List of Maldivian flags

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This is a list of flags used in the Maldives. For more information about the national flag, see flag of Maldives.

National flag

Flag Date Use Description
File:Flag of Maldives.svg 1965–present Flag of Maldives A green rectangle centered on a red field, charged with a white crescent facing the fly side[1]

Governmental flag

Flag Date Use Description
File:Flag of the President of Maldives.svg 1968–present Flag of the president of the Maldives[2] A green rectangle centered on a red field, charged with a white crescent and a five-pointed star facing the fly side

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
File:Flag of the Maldives National Defence Force.svg 1988–present Flag of the Maldives National Defence Force[3][4] A horizontal bicolour of white and black with the emblem in the center
File:Flag of the MNDF Marine Corps.svg 1988–present Flag of the MNDF Marine Corps A red field with the golden emblem of the Marine Corps in the center and the flag of the MNDF on the canton
File:War flag of the Maldives.svg 1988–present War flag of the Maldives[5] A horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
File:Huvadu Atoll Chief Flag.png 1117–1400 1st flag of the Kingdom of Maldives Two juxtaposed triangular figures with a black base and red and white borders
File:Flag of the Maldives (pre-1903, alternative flag shape).svg 1400–1558
1573–1757
1759–1766
1773–1796
2nd flag of the Kingdom of Maldives Two juxtaposed triangular figures with a red base
File:Prinsenvlag.svg 1645–1757
1759–1766
1773–1795
The Prince's Flag A horizontal tricolour of orange, white and blue
File:Statenvlag.svg 1652–1672 States Flag A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue
File:Earliest Flag of the Maldives.svg 1796–1903 3rd flag of the Kingdom of Maldives A simple red field[6]
File:Flag of the Maldives until 1903.svg 1903–1926 4th flag of the Kingdom of Maldives A red field with a black and white hoist
File:Old National Flag of the Maldives.svg 1926–1953 Final and national flag of the Kingdom of Maldives A red field with a black and white hoist and a white crescent moon facing the hoist side[7]
File:Old State Flag of Maldives.svg 1926–1953 State flag of the Kingdom of Maldives A green rectangle centered on a red field with a black and white hoist, charged with a white crescent facing the hoist side[8]
File:Flag of the Maldives 1953.svg 1953–1965 1st flag of the Republic of Maldives A green rectangle centered on a red field with a black and white hoist, charged with a white crescent facing the fly side[9]
File:Standard of the Prime Minister of the Maldives.svg 1926–1952 Flag of the prime minister of the Maldives[10] A quarterly divided green–blue–red–green, with a white star in the first quarter
File:Flag of the United Suvadive Republic.svg 1959–1963 Flag of the United Suvadive Republic A horizontal tricolour of blue, green and red with a white crescent in the center and three five-pointed stars in each stripe, diagonally aligned[11]

See also

References

  1. "Maldives". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  2. "Maldives: Governmental flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  3. "MNDF Marine Corps by Abdulla Saeed - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. "Maldives: Service flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. "Maldives". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. "Sultanate of the Maldives (-1949)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  7. "Sultanate of the Maldives (-1949)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  8. "Sultanate of the Maldives (-1949)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  9. "Maldives: From protectorate to independence (1949-1968)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  10. "Maldives: Governmental flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  11. "United Suvadive Republic (Maldives)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-24.