List of Angolan flags

This is a list of flags associated with Angola.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1975–present	National flag	Two horizontal bands of red and black with the Machete and Gear Emblem in the center. [1] [2]

Standards of the head of state

Flag	Date	Use	Description
current
	?–present	Standard of the President of Angola
former
	?–1975	Flag of Governor of Portuguese Angola
	?–1975	Flag of Portuguese Colony High Commissioner
	1510s–c. 1543	Banner of Manikongo Afonso I

Police

Flag	Date	Use	Description
current
	?-present	Flag of the Angola National Police pt

Penitentiary Service

Flag	Date	Use	Description
current
	?-present	Flag of the Angola Penitentiary Service

Olympic Committee

Flag	Date	Use	Description
current
	1979-present	Flag of the Angolan Olympic Committee

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Regime	Description
	c. 1883	Royal Banner of the Kingdom of Kakongo
	c. 17th century	Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo
	c. 17th century	Flag of the Kingdom of Ndongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo

Proposed flags

Flag	Date	Use	Origin	Description
	2003	Proposed flag of Angola	From "Catica", the submission 106 was chosen by the Constitutional Commission to be the new flag, but was never implemented.	Five horizontal stripes: the top and bottom stripes are blue, separated by thin white stripes, with a broad red stripe in the middle. Centered on the red stripe is a yellow sun. The sun design in the middle is meant to be reminiscent of cave paintings found in Tchitundo-Hulu cave near Virei.
	1965	Proposed flag of the Portuguese overseas province of Angola	From heraldist Franz Paul de Almeira Langhans in his book "Armorial do Ultramar Português".	The Flag of Portugal defaced with the colony's lesser arms shield on its lower fly side.
	1932	Proposed flag of the Colony of Angola	From the Portuguese Institute of Heraldry (IPH), by Affonso Dornellas and João Ricardo da Silva, to the Agência Geral das Colónias (General Agency of the Colonies). [3]	The flag is divided into four purple and yellow triangular sections radiating from the center. In the center of the flag is a shield with a golden pelican feeding its young in a purple field. The golden border of the shield contains five small blue shields with white dots and four red crosses of the Order of Christ. Above the shield is a mural crown and below the shield is a white scroll with the word "ANGOLA" written on it.

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
current
	2020–present	Humanist Party of Angola	Party logo on a white background.
	2012–present	Broad Convergence for the Salvation of Angola – Electoral Coalition	Blue map of Angola surrounded by 18 white stars on a green background. Angola is divided into 18 provinces.
	2006–present	New Democracy Electoral Union	White ring on an orange background.
	1991–present	Democratic Party for Progress – Angolan National Alliance	Vertical red white green tricolor. In the middle band is a yellow disc held by two symmetrical black hands.
Link to file	1990–present	Democratic Renewal Party	A blue flag with the party logo, the logo consists of a handshake on a red disc background.
	1990–present	Social Renewal Party	Two horizontal bands of red and green with a black vertical band on the hoist side and white disc where the colors meet.
	1966–present	National Union for the Total Independence of Angola	A horizontal triband consisting of a white central band sandwiched between two red bands. It is charged in the center with a black silhouette of a crowing rooster and on the right with a red silhouette of a rising sun with 16 rays. Red represents the blood shed by Angolans in anti-colonial actions before the war of independence, while green represents hope and faith in victory. The rooster symbolises "a call upon the peoples of Africa to become aware of the foreign nomination of Africa". The rising sun represents the start of the war of independence and the unity of Angola's 16 provinces in the war. [4]
	1960–present	People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola	A horizontal bicolour consisting of a red upper band and a black lower band, charged in the center with a yellow five-pointed star. The symbolism of the colours is the same as that of the Angolan flag. [5] American vexillologist Whitney Smith suggests that the design may have been derived from the flag of the Viet Cong, from which the MPLA adopted strategies and principles. [6]
	1954–present	National Liberation Front of Angola	A diagonal tricolour of white, red and yellow radiating from the lower hoist side corner, and white star in the center.
Youth wings
	1974–present	Revolutionary United Youth of Angola	Emblem on a red background.
	1962–present	Youth of MPLA	A horizontal tricolour of red, blue and black with yellow rising sun on the middle stripe.
former
	1994–2013	Republican Party of Angola	Two versions of a flag consisting of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating white and red, with an emblem similar to the U.S. seal surrounded by 18 blue stars. In its right talon the eagle holds a hammer and a compass.
Link to file	1992–2013	Democratic Angola – Coalition	White flag with a rose flower with a stem.
	1990s–2013	Angolan National Democratic Party	Horizontal bicolor green and black field. Centered on the flag is a yellow disc, upon which is placed a white five-pointed star. On the star there is a white dove in flight.
	1990s	Angolan Democratic Forum	A horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green.
	1988–2013	Social Democratic Party
	1983–2013	Liberal Democratic Party

Separatists

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	c. 1975–present	Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
	1990s–present	Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Renovada
	1996–present	Liberation Front of the State of Cabinda	Horizontal blue, copper and black tricolour, the symbol in the middle is a padrão commemorating the Treaty of Simulambuco. [7]
	?–present	Cabinda Free State	A horizontal tricolour of copper, white and black.

Ethnic groups flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Lunda-Tchokwé people
		Flag of the Kongo people
		Flags of the Mbunda Kingdom	A white flag with a drawing of an African elephant.

Red Cross Society

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1978–present	Flag of the Angola Red Cross	Red Cross surrounded by the association's name.

Yacht clubs

Burgee	Club
	Clube Náutico da Ilha de Luanda

See also

• Flag of Angola
• Coat of arms of Angola

References

1. Flags: The visual guide to more than 300 flags from around the world. New York City: Dorling Kindersley. 1998. p. 96. ISBN   0-7894-4224-8.
2. Hermínio Escórcio: O MPLA tinha um Plano B, mas preferiu pôr de lado. Jornal de Angola. 11 de novembro de 2020.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918144140/http://heraldicacivica.pt/ang.htm
4. UNITA, Identity of a Free Angola. UNITA. 1985. p.  116 . Retrieved 8 February 2025.
5. "Simbolos" [Symbols]. Portal Oficial do MPLA (in Portuguese). MPLA . Retrieved 8 February 2025.
6. Smith, Whitney (2 February 2001). "Flag of Angola". Encyclopædia Britannica . Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
7. "Simulambuco Treaty Historical Landmark". verangola.