List of Bulgarian flags
The following is a list of the Flags of Bulgaria.
National flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1878–present | Physical National flag and Civil ensign | A horizontal tricolor of white, green and red. | |
Digital flag | |||
1990-present | Hanging national flag | Vertical version of the tricolor. |
Government flags
Office flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Standard of the president of the Republic |
Standards of Royal Family
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1937–1946 | Standard of the Tsar |
Military flags
Bulgarian Land Forces
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1971-1990 | War flag | A red flag with the Bulgarian coat of arms from the communist time with the motto: "For the socialist motherland". | |
1991–present | War flag | A green and red flag with the middle part of coat of arms. |
Republic of Bulgaria
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1991-2005 | Naval ensign | The old Naval ensign from 1954-1990 but instead of the red stat is placed the Bulgarian lion used in the old monarchical naval ensigns. | |
2005–present | Naval ensign | The old Naval ensign from 1991-2005 but the lion is in a small size and placed in a red background. | |
1991–present | Naval Jack | A red cross and a green cross in a white background. | |
Coast guard ensign | |||
Commander of the Navy | |||
Deputy Commander of the Navy | |||
Commander of the Naval Base |
People's Republic of Bulgaria
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1949-1955 | Naval ensign | The old Naval ensign flag but in bottom-left corner a red star in a white background and a modified lion. | |
1955-1990 | Naval ensign | A mostly white flag with green and red stripes at the bottom and a big red star in the top-left corner. | |
1949-1955 | Naval Jack | A red square flag with a white outline of a star and the Bulgarian lion in the center. | |
1955-1963 | Naval Jack | The old Naval Jack flag from 1949-1955 in 2:3 Ratio and without the lion. | |
1963-1990 | Naval Jack | The old naval jack but in 1:2 Ratio. | |
1908-1944 | Minister of War | The Bulgarian flag with the lion on a red background in top-left corner and a green cross on a white background in bottom-left corner. |
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1879-1944 | Naval ensign | The Bulgarian flag with a lion on a red background in top-left corner. | |
1879-1949 | Naval Jack | A square flag with a red and green cross in a white background. | |
1878-1944 | Minister of War |
Vexillology Association flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society |
Political flags
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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current | |||
2014–present | Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy | ||
2013–present | People's Voice | ||
2006–present | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | ||
2005–present | Attack | ||
1991–present | IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement | ||
?–present | Bulgarian National Union | National flag with Tamgha of the Dulo clan. | |
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | |||
former | |||
1944-1947 | Bulgarian Fatherland Front | ||
1936-1944 | Ratniks | ||
1932-1944 | Union of Bulgarian National Legions | ||
1932-1934 | Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party | ||
1919-1990 | Bulgarian Communist Party |
Religious flags
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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?–present | Flag of Bulgarian General Mufti |
Ethnic groups flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Bulgarian Turks | |||
Flag of the Pomaks | Flag of former Republic of Tamrash | ||
Flag of the Sarakatsani | Flag of the Sarakatsani |
Historical flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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c. 1325 | Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire | Flag according to Angelino Dalorto | |
c. 1380 | Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire | Flag according to Guillem Soler | |
14th century | Flag of the Tsardom of Vidin | ||
1878–1886 | Flag of the Republic of Tamrash | ||
1903 | Flag of the Strandzha Commune | ||
1879–1908[1] | Flag of the Principality of Bulgaria | A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red | |
1908–1946 | Flag of the Tsardom of Bulgaria | ||
1946–1947 | Flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria | ||
1947–1948 | Civil and State flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria[2] | A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red with the Bulgarian emblem in the top-left corner | |
1948–1968 | |||
1968–1971 | |||
1971–1990 |
Other
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1862–1868 | The standard of the Bulgarian Legion | ||
1876 | Flag used in April Uprising | ||
1877-1878 | The standard of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps | ||
1877- | The standard of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps | Samara Flag |
Flag Proposal
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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c.1915 | King Ferdinand's Proposal |
References
See also
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