List of Ethiopian flags

This is a list of flags used in Ethiopia. For more information about the national flag, see the flag of Ethiopia.

National flag

Flag Date Use Description
2009–Present Flag of Ethiopia A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.[1]

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
2021–Present Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force
2009–2021 Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force
1996–2009 Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force

Ethiopian Navy

Flag Date Use Description
2019–present War Ensign of Ethiopia
1975–1996 War Ensign of Ethiopia
1974–1975 War Ensign of Ethiopia
1955–1974 War Ensign of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Air Force

Flag Date Use Description
?-Present Ethiopian Air Force flag

Militias

Flag Date Use Description

Ethnic flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Kunama people A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and white with a flower in the white stripe.
Flag of Saho people A Horizontal tricolour of black (top), white and black with a 5-pointed star in the canton.
Flag of Kafficho people A Horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and blue.

Political flags

Flag Date Party Description
Current
2021–Present United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces
2021–Present Agew Liberation Front
2021–present Gambella Peoples Liberation Army
1999–Present Sidama National Liberation Front [2]
1999–present Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation
1984–Present Ogaden National Liberation Front [3]
1993–Present Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front
1985–Present Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia
1975–Present Tigray People's Liberation Front
1975–Present Afar Liberation Front
1973–Present Oromo Liberation Front
Saho People's Democratic Movement
Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama
Somali State Resistance
Benishangul People's Liberation Movement
Gambella Peoples Liberation Army
Former
1985-1998 Gambela People's Liberation Movement
1984-1991 Workers' Party of Ethiopia [4]
1982-2019 Oromo Democratic Party [5]
1982-2019 Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization
1973–1989 Western Somali Liberation Front

Regions

Main article: Flags of the regions of Ethiopia
Flag Administrative division Adopted Description
Addis Ababa [6]
Afar 2012–present [7]
Amhara 1999–present [8]
Benishangul-Gumuz [9]
Central Ethiopia 2023–present
Dire Dawa [10]
Gambela [11]
Harari [12]
Oromia [13]
Sidama 2020–present [14]
Somali 2018–present [15]
South Ethiopia 2023–present
South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region 2021–present
Tigray [16]

Historical flags

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
1270-1875 Flag of The Ethiopian Empire A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green.
1875-1881 Flag of The Ethiopian Empire A horizontal tricolour of red, white and purple with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. Disputed early version of the post-1897 flag.[17]
1881-1889 Flag of The Ethiopian Empire 3 triangular pennants of red, yellow and green.[18]
1897-1914 Flag of The Ethiopian Empire A horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and green with the first Ethiopic letter of Emperor Menelik's name superimposed at the center.[19][20][21]
1897-1936
1941-1974		 Official banner of the Emperor A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center.[22]
1974-1975 Flag of The Derg A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center (without the crown and with a spear).[23]
1975-1987 Flag of The Derg A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.
1987-1991 Flag of The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.
1991-1996 Flag of The Transitional Government of Ethiopia A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.[22]
1996-Present Flag of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.[24]

Imperial standards

Flag Date Use Description
1930-1974 Obverse [25]
1930-1974 Reverse

See also

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References

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  21. ^ Mitchell, W. (1897). Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard. W. Mitchell. p. 11. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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  24. ^ "Proclamation No. 48/1996 – A Proclamation to amend the Flag and Emblem Proclamation" (PDF). Federal Negarit Gazeta: 272–273. 31 October 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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