influences:
	22 Oct. 1953 - 2 Dec. 1975	State flag and civil ensign of Kingdom of Laos	Ratio is 2:3. Influences:

Royal standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1893 - 1949	Royal standard of Laotian kingdom.	Ratio is 2:3. Influences:
	1949 - 1975	Royal standard of Kingdom of Laos.	Ratio is 2:3. Influences:
	1949 - 1975	Personal standard of the kings.	Ratio is 1:1. Influences:

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2018 -	Flag of the Lao People's Armed Forces	National flag of Laos defaced with the Emblem of the Lao People's Armed Forces at the centre, "1.20" inscription at the top left corner represents the foundation of the Lao People's Armed Forces on January 20, 1949, and Lao inscription "Lao People's Armed Forces" (ກອງທັບປະຊາຊົນລາວ) at the bottom stripe. Influences:
	2018 -	Flag of the Lao People's Navy	White and dark blue flag defaced with the Emblem of the Lao People's Armed Forces at the centre, "1.20" inscription at the top left corner and Lao inscription "Lao People's Navy" at the bottom stripe. Influences:
	2018 -	Flag of the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force	Light blue and dark blue flag defaced with the Emblem of the Lao People's Armed Forces at the centre, "1.20" inscription at the top left corner and Lao inscription "Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force" (ອຸບັດເຫດຍົນກອງທັບອາກາດຕົກ) at the bottom stripe. Influences:

Subjects

Kingdoms

• Viangchan (1707–1828)
• Champasak (1713–1947)
• Luang Phrabang (1707–1893)
• Luang Phrabang (1893–1945, 1946–1949)
• Luang Phrabang (1945–1946)

Flags of ethnic minorities and minority organisations

• Hmong
• Lahu
• Akha
• Khmer Loeu
• Cham

Organizations

• Lao Front for National Construction

• Lao Front for National Construction (1945 - now)
• Lao Women's Union (1991 - now)
• Lao Buddhist Association (1920s - now)
• Pathet Lao Armes Forces (1950 - 1975)

• Lao People's Revolutionary Party

• Lao People's Revolutionary Party (22 Mar. 1955 - now)
• Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union (14 Apr. 1955 - now)

• Lao Neutralist Movement

• Forces Armées Neutralistes (1960 - 1975)
• Laotian Royalist Movement (1975 - now)

Under foreign domination

Khmer Empire

• Laotian countries under the Khmer empire (802 - 1431)

Burmese Empire

• Lan Xang under the 2nd Burmese Empire (1583 - 1591)
• Kingdom of Vientiane under the 3rd Burmese Empire (1765 - 1779)

Chinese (2 AD - 1885)

• Han dynasty 2 - 220
• Han dynasty (2 - 220)
• Tang dynasty (669 - 907)
• Tang dynasty (669 - 907)
• Tang dynasty (669 - 907)
• Tang dynasty (669 - 907)
• Tang dynasty (669 - 907)
• Yuan dynasty (1294 - 1368)
• Yuan dynasty (1294 - 1368)
• Yuan dynasty (1294 - 1368)
• Yuan dynasty (1294 - 1368)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
• Qing dynasty (1659 - 1862)
• Qing dynasty (1862 - 1885)

Siamese (1707 - 1893)

• 1707 - 1782
• 1782 - 1817
• 1817 - 1843
• 1843 - 1893

Vietnamese (334 BC - 1848)

• 1802 - 1848
• 1802 - 1848
• 1802 - 1848

Indochinese (1893 - 1953)

• Laotian countries under the Indochinese union (3 Oct. 1893 - 8 Apr. 1945, 24 Apr. 1946 - 22 Oct. 1953)
• Laotian countries under the Indochinese union (Vichy France) (1940 - 1941)
• Indochina under the GEACPS (8 Apr. 1945 - 9 Sep. 1945)
• Nakhon Champassak and Lan Chang Provinces under the Kingdom of Thailand (1941 - 1946)
• North Vietnam during the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos (1958 - 1959)

See also

• Emblems of Laos
• Anthems of Laos

References

1. Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao
2. Drapeau du Laos
3. Flag of Laos
4. Murashima, Eiji (December 2015). "Thailand and Indochina, 1945-1950" (PDF). Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies (Waseda University). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
5. Evans, Grant (1998). The Politics of Ritual and Remembrance: Laos Since 1975. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 13–14. ISBN 0-8248-2054-1.
6. Unknown author(s) (1941). Hymnes et pavillons d'Indochine (in French). Retrieved 9 March 2021. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); |work= ignored (help)

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