List of flags of Georgia (country)

The flag of Georgia alongside the flag of autonomous Adjara

The following is a list of flags of Georgia .

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	Civil and state flag and ensign	Ratio: 2:3
	2004–present	Flag of Georgia (vertical)

President's flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2020–present	Flag of the president of Georgia
	These two flags were used in different periods from 2004 to 2020, although neither of them was an officially approved flag of the President. [1]	Flag of the president of Georgia
		Flag of the president of Georgia
	1918–1920	Flag of the government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia

Military

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	War flag
	2004–present	Flag of the Chief of the General Staff
	2004–present	Flag of the Minister of Defence

Land Force

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	Flag of Georgian Land Forces

National Guard

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2018–present	Flag of the National Guard of Georgia
	2004–2018	Former flag of the National Guard

Air force

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2019–present	Flag of the Georgian Air Force	Flag of Aviation and Air Defence Command
	2004–2019	Former flag Georgian Air Force	Flag of former Georgian Air Force. Was disbanded in 2010 but then was reestablished as Aviation and Air Defence Command in 2016

Coast Guard and former Navy

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2009–present	Flag of the Georgian Coast Guard
	2009–present	Ensign of the Georgian Coast Guard
	2004–2009	Naval ensign
	1997–2004	Ensign of the former Georgian Navy	Was used for Georgian Navy until new was implemented in 2004.
	1997–2004	Flag of the commander-in-chief of the Georgian Navy

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  The proposed naval flag of the Georgian Democratic Republic
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  The proposed naval flag of the Georgian Democratic Republic
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  The proposed naval flag of the Georgian Democratic Republic

Paramilitary

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1989–1995	Flag of Mkhedrioni

Border Police

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1997–present	Flag of the Georgian Border Police
	1997–present	Flag of the Georgian Border Police Special Air Force
	1997–present	Flag of the Georgian Border Police Rapid Reaction Directorate

Intelligence Service

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	Flag of the Georgian Intelligence Service

Vexillology Associations

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of State Council of Heraldry

Self-governing city flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	Flag of Tbilisi	Flag of the capital of Georgia
	2004–present	Flag of Kutaisi	Flag of a legislative city of Georgia, located in the Imereti region
	2004–present	Flag of Batumi	Flag of the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara and the biggest port in the Republic.
	2004–present	Flag of Rustavi	Flag of the biggest city in the Kvemo Kartli region.
	2004–present	Flag of Poti	Flag of a secondary Georgian port city, located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region.

Self-governing community flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Abasha Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region
		Flag of Adigeni Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region
		Flag of Akhalgori Municipality	Flag of a provisional municipality on the territory of former South Ossetia region
		Flag of Akhaltsikhe Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region
		Flag of Akhmeta Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Kakheti region
		Flag of Ambrolauri Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region
		Flag of Aspindza Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region
		Flag of Baghdati Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Imereti region
		Flag of Bolnisi Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Kvemo Kartli region
		Flag of Borjomi Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region
		Flag of Chiatura Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Imereti region
		Flag of Chkhorotsqu Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region
		Flag of Chokhatauri Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Guria region
		Flag of Dedoplistskaro Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Kakheti region
		Flag of Dmanisi Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Kvemo Kartli region
		Flag of Dusheti Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region
		Flag of Eredvi Municipality	Flag of a provisional municipality on the territory of former South Ossetia region
		Flag of Gardabani Municipality	Flag of a municipality in Kvemo Kartli region
		Flag of Gori Municipality	Flag of a municipality in Shida Kartli region
		Flag of Kareli Municipality	Flag of a municipality in Kakheti region
		Flag of Kaspi Municipality	Flag of a municipality in Shida Kartli region
		Flag of Kazbegi Municipality	Flag of a municipality in Mtskheta-Mtianeti region
		Flag of Keda Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara
		Flag of Kharagauli Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Imereti region
		Flag of Khashuri Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Shida Kartli region
		Flag of Khelvachauri Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara
		Flag of Khobi Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region
		Flag of Khulo Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara
		Flag of Kobuleti Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara
		Flag of Kurta Municipality	Flag of a provisional municipality on the territory of former South Ossetia region
		Flag of Kvareli Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Kakheti region
		Flag of Lagodekhi Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Kakheti region
		Flag of Lanchkhuti Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Guria region
		Flag of Lentekhi Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region
		Flag of Marneuli Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Kvemo Kartli region
		Flag of Martvili Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region
		Flag of Mtskheta Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region
		Flag of Ninotsminda Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region
		Flag of Oni Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region
		Flag of Sachkhere Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Imereti region
		Flag of Sagarejo Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Kakheti region
		Flag of Samtredia Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Imereti region
		Flag of Senaki Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region
		Flag of Shuakhevi Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara
		Flag of Sighnaghi Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Kakheti region
		Flag of Tetritskaro Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Kakheti region
		Flag of Tianeti Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region
		Flag of Tkibuli Municipality	Flag of a municipality in the Imereti region

Regional flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	Flag of Adjara	Used by government of Autonomous Republic of Ajara.
	2000–2004	Flag of Adjara	Was used by Aslan Abashidze's semi-independent government of Autonomous Republic of Ajara.
	1951–2000	Flag of Adjarian ASSR	Flag of Adjara from the Soviet era.
	2013–present	Flag used by the Georgian Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.	Used by Georgian Government. It's De jure flag for Abkhazian Autonomy.
	1990–present	Flag of South Ossetia and Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia (Samachablo).	Used both by the separatist government of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia and the Georgian government-aligned Provisional Administrative Entity. Also subsequently the flag of the Russian Autonomous Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
current
	2012–present	Georgian Dream
	2017–present	Georgian March	King David the Builder flag
	2015–present	Georgian Power ka
	2006–present	Republican Party of Georgia
	2004–present	Conservative Party of Georgia and Tavisupleba	Flag of Georgia (1990–2004)
	2020–present	Girchi – More Freedom
	2024–present	New Political Centre – Girchi
	2016–present	Georgian National Unity
	2024–present	National Socialist Georgian Worker's Party
	1990s–present	United Javakhk Democratic Alliance
	2008–present	Christian-Democratic Movement
	2022–present		flag used during the Russo-Ukrainian War
	2024–present		Flag used in the 2024–2025 Georgian protests
former
	1993–2003	Union of Citizens of Georgia
	1992–2004	Democratic Union for Revival

Religious flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991–present	Flag of Georgian Orthodox Church

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1990–2004	Civil and State flag and ensign	Ratio: 3:5
	1951–1990	Flag of Georgia SSR	Red hammer and sickle with star in a blue sun in canton, blue bar in upper part of flag. Adopted 11 April 1951.
	1951–1990	Reverse flag	All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
	1940–1951	Flag of Georgia SSR	Red, with the Georgian characters სსსრ (SSSR) in gold in the canton.
	1937–1940	Flag of Georgia SSR	Red, with the Georgian characters საქართველოს სსრ (Sakartvelos SSR) in gold in the canton.
	1921–1937	Flag of Georgia SSR	Red, with the Cyrillic characters ССРГ (SSRG) in the canton.
	1922–1936	Flag of the Transcaucasian SFSR	Red, with the Cyrillic characters ЗСФСР (ZSFSR) in gold and with as well golden, tilted star in the canton.
	1918–1921	Flag of the Democratic Republic of Georgia	Ratio: 4:5 [2]
	1919–1920	Alleged flag of the Republic of Batumi
	1918	Alleged flag of the Transcaucasian Federation
	18th century	A banner of the Principality of Samtskhe in the 18th century
	18th century	A banner of the Kingdom of Kakheti in the 18th century
	18th century	A banner of the Principality of Guria in the 18th century
	18th century	A banner of the Kingdom of Imereti in the 18th century
	18th century	A banner of the Principality of Svaneti in the 18th century
	1560s	Flags of the Principality of Mingrelia in the mid-16th century
	15th–18th centuries	Flag of the Kingdom of Imereti
	13th and 14th centuries	Flag of Western Georgia in the 13th–14th centuries [3]
	14th and 15th centuries	A flag of the Kingdom of Georgia in the 14th and 15 centuries
	14th and 15 centuries	A flag of the Kingdom of Georgia in the 14th and 15th centuries
	1320–1321	Flag of Phasis
	1184–1213	Flag of the Kingdom of Georgia	Used during the reign of Queen Tamar.
	1089–1125	Flag of the Kingdom of Georgia	Used during the reign of David the Builder.
	449–522 and 888–1008	Flag of the Kingdom of Iberia during Vakhtang I and flag of Principality of Tao-Klarjeti

Other

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1918–1921	Standard of the Democratic Republic of Georgia

Separatist Abkhazia

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–present	Flag used by the Abkhazian separatist government.	It is De facto flag of Republic of Abkhazia. Used by separatist government.

President's flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–present	Flag of the President of Abkhazia

Abkhazian Armed Forces

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–present	Flag of the Abkhazian Armed Forces
	?–present	Another variant of Abkhazian military banner.

Navy

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–present	Naval Ensign of the Republic of Abkhazia

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1989–1992	Flag of the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
	1978–1989	Flag of the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
	1951–1978	Flag of the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
	1938–1951	Flag of the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
	1937–1938	Flag of the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
	1935–1937	Flag of the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
	1925–1931	Flag of Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia
	1925	Flag of Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia
	1921–1925	Flag of Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia
	1917–1921	Flag of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
	1866	A flag used in the Lykhnensky revolt
	1808–1810	Flag of Abkhazia
	18th century	Flag of the Principality of Abkhazia
	1578	Flag of Abkhazia
	786–1354	Flag of the Duchy of Tskhumi

Separatist South Ossetia

Main article: Flag of South Ossetia

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991–present	Flag used by the Ossetian separatist government.	The Flag of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia that was used by the Georgian-established Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia and also the flag of the ethnically related Republic of North Ossetia-Alania within the Russian Federation.
	1991–present	Flag of the President of South Ossetia	Used by Separatist established government.

See also

• Georgia (country) portal

• Flag of Georgia (country)
• Coat of arms of Georgia (country)

References

1. Statement By the State Council of Heraldry
2. "Georgia celebrates 100th anniversary of Establishment of First Democratic Republic – What happened on May 26". Georgian Journal. Georgian Journal. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
3. Georgia: Historical flags, 5th-18th centuries

External links

• Georgia: Historical flags, 5th-18th centuries (crwflags.com)