This is a list of flags used in the Maldives. For more information about the national flag, see flag of Maldives.
Flag | Date | Use | Description | |
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1988–present | Flag of the Maldives National Defence Force[3] [4] | A horizontal bicolour of white and black with the emblem in the center | ||
1988–present | A red field with the golden emblem of the Marine Corps in the center and the flag of the MNDF on the canton | |||
1988–present | War flag of the Maldives[5] | A horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green |
Flag | Date | Use | Description | |
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1117–1400 | 1st flag of the Kingdom of Maldives | Two juxtaposed triangular figures with a black base and red and white borders | ||
1400–1558 1573–1757 1759–1766 1773–1796 | 2nd flag of the Kingdom of Maldives | Two juxtaposed triangular figures with a red base | ||
1645–1757 1759–1766 1773–1795 | A horizontal tricolour of orange, white and blue | |||
1652–1672 | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue | |||
1796–1903 | 3rd flag of the Kingdom of Maldives | A simple red field[6] | ||
1903–1926 | 4th flag of the Kingdom of Maldives | A red field with a black and white hoist | ||
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] | ||
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] | ||
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] | ||
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 | ||
1959–1963 | 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] |