This is a list of flags used in Ethiopia. For more information about the national flag, see the flag of Ethiopia.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
2009–Present | Flag of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. [1] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
2021–Present | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force | ||
2009–2021 | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force | ||
1996–2009 | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
2019–present | War Ensign of Ethiopia | ||
1975–1996 | War Ensign of Ethiopia | ||
1974–1975 | War Ensign of Ethiopia | ||
1955–1974 | War Ensign of Ethiopia |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
?-Present | Ethiopian Air Force flag |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
2018-Present | Flag of Fano |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Flag of Kunama people | A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and white with a flower in the white stripe. | ||
Flag of Saho people | A Horizontal tricolour of black (top), white and black with a 5-pointed star in the canton. | ||
Flag of Kafficho people | A Horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and blue. | ||
Flag associated with the Qemant people | A Horizontal tricolour of blue, white and red with a tree as the charge. |
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Current
| |||
2021–Present | United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces | ||
2021–Present | Agew Liberation Front | ||
2021–present | Gambella Peoples Liberation Army | ||
1999–Present | Sidama National Liberation Front | [2] | |
1999–present | Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation | ||
1984–Present | Ogaden National Liberation Front | [3] | |
1993–Present | Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front | ||
1985–Present | Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia | ||
1975–Present | Tigray People's Liberation Front | ||
1975–Present | Afar Liberation Front | ||
1973–Present | Oromo Liberation Front | ||
Saho People's Democratic Movement | |||
Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama | |||
Somali State Resistance | |||
Benishangul People's Liberation Movement | |||
Gambella Peoples Liberation Army | |||
Former
| |||
1985-1998 | Gambela People's Liberation Movement | ||
1984-1991 | Workers' Party of Ethiopia | [4] | |
1982-2019 | Oromo Democratic Party | [5] | |
1982-2019 | Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization | ||
1973–1989 | Western Somali Liberation Front |
Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Addis Ababa | [6] | |||
Afar | 2012–present | [7] | ||
Amhara | 1999–present | [8] | ||
Benishangul-Gumuz | [9] | |||
Central Ethiopia | 2023–present | |||
Dire Dawa | [10] | |||
Gambela | [11] | |||
Harari | [12] | |||
Oromia | [13] | |||
Sidama | 2020–present | [14] | ||
Somali | 2018–present | [15] | ||
South Ethiopia | 2023–present | |||
South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region | 2021–present | |||
Tigray | [16] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1270-1875 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green. | |
1875-1881 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and purple with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. Early version of the post-1897 flag. [17] | |
1881-1889 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | 3 triangular pennants of red, yellow and green. [18] | |
1897-1914 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and green with the first Ethiopic letter of Emperor Menelik's name superimposed at the center. [19] [20] [21] | |
1897-1936 1941-1974 |
Official banner of the Emperor | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. [22] | |
1974-1975 | Flag of The Derg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center (without the crown and with a spear). [23] | |
1975-1987 | Flag of The Derg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. | |
1987-1991 | Flag of The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. | |
1991-1996 | Flag of The Transitional Government of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. [22] | |
1996-2009 | Flag of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. [24] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1930-1974 | Obverse | [25] | |
1930-1974 | Reverse |
This is a list of flags used in Ethiopia. For more information about the national flag, see the flag of Ethiopia.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
2009–Present | Flag of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. [1] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
2021–Present | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force | ||
2009–2021 | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force | ||
1996–2009 | Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
2019–present | War Ensign of Ethiopia | ||
1975–1996 | War Ensign of Ethiopia | ||
1974–1975 | War Ensign of Ethiopia | ||
1955–1974 | War Ensign of Ethiopia |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
?-Present | Ethiopian Air Force flag |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
2018-Present | Flag of Fano |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Flag of Kunama people | A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and white with a flower in the white stripe. | ||
Flag of Saho people | A Horizontal tricolour of black (top), white and black with a 5-pointed star in the canton. | ||
Flag of Kafficho people | A Horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and blue. | ||
Flag associated with the Qemant people | A Horizontal tricolour of blue, white and red with a tree as the charge. |
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Current
| |||
2021–Present | United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces | ||
2021–Present | Agew Liberation Front | ||
2021–present | Gambella Peoples Liberation Army | ||
1999–Present | Sidama National Liberation Front | [2] | |
1999–present | Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation | ||
1984–Present | Ogaden National Liberation Front | [3] | |
1993–Present | Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front | ||
1985–Present | Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia | ||
1975–Present | Tigray People's Liberation Front | ||
1975–Present | Afar Liberation Front | ||
1973–Present | Oromo Liberation Front | ||
Saho People's Democratic Movement | |||
Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama | |||
Somali State Resistance | |||
Benishangul People's Liberation Movement | |||
Gambella Peoples Liberation Army | |||
Former
| |||
1985-1998 | Gambela People's Liberation Movement | ||
1984-1991 | Workers' Party of Ethiopia | [4] | |
1982-2019 | Oromo Democratic Party | [5] | |
1982-2019 | Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization | ||
1973–1989 | Western Somali Liberation Front |
Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Addis Ababa | [6] | |||
Afar | 2012–present | [7] | ||
Amhara | 1999–present | [8] | ||
Benishangul-Gumuz | [9] | |||
Central Ethiopia | 2023–present | |||
Dire Dawa | [10] | |||
Gambela | [11] | |||
Harari | [12] | |||
Oromia | [13] | |||
Sidama | 2020–present | [14] | ||
Somali | 2018–present | [15] | ||
South Ethiopia | 2023–present | |||
South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region | 2021–present | |||
Tigray | [16] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1270-1875 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green. | |
1875-1881 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and purple with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. Early version of the post-1897 flag. [17] | |
1881-1889 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | 3 triangular pennants of red, yellow and green. [18] | |
1897-1914 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and green with the first Ethiopic letter of Emperor Menelik's name superimposed at the center. [19] [20] [21] | |
1897-1936 1941-1974 |
Official banner of the Emperor | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. [22] | |
1974-1975 | Flag of The Derg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center (without the crown and with a spear). [23] | |
1975-1987 | Flag of The Derg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. | |
1987-1991 | Flag of The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. | |
1991-1996 | Flag of The Transitional Government of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. [22] | |
1996-2009 | Flag of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. [24] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1930-1974 | Obverse | [25] | |
1930-1974 | Reverse |