List of Dominican Republic flags

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This is a lists of flags used in the Dominican Republic. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of the Dominican Republic.

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National flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 1849–present National Flag with coat of arms, State flag, State ensign, and War ensign A crossed two-colored flag with the country's coat of arms in the center. The white cross at the center is taken from the flag of La Trinitaria which led the struggle for independence. [1]
Civil Ensign of the Dominican Republic.svg 1849–present Civil flag and ensign

Standards

FlagDateUseDescription
Presidential Standard of the Dominican Republic (At Sea).svg  ?–presentPresidential Standard of the Dominican Republic (at Sea)
Bandera del Generalisimo Trujillo.svg 1930s–1961Personal flag of Rafael Trujillo

Military

FlagDateUseDescription
Bandera de las Fuerzas Armadas (Engalanada en los bordes).svg Flag of the Dominican Armed Forces
Bandera de la Defensa Civil Republica Dominicana.svg Flag of the Dominican Civil Defence

Land Force

FlagDateUseDescription
Army Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Flag of the Dominican Army
Bandera AMBC.svg Standard of the Dominican Army Military Academy
FlagDateUseDescription
Naval Ensign of the Dominican Republic.svg Naval Ensign
Naval Jack of the Dominican Republic.svg Naval jack of the Dominican Navy
Bandera Academia MDG.svg Flag of the Naval Academy

Air Force

FlagDateUseDescription
Air Force Ensign of the Dominican Republic.svg Flag of the Dominican Air Force

Police

FlagDateUseDescription
Bandera de la Policia Nacional de La Republica Dominicana.svg Flag of the Dominican National Police

Institutional flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Bandera del Poder Judicial-Suprema Corte de Justicia Republica Dominicana.svg Flag of the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic and the Dominican Judiciary System
Bandera de la Junta Central Electoral.svg Flag of the Central Electoral Board
Bandera Autoridad Portuaria Dominicana.svg Flag of the Dominican Port Authority
Bandera Procurauria General de la Republica.svg Flag of the General Prosecutor of the Republic

Political flags

FlagDatePartyDescription
Dominican Liberation Party flag.svg 1973–present Dominican Liberation Party
ALPAIS.png 2011–present Country Alliance
RGYGR fimbriated horizontal bicolour triband.svg 2009–present Civic Renovation Party
Bandera Movimiento 14 de Junio (1J4)2.svg 1959-1968Revolutionary Movement on June 14 es

Historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Royal Banner of the Crown of Castille (15th Century Style).svg 1492–1500Royal Flag of The Crown of Castile quartered banner of arms of Castile, represented by a castle, and León, represented by a lion.
Royal Banner of the Crown of Castille (Habsburg Style).svg 1500–1516Royal Flag of The Crown of Castilethe same design of the previous flag in a slightly different shape.
Flag of New Spain.svg 1516–1785Flag of the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo The Cross of Burgundy flag represents the Spanish Empire.
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg 1785–1795, 1810–1821, 1861–1865Flag of Santo Domingo A Tricolour of Red, Yellow and Red with the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist. In 1861, general Pedro Santana asked queen Isabella II of Spain to retake control of the Dominican Republic, after a period of only 17 years of independence. Spain, which had not come to terms with the loss of its American colonies 30 years earlier, accepted his proposal and made the country a colony again.
Flag of France.svg 1795–1809Flag of the Saint-Domingue The tricolour flag of the French First Republic. France came to own the whole island by the Treaty of Basel, as Spain ceded Santo Domingo as a consequence of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Bandera de Espana 1808-1813.svg 1809–1813Flag of Spain under Joseph Bonaparte A White Banner with the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist.
Flag of Spanish Haiti.svg 1821–1822Flag of Spanish Haiti On 9 February 1822 Jean-Pierre Boyer annexed the Spanish out of the colony of Santo Domingo, which a few months before had proclaimed its independence from Spain (30 November 1821) under the name The Republica del Haiti Español . An attempt to declare its alliance to Gran Colombia, the flag was raised in the early weeks of 1822, but it was short-lived when nine weeks later Boyer had ended the republic.
Flag of Haiti (1820-1849, 1859-1964).svg 1822–1844Flag of the Unification of Hispaniola
Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg 1844–1849Flag of the Dominican War of Independence It was developed from the flag of Haiti and was added a white symmetric cross.
Flag of the Dominican First Republic.svg 1849–1861Flag of the First Dominican RepublicA crossed two-colored flag with the country's coat of arms in the center
Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg 1905–1908Flag of The United States Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 45 white stars on a blue field.
Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg 1908–1912Flag of The United StatesThirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 46 white stars on a blue field.
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg 1912–1924Flag of The United StatesThirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 48 white stars on a blue field.

See also

References

  1. Complete Flags of the World (5th ed.). DK. 2009. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-7566-4115-3.