National flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1992–Present | State Flag of Mongolia | A vertical triband of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and blue with a Soyombo symbol centered on the hoist-side of the red band. [1] [2] [3] [4] |
This is a list of flags used in Mongolia. For more information about the national flag, see flag of Mongolia.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | 1992–Present | State Flag of Mongolia | A vertical triband of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and blue with a Soyombo symbol centered on the hoist-side of the red band. [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Ulaanbaatar | [5] A sky blue background and the Geruada bird in the center | |
 | Flag of Arkhangai Province | A light blue background and the emblem in the left | |
 | Flag of Bayankhongor Province | ||
 | Flag of Bayan-Ölgii Province | Three colors in vertical 2 blue and 1 green and a yellow crescent | |
 | Flag of Bulgan Province | A green background and province emblem in the center. | |
 | Flag of Darkhan-Uul Province | ||
 | Flag of Dornod Province | [6] | |
 | Flag of Dornogovi Province | ||
 | Flag of DundGobi Province | [7] | |
 | Flag of Govi-Altai Province | ||
 | Flag of Govisümber Province | ||
 | Flag of Khentii Province | ||
 | Flag of Khovd Province | ||
 | Flag of Khövsgöl Province | ||
 | Flag of Orkhon Province | [8] | |
 | Flag of Selenge Province | ||
 | Flag of Sükhbaatar Province | ||
 | Flag of Töv Province | ||
 | Flag of Ömnögovi Province | ||
 | Flag of Uvs Province | ||
 | Flag of Övörkhangai Province | ||
 | Flag of Zavkhan Province |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2012–Present | Flag of The Civil Will–Green Party | [9] |
 | 1990–Present | Flag of The Mongolian Democratic Party | [10] |
 | 1990–Present | Flag of The Mongolian Green Party | [11] |
 | 2005–Present | Flag of The Mongolian National Democratic Party | [12] |
 | 1920–Present | Flag of The Mongolian People's Party | [13] |
 | 1993–Present | Flag of The Mongolian Traditional United Party | [14] |
| 2010-2021 | Flag of The MPRP | [15] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1921–Present | Military Banner of The Mongolian Armed Forces | [16] |
 | 1921–Present | Military Banner of The Mongolian Ground Force | [17] |
 | 1925–Present | Military Banner of The Mongolian Air Force | |
 | 1921–Present | Flag of The Mongolian Armed Forces | |
 | 1921–Present | Flag of The Mongolian Ground Force | |
 | 1925–Present | Flag of The Mongolian Air Force |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee. | a white flag with a logo. [18] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 916-1125 | Flag of the Liao dynasty | A gold background with "Liao" written in Chinese (Traditional) (遼). |
 | 1130-1206 | Flag of The Khamag Mongol | A Red Banner with 3 blue tails on the fly. [19] |
 | 1242–1502 | Flag of Golden Horde | A white flag with red Tamga Symbol. |
 | 1256–1335 | Flag of Ilkhanate | A yellow background with a red square. |
 | 1226–1347 | Flag of Chagatai Khanate | Flag of Chagatai Khanate. A white background with a yellow square. |
 | 1271-1635 | Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty and Northern Yuan | |
 | 1271-1635 | Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty and Northern Yuan | |
 | 1271-1635 | Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty Northern Yuan | |
 | 1634-1755 | Flag of the Dzungar Khanate | A blue flag with a yellow symbol. |
 | 1862-1911 | Imperial Standard for the Emperor of China | |
 | 1889-1911 | Flag of the Qing dynasty | Blue dragon on plain yellow, with a red pearl at the upper left corner. [20] [21] |
 | 1911-1920 1921-1924 | Flag of The Bogd Khanate of Mongolia | a yellow oblong rectangle with religious prayer text and a Soyombo, the letters "E" and "Bam", and lotus flower in the middle, with red silk tails containing the letters "Ohm", "Aa", and "Hum". [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] |
 | 1920-1921 | Flag of The Republic of China | Five horizontal bands of red, yellow, blue, white and black. [30] [31] |
 | 1921-1924 | Flag of The Revolutionary Provisional Government of Mongolia | A Red Field with a Golden Soyombo symbol on the canton. [32] |
 | 1924-1930 | Erroneous Flag of The Mongolian People's Republic | A Red Field with a Blue Soyombo symbol in the center. |
 | 1924-1930 | Flag of The Mongolian People's Republic | A Red Field with a Golden Soyombo symbol in the center and 3 tails on the fly. [33] [34] [32] The flag's exact shape and design was not completely standardised and only defined as "the flag is red with the state emblem at the center." [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] |
 | 1924-1930 | Alternative Flag of The Mongolian People's Republic | A Red Field with a Golden Soyombo symbol in the center. |
 | 1930-1940 | Flag of The Mongolian People's Republic | three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, and red with a white disc in the center with a Golden Soyombo symbol inside the disc. [41] [32] |
 | 1940-1945 | Flag of The Mongolian People's Republic | A Red Field with the country's emblem in the center. [33] [22] [42] [34] [43] |
 | 1945-1992 | Flag of The Mongolian People's Republic | A vertical triband of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and blue with a Soyombo symbol and a 5-pointed star centered on the hoist-side of the red band. [22] [25] [32] |
 | 1992-2011 | Earlier version of Mongolia's current flag, using the colors of the flag of the Mongolian People's Republic from 1945 to 1992. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-19?? | Banner of the MIAT Mongolian Airlines | A vertical triangular (pennant) banner based on Mongolian colours with Soyombo symbol at the red band (top) and MIAT logo at the centrepiece of blue band (bottom). [44] |
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The Mongolian People's Party (MPP) is a social democratic political party in Mongolia. It was founded as a communist party in 1920 by Mongolian revolutionaries and is the oldest political party in Mongolia. The party played an important role in the Mongolian Revolution of 1921, which was inspired by the Bolsheviks' October Revolution. Following independence, it governed Mongolia as a one-party socialist state. The party changed its name to the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) and joined the Communist International in 1924 and served as a sole-ruling party of the Mongolian People's Republic.
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