List of Belarusian flags

The following is a list of flags of Belarus.

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State flag

Flag Date Use Description
June 7, 1995[1]–present (ornament pattern modified in 2012)[2] State flag and civil ensign Proportions: 1:2
Vertical flag

Presidential flag

Flag Date Use Description
December 11, 1997–2012 Presidential flag
2012–present Presidential flag Proportions: 5:6

Presidential institutions

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus
Flag of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Flag of State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
2007–present Flag of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus
2000–2012 Flag of the Armed Forces
2012–present Flag of the Armed Forces Ornament pattern modified in 2012
?–present Flag of the Presidential Security Service of Belarus The obverse of the flag bears the coat of arms of Belaurs and the inscription "Служба бяспекі прэзідэнта" (Presidential Security Service).
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse flag The reverse of the flag bears the emblem of the Presidential Secret Service of Belarus and the inscription "Абавязак. Гонар. Айчына." (Duty. Honor. Fatherland.).
March 8, 2005–present Flag of the Land Forces Red, with emblem of the Land Forces in full colors in the center
Flag VVS i PVO RB 2005–present Flag of the Air Forces Air force emblem corresponding to 2/5 of the total flag-width, placed on a blue field with yellow beams
2003–present Flag of DOSAAF Emblem of the Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy of the Republic of Belarus, centered on a sky-blue background
Flag of the Special Forces of Belarus

Governmental flags

Flag Date Use Description
2018–present Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2018–present Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
2018–present Ministry of Economy
2018–present Ministry of Agriculture and Food
December 9, 1991–present Ministry for Emergency Situations
2000–2009 Border Guard Green with a red saltire
2000–2009 Chairman of State Committee of the Border Guard Green with a red saltire with the State coat of arms in the center.
2000–2009 Chief of Staff of Border Guard Green with a red saltire with the Border Guard emblem in the center.
March 5, 2001–present State Committee of Aviation Blue with a triangle, in the center of which the symbol of the SCA is placed.
1993–2001 Customs White-red-white flag with a Pahonia with a green border on the fly. Adopted in 1993, likely replaced between 1995-2001[3]
March 5, 2001–present Customs Green flag with the emblem of the Belarusian customs in the center.
March 5, 2001–present Vitebsk Customs

Subdivision flags

Flag Administrative division Adopted Description
Minsk City 2001 Blue with the Minsk Coat of Arms of 1591 in the center.
Brest Region 2004 Blue with a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower (coat of arms of the Region of Brest).
Gomel Region 2005 Green with the coat of arms of the Region of Homyel (Gomel) (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio: 1:2.
Grodno Region 2007 Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Hrodna (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2
Mogilev Region 2005 Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Mogilyov (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio: 1:2.
Minsk Region 2007 Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Minsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2
Vitebsk Region 2009 Green with the coat of arms of the Region of Vitsebsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2

Political flags

Flag Date Party Description
Current
2018–present Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists
2007–present Belaya Rus
2005–present Belarusian Social Democratic Party
2004–present Right Alliance and Belarusian Freedom Party
1999–present Conservative Christian Party – BPF
1996–present Communist Party of Belarus Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1991)

1994–present Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus
1994–present Republican Party
1992–present Belarusian Agrarian Party
?–present National Bolshevik Party of Belarus
Former
1995–1999 Belarusian Peasant Party

1919–1930s Belarusian Peasant Party "Green Oak"be
Other
2020 A variant of the 1991–1995 flag of Belarus, used by pro-democracy protestors. A white-red-white flag with the Pahonia coat of arms in the centre.
2017–present Flag of Veyshnoria, used as an element of satire.
2000s Pro-Union State flag
Flag used by some Belarusian anarchists[4]

Minority flags

Flag Date Use Description

Flags of Lipka Tatars Top: A white-red-white flag with a crescent moon and a five-pointed star.
Bottom: Flag is based on the flag of the Golden Horde.

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
since 1918 (in exile after 1919) White-red-white flag
Belarusian Democratic Republic		 Proportions: 1:2
1919–1925 Belarusian Democratic Republic (in exile) White with a red horizontal band of red, the central red stripe being bordered by a thin black stripes. In use besides the regular white-red-white flag. Black stripes are believed to symbolize mourning.
1918–1919 Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR Plain red flag
1919 Flag of The Second Polish Republic
1919–1937 Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus Plain red flag
1937–1940 Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1942–1944 Belarusian Central Council
1943–1945 Union of Belarusian Youth
1944–1951 Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1951–1991 Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse flag All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1991–1995 State flag and civil ensign; today the white-red-white flag is used in opposition to the current government Proportions: 1:2
1995–2012

See also

References

  1. ^ "Указ Президента Республики Беларусь Об утверждении Положения о Государственном флаге Республики Беларусь | Геральдика.ру". Geraldika.ru. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  2. ^ "STB 911–2008: National Flag of the Republic of Belarus. Technical Specifications" (in Russian). State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  3. ^ "Ведомственные флаги Беларуси". Vexillografia. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  4. ^ ""Прыйшоў час галіць вусы": "Пошуг" зрабіў новае графіці ў Менску. Фотафакт" (in Belarusian).

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