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

• 
  Sultanate of Aussa (1734–1937)
• 
  Afar Region (1994-2012)
• 
  Somali Region (2008-2018)
• 
  Sidama Region (2020), used before the creation of the region, gradually replaced by a new design.
• 
  Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (?-2023)

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

• Flag of Ethiopia
• Emblem of Ethiopia

References

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