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


==National flag==
==National flag==
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| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]] || 2009–Present || Flag of Ethiopia || A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.<ref name="mhgfg A1">{{cite book |title=Firefly Guide to Flags of the World |date=2003 |publisher=Firefly Books |isbn=9781552978139 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jIrAQAAIAAJ |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]] || 2009–Present || Flag of Ethiopia || A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.<ref name="mhgfg A1">{{cite book |title=Firefly Guide to Flags of the World |date=2003 |publisher=Firefly Books |isbn=9781552978139 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jIrAQAAIAAJ |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
|}
|}
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==Military flags==
==Military flags==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|-
|-
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
|-
|[[File:Flag of Ethiopia (2-3).svg|border|150px]]
|2019–present
|War Ensign of [[Ethiopian Navy|Ethiopia]]
|
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg|border|150px]] || 1975–1996 || War Ensign of [[Ethiopian Navy|Ethiopia]] ||
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg|border|150px]] || 1975–1996 || War Ensign of Ethiopia ||
|-
|-
| [[File:War Ensign of Ethiopia (1974–1975).svg|border|150px]] || 1974–1975 || War Ensign of Ethiopia ||
| [[File:War Ensign of Ethiopia (1974–1975).svg|border|150px]] || 1974–1975 || War Ensign of Ethiopia ||
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|-
| [[File:Ethiopian Air Force flag.svg|border|150px]] || ?-Present || [[Ethiopian Air Force]] flag ||
| [[File:Ethiopian Air Force flag.svg|border|150px]] || ?-Present || [[Ethiopian Air Force]] flag ||
|}

=== Militias ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag!! style="width:100px;" |Date!! style="width:250px;" |Use!! style="width:250px;" |Description
|-
|}
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! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Party!!style="width:250px;"|Description
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Party!!style="width:250px;"|Description
|-
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|current}}
| colspan="4" | {{center|Current}}
|-
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the UFEFCF.svg|border|150px]] || 2021–Present || [[United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces]] ||
| [[File:Flag of the UFEFCF.svg|border|150px]] || 2021–Present || [[United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces]] ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Agew Liberation Front.svg|border|150px]] || 2021–Present || [[Agew Liberation Front]] ||
| [[File:Flag of the Agew Liberation Front.svg|border|150px]] || 2021–Present || Agew Liberation Front ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Gambela Liberation Army.svg|border|150px]] || 2021–present || [[Gambella Peoples Liberation Army]] ||
| [[File:Flag of the Gambela Liberation Army.svg|border|150px]] || 2021–present || Gambella Peoples Liberation Army ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Sidama Liberation Front.svg|border|150px]] || 1999–Present || [[Sidama National Liberation Front]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sidama Liberation Front (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et%7Dsid.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of the Sidama Liberation Front.svg|border|150px]] || 1999–Present || [[Sidama National Liberation Front]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sidama Liberation Front (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et%7Dsid.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia.png|border|150px]] || 1985–Present || [[Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia]] ||
| [[File:Flag of the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia.png|border|150px]] || 1985–Present || [[Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia]] ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.svg|border|150px]] || 1975–Present (Banned) || [[Tigray People's Liberation Front]] ||
| [[File:Flag of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.svg|border|150px]] || 1975–Present || [[Tigray People's Liberation Front]] ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Afar Liberation Front.svg|border|150px]] || 1975–Present || [[Afar Liberation Front]] ||
| [[File:Flag of the Afar Liberation Front.svg|border|150px]] || 1975–Present || [[Afar Liberation Front]] ||
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| [[File:Flag of the Kunama people.png|border|150px]] || || [[Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama]] ||
| [[File:Flag of the Kunama people.png|border|150px]] || || [[Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama]] ||
|-
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Somali Region (1994-2008, 2018-).svg|border|150px]]
⚫
| colspan="4" | {{center|former}}
|
|[[Somali State Resistance]]
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region.svg|border|150px]]
|
|[[Benishangul People's Liberation Movement]]
|
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Gambella Region.svg|border|150px]]
|
|[[Gambella Peoples Liberation Army]]
|
|-
⚫
| colspan="4" | {{center|Former}}
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Gambela People's Liberation Movement.svg|border|150px]] || 1985-1998 || [[Gambela People's Liberation Movement]] ||
| [[File:Flag of the Gambela People's Liberation Movement.svg|border|150px]] || 1985-1998 || [[Gambela People's Liberation Movement]] ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Workers-Party-of-Ethiopia-flag.png|border|150px]] || 1984-1991 || [[Workers' Party of Ethiopia]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethiopian Worker's Party (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et%7Dwpe.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Workers' Party of Ethiopia flag (variant).png|border|150px]] || 1984-1991 || [[Workers' Party of Ethiopia]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethiopian Worker's Party (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et%7Dwpe.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Gadaa Flag.gif|border|150px]] || 1982-2019 || [[Oromo Democratic Party]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oromo Federalist Congress (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et%7Dofc.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Gadaa flag.svg|border|150px]] || 1982-2019 || [[Oromo Democratic Party]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oromo Federalist Congress (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et%7Dofc.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization.png|border|150px]] || 1982-2019 || Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization ||
| [[File:Flag of the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization.png|border|150px]] || 1982-2019 || Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization ||
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{{Main|Flags of the regions of Ethiopia}}
{{Main|Flags of the regions of Ethiopia}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable"|Flag !!colspan="2"| Administrative division !! Adopted !!class="unsortable"|style="width:250px;"|Description
! class="unsortable"|Flag !!colspan="2"| Administrative division !! Adopted !! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Addis Ababa.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Addis Ababa|[[File:Addis Ababa in Ethiopia (special marker).svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Addis Ababa]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-aa.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Addis Ababa.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Addis Ababa|[[File:Addis Ababa in Ethiopia (special marker).svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Addis Ababa]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-aa.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Benishangul-Gumuz|[[File:Benishangul-Gumuz in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Benishangul-Gumuz Region|Benishangul-Gumuz]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benishangul/Gumuz (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-be.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Benishangul-Gumuz|[[File:Benishangul-Gumuz in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Benishangul-Gumuz Region|Benishangul-Gumuz]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benishangul/Gumuz (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-be.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Dire Dawa.png|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Dire Dawa|[[File:Dire Dawa in Ethiopia (special marker).svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Dire Dawa]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dire Dawa (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-dd.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Central Ethiopia.png|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Central Ethiopia|[[File:Central Ethiopia in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Central Ethiopia Regional State|Central Ethiopia]] || 2023–present ||
|-
| [[File:Flag of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.png|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Dire Dawa|[[File:Dire Dawa in Ethiopia (special marker).svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Dire Dawa]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dire Dawa (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-dd.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Gambella Region.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Gambela|[[File:Gambela in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Gambela Region|Gambela]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gambella (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-ga.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of the Gambella Region.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Gambela|[[File:Gambela in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Gambela Region|Gambela]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gambella (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-ga.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of Sidama.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Sidama|[[File:Sidama Region in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Sidama Region|Sidama]] || 2020–present ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sidama (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-sid.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Sidama.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Sidama|[[File:Sidama Region in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Sidama Region|Sidama]] || 2020–present ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sidama (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-sid.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Somali Region (1994-2008).svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Somali|[[File:Somali in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Somali Region|Somali]] || 2018–present ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somali (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-so.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of the Somali Region (1994-2008, 2018-).svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Somali|[[File:Somali in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Somali Region|Somali]] || 2018–present ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somali (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-so.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of South West Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]] || {{sort|South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region|[[File:South West Region in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region]] || 2021–present ||
| [[File:Flag of Southern Ethiopia.png|border|150px]] || {{sort|South Ethiopia|[[File:South Ethiopia in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[South Ethiopia Regional State|South Ethiopia]] || 2023–present ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region.svg|border|150px]] || {{sort|outhern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region|[[File:Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southern Nationals, Nationalities and Peoples' Regional State (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-sn.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of South West Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]] || {{sort|South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region|[[File:South West Region in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region]] || 2021–present ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Tigray Region.svg|border|150px]] || {{sort|Tigray|[[File:Tigray in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Tigray Region|Tigray]] || || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tigray (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-ti.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of the Tigray Region.svg|border|150px]] || {{sort|Tigray|[[File:Tigray in Ethiopia.svg|border|150px]]}}|| [[Tigray Region|Tigray]] || || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tigray (Ethiopia) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/et-ti.html |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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===History===
===Historical flags===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Red flag.svg|[[Sultanate of Aussa]] (1734–1937)
Flag of the Afar Region (1994-2012).svg|Afar Region (1994-2012)
Flag of the Afar Region (1994-2012).svg|Afar Region (1994-2012)
Flag of the Somali Region (2008-2018).svg|Somali Region (2008-2018)
Flag of the Somali Region (2008-2018).svg|Somali Region (2008-2018)
Drapeau de la Sidama.png|Sidama Region (2020), used before the creation of the region, gradually replaced by a new design.
Early Sidama flag.svg|Sidama Region (2020), used before the creation of the region, gradually replaced by a new design.
Flag of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region.svg|[[Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region]] (?-2023)
</gallery>
</gallery>


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! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
|-
|-
| [[File:Ethiopian Pennants.svg|border|150px]] || 1881-1889 || Flag of The Ethiopian Empire || 3 triangular pennants of red, yellow and green.<ref>Flag of Ethiopia, 2019, Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Ethiopia</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Abyssinia (pre 1853).svg|border|150px]] || 1270-1875 || Flag of The [[Ethiopian Empire]] || A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green.
|-
|[[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1875–1881).svg|150x150px]]
|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vexilla Mundi |url=http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/ethiopia_history.html |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=www.vexilla-mundi.com}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Ethiopian Pennants.svg|border|150px]] || 1881-1889 || Flag of The Ethiopian Empire || 3 triangular pennants of red, yellow and green.<ref>Flag of Ethiopia, 2019, Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Ethiopia</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897–1914).svg|border|150px]] || 1889-1897 || Flag of The Ethiopian Empire || A horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and green with the first [[Ethiopic]] letter of Emperor [[Menelik II|Menelik's]] name superimposed at the center.<ref name="A2">{{cite book |title=Flag Bulletin, Volume 27 |date=1988 |publisher=Flag Research Center |pages=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jIrAQAAIAAJ |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="A3">{{cite book |last1=Lentakis |first1=Michael B. |title=Ethiopia: A View from Within |date=2005 |publisher=Janus Publishing Company Lim |isbn=9781857565584 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCqtpPyZPZ0C |pages=11 |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="A4">{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=W. |title=Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard |date=1897 |publisher=W. Mitchell |pages=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzcwAQAAMAAJ |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897–1974).svg|border|150px]] || 1897-1936<br/>1941-1974 || Flag of The Ethiopian Empire || A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center.<ref name="vexilolog">{{cite journal|title=Vlajky a znaky Etiopie|journal=Vexilolog|date=2003|issue=8|url=http://vexilologie.cz/vexilolo/noxx.php?n=08|trans-title=Flags and emblems of Ethiopia|language=cs}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897–1914).svg|border|150px]] || 1897-1914 || Flag of The Ethiopian Empire || A horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and green with the first [[Ethiopic]] letter of Emperor [[Menelik II|Menelik's]] name superimposed at the center.<ref name="A2">{{cite book |title=Flag Bulletin, Volume 27 |date=1988 |publisher=Flag Research Center |pages=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jIrAQAAIAAJ |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="A3">{{cite book |last1=Lentakis |first1=Michael B. |title=Ethiopia: A View from Within |date=2005 |publisher=Janus Publishing Company Lim |isbn=9781857565584 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCqtpPyZPZ0C |pages=11 |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="A4">{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=W. |title=Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard |date=1897 |publisher=W. Mitchell |pages=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzcwAQAAMAAJ |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg|border|150px]] || 1936-1941 || Flag of [[Kingdom of Italy]] ([[Italian Ethiopia]]) || An Italian tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white and red with Savoy shield and [[Crown (headgear)|Royal crown]] in the middle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vexilla-mundi.com/ethiopia_history.html|title=Vexilla Mundi|date=June 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628212127/https://www.vexilla-mundi.com/ethiopia_history.html|archive-date=2020-06-28}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897–1974).svg|border|150px]] || 1897-1936<br/>1941-1974 || Official banner of the Emperor || A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center.<ref name="vexilolog">{{cite journal|title=Vlajky a znaky Etiopie|journal=Vexilolog|date=2003|issue=8|url=http://vexilologie.cz/vexilolo/noxx.php?n=08|trans-title=Flags and emblems of Ethiopia|language=cs}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1974–1975).svg|border|150px]] || 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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/et-dpre.html|title=People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987 - 1991)|website=www.crwflags.com}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1974–1975).svg|border|150px]] || 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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/et-dpre.html|title=People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987 - 1991)|website=www.crwflags.com}}</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1992–1996).svg|border|150px]] || 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.<ref name=vexilolog/>
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1992–1996).svg|border|150px]] || 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.<ref name=vexilolog/>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg|border|150px]] || 1996-2009 || Flag of Ethiopia || A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.<ref name="FNG9610">{{cite journal|title=Proclamation No. 48/1996 – A Proclamation to amend the Flag and Emblem Proclamation|journal=Federal Negarit Gazeta|date=31 October 1996|pages=272–273|url=http://www.hopr.gov.et/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=11402&folderId=108992&name=DLFE-3262.pdf|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-date=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030063651/http://www.hopr.gov.et/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=11402&folderId=108992&name=DLFE-3262.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg|border|150px]] || 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.<ref name="FNG9610">{{cite journal|title=Proclamation No. 48/1996 – A Proclamation to amend the Flag and Emblem Proclamation|journal=Federal Negarit Gazeta|date=31 October 1996|pages=272–273|url=http://www.hopr.gov.et/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=11402&folderId=108992&name=DLFE-3262.pdf|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-date=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030063651/http://www.hopr.gov.et/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=11402&folderId=108992&name=DLFE-3262.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{Lists of flags}}
{{Lists of flags}}


[[Category:Flags of Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Flags of Ethiopia|*]]
[[Category:Lists and galleries of flags]]
[[Category:Lists and galleries of flags|Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Ethiopia-related lists|Flags]]
[[Category:Ethiopia-related lists|Flags]]

Latest revision as of 16:14, 2 December 2024

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

National flag

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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

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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

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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

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Flag Date Use Description
?-Present Ethiopian Air Force flag

Militias

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Flag Date Use Description

Ethnic flags

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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

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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

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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

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Historical flags

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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

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

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Ethiopia.

References

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  1. ^ Firefly Guide to Flags of the World. Firefly Books. 2003. p. 74. ISBN 9781552978139. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Sidama Liberation Front (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  3. ^ "Ogaden (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. ^ "Ethiopian Worker's Party (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. ^ "Oromo Federalist Congress (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. ^ "Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  7. ^ "Afar (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  8. ^ "Amhara (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  9. ^ "Benishangul/Gumuz (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  10. ^ "Dire Dawa (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  11. ^ "Gambella (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  12. ^ "Harari (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  13. ^ "Oromiya (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  14. ^ "Sidama (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  15. ^ "Somali (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  16. ^ "Tigray (Ethiopia)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  17. ^ "Vexilla Mundi". www.vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  18. ^ Flag of Ethiopia, 2019, Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Ethiopia
  19. ^ Flag Bulletin, Volume 27. Flag Research Center. 1988. p. 11. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  20. ^ Lentakis, Michael B. (2005). Ethiopia: A View from Within. Janus Publishing Company Lim. p. 11. ISBN 9781857565584. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  21. ^ Mitchell, W. (1897). Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard. W. Mitchell. p. 11. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  22. ^ a b "Vlajky a znaky Etiopie" [Flags and emblems of Ethiopia]. Vexilolog (in Czech) (8). 2003.
  23. ^ "People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987 - 1991)". www.crwflags.com.
  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.
  25. ^ "Imperial Ethiopia". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
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