This is a list of flags that were used by and in Yugoslavia .
National and civil flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1929–1945[ 1]
National flag, civil and state ensign
Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors , blue (top), white, and red.
1945–1946[ 2]
National flag, civil and state ensign
Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a red star in the central white band.
1946–1992
National flag
Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center.
1950–1992
Civil and state ensign
Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center.
1992–2006
National flag
Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red.
Proposed flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1963[ 3]
National flag
Red flag with a state coat of arms in the center. Identical to the Naval jack except in aspect ratio.
Military flags
Army flags
Air force flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1945–1992
Air force flag of the Yugoslav Air Force (obverse)
1945–1992
War flag of the Yugoslav Air Force (reverse)
Naval ensigns
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1918–1922
Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
1922–1944[ 4]
Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
1944–1945[ 5]
Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (Government-in-exile )
Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white and red.
1942–1943[ 6]
Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
1943–1949[ 7]
Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
1949–1992[ 8]
Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
1992–2006[ 9]
Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
Naval jacks
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1956–1963
Naval Jack of Yugoslavia
1963–1992
Naval Jack of Yugoslavia
1992–2006
Naval Jack of Yugoslavia
Defence Ministry Flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1963–1993
Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of the SFR Yugoslavia
1956–1963
Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of the SFR Yugoslavia
1944–1945
Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1937–1944
Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1918–1937
Standard of the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1995–2006[ 10]
Standard of a Member of the High Defense Council
1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour with Serbian eagle in the center (version used by Serbia and Montenegro)
1995–2006[ 11]
Standard of the Chief of the General Staff
1:1 proportioned white field with Serbian eagle in the center (Serbo-Montenegrin version) plus blue and red stripes at the border
1995–2006[ 12]
Standard of the Minister of Defense
1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour with small emblem of the Armed Forces in the center
Rank flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1929–1941
Standard of a Field marshal (Vojvoda ) of Yugoslavia
1929–1941
Standard of an Army general of Yugoslavia
1929–1941
Standard of a Divisional general of Yugoslavia
1929–1941
Standard of a Brigadier general of Yugoslavia
1918–1941
Admiral flag
1918–1941
Vice Admiral flag
1918–1941
Rear Admiral flag
1956–1991
Fleet Admiral flag
1956–1991
Admiral flag
1956–1991
Vice Admiral flag
1956–1991
Rear Admiral flag
1949–1956
Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of the Navy
1949–1956
Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of a Fleet
1949–1956
Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of a Brigade
Government flags
Governmental
Monarchical
Republic flags
Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1946–1992
National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1944–1946
National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Proposed flags
Socialist Republic of Croatia
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1990–present
National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia
1990
National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia
1947–1990
National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia
1945–1947
National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia
Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1946–1992
National flag, civil and state ensign of Macedonia
1944–1946
National flag, civil and state ensign of Macedonia
Socialist Republic of Montenegro
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1993–2004
National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro
1946–1993
National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro
1943–1946
National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro
Socialist Republic of Serbia
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1992–2004
National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia
1947–1992
National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia
1943–1947
National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia
Socialist Republic of Slovenia
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1947–1991
National flag, civil and state ensign of Slovenia
1943–1947
National flag, civil and state ensign of Slovenia
Banate flags
Ethnic communities
Although the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo had no official flag, from 1969 the Kosovar Albanian population was able to use a variant of the Albanian flag as its ethnic flag.[ 24] As of 1985 a similar right applied to all national minorities, provided the flag was charged with the Yugoslav red star.[ 25]
Flag
Use
Description
Flag of the Albanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Bulgarian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Czech minority in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the German minority in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Hungarian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Italian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Polish minority in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Romani minority in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Romanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Ruthenian and Ukrainian minorities in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Slovak and Russian minorities in SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Turkish minority in SFR Yugoslavia
References
^ "SHS / Yugoslavia, 1918 - 1941" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Yugoslavia in World War II" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Socialist Yugoslavia (1945-1991)" . "FOTW" Flags of the World. Retrieved 2020-03-13 .
^ "Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1937 Regulations" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1944 Regulations" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Yugoslavia in World War II" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Yugoslavia in World War II" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Yugoslavia, 1945 - 1956" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Yugoslavia, 1945 - 1956" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "High Defence Council Member" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2018-07-05 .
^ "Chief of the General Staff" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2018-07-05 .
^ "Minister of Defence" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2018-07-05 .
^ "Yugoslavia, 1963 - 1991" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Yugoslavia, 1963 - 1991" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Yugoslavia, 1956 - 1963" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Yugoslavia, 1945 - 1956" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Yugoslavia, 1963 - 1991" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1937 Regulations" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Prime Minister" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2018-07-05 .
^ "Yugoslavia, 1963 - 1991" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ "Yugoslavia, 1963 - 1991" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2020-10-05 .
^ "Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1937 Regulations" . The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22 .
^ a b Heimer, Željko; Jerlagić, Velid-aga (2006). "Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Socialist Yugoslavia)" . Flags of the World . Retrieved 10 March 2023 .
^ Elsie, Robert (2004). Historical Dictionary of Kosovo . Scarecrow Press. p. xxxvi. ISBN 0-8108-5309-4 .
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