List of Malagasy flags

This is a list of flags currently or historically used in Madagascar.

Current

Political

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  2:3 Flag of the Republic of Madagascar
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  2:3 Presidential standard

Military

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  2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Brigade General
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  2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Divisional General
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  1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Commodore or below
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  1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Rear Admiral
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  1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Vice Admiral
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  1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Group
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  1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Base
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  1:20 Masthead pennant

Ethnic

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  2:3 Flag of the Merina people (since 1997) ^[1]

Historical

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  2:3 Flag of the Antankarana Kingdom
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  2:3 Flag of the Antongil Kingdom
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  2:3 Flag of the Boina Kingdom
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  2:3 Flag of the Menabe Kingdom
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  Flag of the Sakalava of Antalaotra ^[2]
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  1:1 First flag of the Tamatave Kingdom, 1750–1819
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  2:3 Second flag of the Tamatave Kingdom, 1819–1822
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  2:3 Third flag of the Tamatave Kingdom, 1822–1826
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  2:3 Fourth and final flag of the Tamatave Kingdom, 1826–1828
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  2:3 Flag of the Tanibe Kingdom, 1822–1828
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  2:3 Flag of the Merina Kingdom, c. 1787–1897
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  2:3 Flag of the Merina Kingdom, c. 1810–1885 ^[2]
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  2:3 Flag of the Malagasy Protectorate, 1882–1897
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  ensign of the French Royal Navy on Saint-Mary island from 1750 until the French Revolution, then 1814 and 1815-1830
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  2:3 Flag of the French Third Republic, Vichy France, the Provisional Government of the French Republic and the French Fourth Republic, 1896–1942 and 1944–1958
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  2:3 Flag of the British Occupation, 1942–1943
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  2:3 Flag of Free France, 1943–1944

Presidential standards

Malagasy Republic

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  2:3 Philibert Tsiranana, 1959
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  2:3 Philibert Tsiranana, 1959–1972, obverse side
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  2:3 Philibert Tsiranana, 1959–1972, reverse side
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  2:3 Gabriel Ramanantsoa, 1972–1975, obverse side
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  2:3 Gabriel Ramanantsoa, 1972–1975, reverse side

Democratic Republic of Madagascar

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  2:3 Didier Ratsiraka, 1976–1993, obverse side
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  2:3 Didier Ratsiraka, 1976–1993, reverse side

Third Republic of Madagascar

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  2:3 Albert Zafy, 1993–1996, obverse side
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  2:3 Albert Zafy, 1993–1996, reverse side

References

1. Merina local flag (Madagascar) Archived 2015-09-10 at the Wayback Machine . Flags of the World (2015-05-20). Retrieved on 2017-10-17.
2. Philippe, Lucien (1975). Les anciens drapeaux de Madagascar [The Former Flags of Madagascar](PDF) (in French). IJsselmeer: International Federation of Vexillological Associations.