List of Belarusian flags

The following is a list of flags of Belarus.

National flag and 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

Governmental flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	December 11, 1997—present	Presidential flag	Proportions: 5:6
	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 ceter of which the symbol of the SCA is placed.
	March 5, 2001—Present	Customs	Green flag with the emblem of the Belarusian customs in the center.

Military flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2000—Present	Flag of the Armed Forces
	March 8, 2005—Present	Land Forces Flag	Red with an emblem of the Land Forced in full colors in the center.
	2005—Present	Air Forces	Air force emblem responding to 2/5 of the total flag width is placed on a blue field of flag with yellow beams.
	2003 —Present	Flag of DOSAAF	Emblem of DOSAAF centered on a sky-blue background

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1995—2012
	1991—1995	State flag and civil ensign	Proportions: 1:2
	1951—1991	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
	1944—1951	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
	1941–1944	German occupation
	1942—1944	Belarusian Central Rada
	1937—1940	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
	1919—1937	Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus
	1920—1922	Republic of Central Lithuania	Red flag with the coat of arms of Central Lithuania in the centre. The coat of arms features the Polish white eagle and the Pahonia
	1919—1919	Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR
	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
	since 1918 (in exile after 1919)	Belarusian Democratic Republic	Proportions: 1:2
	17th century	Royal Banner of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Red, white and red with the royal coat of arms in the centre
	15th century	Royal Banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Red flag with a white chaser (Pahonia)

Subdivision flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2001—Present	City of Minsk	Blue with the Minsk Coat of Arms of 1591 in the center.
	2004—Present	Brest Voblast	Blue with a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower (coat of arms of the Region of Brest).
	2005—Present	Homiel Voblast	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.
	2007–Present	Hrodna Voblast	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
	2005—Present	Mahilyow Voblast	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.
	2007—Present	Minsk Voblast	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
	2009—Present	Vitsebsk Voblast	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

See also

• Flag of Belarus
• Coat of arms of Belarus

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. Retrieved 2010-08-05.