List of Ghanaian flags

The following is a list of flags associated with Ghana. For more information about the current national flag, see flag of Ghana.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1966-present	Flag of Ghana	A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Government flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1966-present	Flag of the president of Ghana	A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre with a gold rim.
	1964-1966	Flag of the president of Ghana	An electric blue field with the government emblem in the centre.
	1966-present	Flag of the president of Ghana	A navy blue field with the government emblem in the centre. [11]

Ethnic group flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1935-present	Flag of the Ashanti people	A horizontal tricolour of gold, black, green and white with the Golden Stool stationed in the middle of flag. [12]
	?-present	Flag of the Ewe people	A horizontal tricolour of green (top), red and green with 3 golden stars in the red stripe. [13]
	?-present	Flag of the Hausa people	A white field with the Dagin Arewa star in the centre. [14]
	?-present	Flag of the Yoruba people	A blue field with a white disc off-centre toward the hoist and 2 green rings and a golden spear inside the disc. [15]

Political party flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992-present	Flag of the Ghanan National Democratic Congress	4 horizontal stripes of black, red, white and green with the emblem in the centre. [16]
	1966-present	Flag of the Convention People's Party
	2017-present	Flag of Western Togoland
Link to file	1992-present	Flag of the People's National Convention
Link to file	2006-2012	Flag of the Democratic Freedom Party

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1964-1966	Civil ensign of Ghana	A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton.
	1966-present	Civil ensign of Ghana	A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton. [17]
	1964-1966	Naval ensign of Ghana	Red St. George's Cross on white centrrensign, with the national flag in canton.
	1966-present	Naval ensign of Ghana	Red St. George's Cross on white centrrensign, with the national flag in canton. [18]
	1964-1966	Air Force ensign of Ghana	A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a red, white and green roundel.
	1966-present	Air Force ensign of Ghana	A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a red, yellow and green roundel. [19]
	1964-1966	Civil Air ensign of Ghana	A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a black five-pointed star.
	1966-present	Civil Air ensign of Ghana	A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a black five-pointed star. [20]

Proposed flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2002	Emmanuel Enoch Agbozo's proposal
	1914	Proposed flag of German Togoland	A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the emblem of Togoland in the centre. [21]

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1482-1485	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)	Five blue escutcheons each charged with an undetermined number of bezants on a white field. Border: red with yellow castles and a green cross of the Order of Aviz.
	1485-1495	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)	Five blue escutcheons each charged with 5 bezants on a white field. Border: red with 7 yellow castles.
	1495-1521	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)	A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
	1521-1578	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)	A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
	1578-1640	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)	A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
	1612-1795	The Prince's Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast)	A horizontal tricolour of orange, white and blue.
	1616-1640	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) (Putative Flag)	A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
	1631-1637 1663-1700	Flag of the Kingdom of England (English Gold Coast)	A white field with centred red cross.
	1640-1642	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)	A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
	1650–1658 1660–1663	Flag of the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish Gold Coast)	Blue with a yellow Nordic cross that extends to the edges of the flag. Overall ratio, including the tails.
	1652–1672	States Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast)	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue.
	1658–1850	Flag of Denmark–Norway and the Kingdom of Denmark (Danish Gold Coast)	A red field charged with a white Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
	1663-1700	Flag of the Royal African Company	A white field with centred red cross with a chess themed border. [22]
	1682-1721	Flag of the Holy Roman Empire (Brandenburger/Prussian Gold Coast).	A black double-headed eagle with haloes on a yellow field.
	1682-1701	Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast).	7 horizontal stripes alternating black and white; with a red eagle off-centred toward the hoist.
	1684-1701	Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast).	A white field with a red crowned eagle off-centred toward the hoist. [23]
	1701-1721	Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (Prussian Gold Coast).	A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field, a crown on top.
	1750-1801	Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain	A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland
	1795–1813	Flag of the French First Republic and the First French Empire (French occupied Dutch Gold Coast)	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red.
	1795–1806	Flag of the Batavian Republic	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic’s emblem in the canton.
	1801-1960	Flag of the United Kingdom	A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
	1806-1872	Flag of the Kingdom of Holland, the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch Gold Coast)	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue.
	1870-1877	Flag of the British West Africa	A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the West African Settlements. [24]
	1877-1957	Flag of the British Gold Coast	A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the Gold Coast. [25]
	1884-1916	Flag of the German Empire (German Togoland)	A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
	1884-1916	Colonial flag of the German Empire	A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the Reichsadler in the centre.
	1916-1956	Flag of the British Togoland	A blue ensign defaced with an elephant.
	1935-1957	Flag of the Ashanti Empire	A horizontal tricolour of gold, black, green and white with the Golden Stool stationed in the middle of flag.
	1957-1964	Flag of the Dominion of Ghana and 1st Flag of Ghana	A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre. [26]
	1958-1961	Flag of the Union of African States	A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 2 black stars on the yellow band. [27]
	1961-1962	Flag of the Union of African States	A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 3 black stars on the yellow band.
	1964-1966	2nd flag of Ghana	A horizontal triband of red, white, and green, charged with a black star in the centre. [28] [29]

See also

• Flag of Ghana
• Coat of arms of Ghana

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