List of Yugoslav flags

For more information about the national flag, see Flag of Yugoslavia.

This is a list of flags that were used by and in Yugoslavia.

National and civil flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1918–1945 [1]	National flag, civil and state ensign	Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red.
	1945–1946 [2]		Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a red star in the central white band.
	1946–1992	National flag	Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center.
	1950–1992	Civil and state ensign
	1992–2006	National flag	Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red.

Proposed flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1963 [3]	National flag	Red flag with a state coat of arms in the center. Identical to the Naval jack except in aspect ratio.

Military flags

Army flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1918–1941	War flag of the Royal Yugoslav Army	The inscription reads "With faith in God, for King and Fatherland".
		War flag of the Royal Yugoslav Army (in Latin script)
	1941–1945	War flag of the Royal Yugoslav Army (Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland, or Chetniks)	The inscription reads "For King and Fatherland, freedom or death".
	1943–1945	Flag of the Yugoslav Partisans
		Flag of the First Macedonian Brigade	The inscription reads "First Macedonian Brigade".
		Flag of the Liberation Front
		Flag of the Triglav Unit	The inscription reads "Defence Troop Triglav".
	1945–1992	War flag of the Yugoslav Ground Forces (in Cyrillic script)	The inscription reads "For freedom and independence of the socialist fatherland".
		War flag of the Yugoslav Ground Forces (in Latin script)
	1969–1992	Flag of Territorial Defence forces
	1992–2006	War flag of the Yugoslav Ground Forces

Air force flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1945–1992	Air force flag of the Yugoslav Air Force (obverse)	The inscription reads "Aviation Regiment JNA".
		War flag of the Yugoslav Air Force (reverse)	The inscription reads "For freedom and independence of the socialist fatherland".

Naval ensigns

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1918–1922	Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
	1922–1944 [4]
	1944–1945 [5]	Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (Government-in-exile)	Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white and red.
	1942–1943 [6]	Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
	1943–1949 [7]
	1949–1992 [8]
	1992–2006 [9]

Naval jacks

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1956–1963	Naval Jack of Yugoslavia
	1963–1992
	1992–2006

Defence Ministry Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1963–1993	Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of the SFR Yugoslavia
	1956–1963
	1944–1945	Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
	1937–1944
	1918–1937	Standard of the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
	1995–2006 [10]	Standard of a Member of the High Defense Council	1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour with Serbian eagle in the center (version used by Serbia and Montenegro)
	1995–2006 [11]	Standard of the Chief of the General Staff	1:1 proportioned white field with Serbian eagle in the center (Serbo-Montenegrin version) plus blue and red stripes at the border
	1995–2006 [12]	Standard of the Minister of Defense	1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour with small emblem of the Armed Forces in the center

Rank flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1929–1941	Standard of a Field marshal ( Vojvoda ) of Yugoslavia
		Standard of an Army general of Yugoslavia
		Standard of a Divisional general of Yugoslavia
		Standard of a Brigadier general of Yugoslavia
	1918–1941	Admiral flag
		Vice Admiral flag
		Rear Admiral flag
	1956–1991	Fleet Admiral flag
		Admiral flag
		Vice Admiral flag
		Rear Admiral flag
	1949–1956	Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of the Navy
		Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of a Fleet
		Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of a Brigade

Government flags

Governmental

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–2003 [13]	Presidential standard
	1963–1992 [14]
	1956–1963 [15]
	1949–1956 [16]	Naval flag of the commander-in-chief
	1981–1992 [17]	Standard of a member of the presidency
	1937–1945 [18]	Standard of the prime minister
	1995–2006 [19]	Standard of the prime minister	1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour
	1981–1992 [20]
	1963–1992 [21]	Standard of the president of the Federal Assembly
	1920–1952	Flag of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Cyrillic script)
		Flag of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Latin script)
	1952–1990	Flag of the League of Communists (Cyrillic script)
		Flag of the League of Communists (Latin script)
		Flag of the League of Communists of Croatia
		Flag of the League of Communists of Slovenia
		Flag of the League of Communists of Macedonia
	1974–1990	Flag of the League of Socialist Youth

Monarchical

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1922–1937	Royal Standard of the King
	1937–1941
		Standard of the Queen
		Standard of the Prince Regent
		Standard of the Crown Prince
		Standard of a Member of the Royal House
	1937–1941 [22]	Standard of the Regent

Republic flags

See also: Flags of the former Yugoslavia

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Main article: Flags of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1946–1992	National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	1944–1946

Proposed flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1947	National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Variant of the flag adopted on 31 December 1946 with a much larger Yugoslav canton flag and a margin. [23]
	15 November 1946	National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Federal flag of Yugoslavia with an additional five-pointed golden star imposed behind the existing red star, with their rays interchangeably positioned. [23]

Socialist Republic of Croatia

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Croatian flags.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1990–present	National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia
	1990
	1947–1990
	1945–1947

Socialist Republic of Macedonia

Main article: List of flags of North Macedonia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1946–1992	National flag, civil and state ensign of Macedonia
	1944–1946

Socialist Republic of Montenegro

Main article: List of flags of Montenegro

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1993–2004	National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro
	1946–1993	National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro
	1943–1946

Socialist Republic of Serbia

Main article: Flags of Serbia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–2004	National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia
	1947–1992	National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia
	1943–1947

Socialist Republic of Slovenia

Main article: Flags of Slovenia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1947–1991	National flag, civil and state ensign of Slovenia
	1943–1947

Banate flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1939–1941	Civil flag and ensign of the Banovina of Croatia
		State flag and ensign of the Banovina of Croatia

Ethnic communities

Although the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo had no official flag, from 1969 the Kosovar Albanian population was able to use a variant of the Albanian flag as its ethnic flag. ^[24] As of 1985 a similar right applied to all national minorities, provided the flag was charged with the Yugoslav red star. ^[25]

Flag	Use	Description
	Flag of the Albanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the Bulgarian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the Czech minority in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the German minority in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the Hungarian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the Italian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the Polish minority in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the Romani minority in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the Romanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the Ruthenian and Ukrainian minorities in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the Slovak and Russian minorities in SFR Yugoslavia
	Flag of the Turkish minority in SFR Yugoslavia

References

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    • "Zastave naših naroda". Svijet Oko Nas — Enciklopedija za djecu i omladinu. Vol. II (9th ed.). Zagreb: Školska Knjiga. 1985. p. 403.

External links

• Flags of Yugoslavia (at Flags & Arms of the Modern Era)