List of Lebanese flags

The following is a list of flags used in Lebanon. For more information about the national flag, see the article Flag of Lebanon.

National flag

Current

Flag Date Use Description
1995–present National flag A horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree.

Historical

Flag Date Use Description
1918–1920 Lebanese flag after the fall of the Ottoman Empire A white field with the cedar tree in the center.
1920–1943 Flag of Greater Lebanon (1920–1926) and of the Lebanese Republic (1926–1943) The French tricolor (blue, white, red); charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree with a brown trunk.
1943–1990 Flag of Lebanon A horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree with a brown trunk.

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
1949–present Flag of the Lebanese Air Force A blue field with the Air Force's emblem in the center.
1991–present Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (front) The Lebanese tricolor with four laurels in each corner and an Arabic script in both sides of the tree.[1]
1991–present Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (back) A diagonal bicolor of white and red.
1945–1991 Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces The Lebanese tricolor with an Arabic script in both sides of the tree.[2]
1984–present Flag of the Republican Guard A blue field with the guard's emblem in the center.[3]
1916–1920 Flag of the Lebanese Troops during WW1 A white field with a red saltire that extends to the corners of the field and a black tree in the center.[4]
1950–present Flag of the Lebanese Navy A white field with the navy's emblem in the center.
1950–present Naval jack of Lebanon The Lebanese tricolor with two vertical white bands, each with a red anchor.

Religious groups' flags

Flag Date Use Description
c. 19th–20th century Druze flag
c. 18th century Maronite flag

Political flags

Flag Date Use Description
2005–2016 Flag of the March 14 Alliance A red field with a white fist holding a laurel in the center.
1890–present Flag of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon A red field with the emblem in the center.
1936–present Flag of the Kataeb Party A white field with the cedar tree emblem in the center.
1957–present Flag of Al-Mourabitoun A black field with the emblem in the center.[5]
1974–present Flag of the Amal Movement A green field with the emblem slightly off-center and a black triangle and red diagonal stripe in the upper corner of the fly.[6]
1953–present Flag of the Lebanese Ba'ath Party A horizontal triband of black, white and green with a red triangle based on the hoist side.
1994–present Flag of the Free Patriotic Movement An orange field with the emblem in the center.
1995–present Flag of the Future Movement A blue field with a seven-pointed sun base don the hoist side.
1964–present Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party A red field with a white band and the communist symbol in the canton and the green tree inside the white band.
2001–present Flag of the Lebanese Democratic Party A vertical bicolor of white and red with the map of the country in green in the center.
1973–present Flag of the Popular Nasserist Organization A horizontal triband of red, green and red with the emblem in the center of the green band.
1949–present Flag of the Progressive Socialist Party A red field with the emblem in the center.
1932–present Flag of the Lebanese-Syrian Social Nationalist Party A black field with the emblem in the center.
1960–present Flag of the Toilers League A red field with the emblem in the center.
1960–present Flag of the Union Party A vertical triband of black, white and red with a green in the center of the white band.
1985–present Flag of Hezbollah The flag depicts a stylized representation of the Arabic words حزب الله (ḥizbu-llāh, meaning "Party of Allah") in Kufic script.

Municipality and district flags

Flag Date Use Description
1943–present Flag of Deir al-Qamar A red field with a green cross.[7]
1943–present Flag of Beirut A white field with the municipality's arms in the center.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Lebanon.

References

  1. ^ "الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني | شرف، تضحية، وفاء". www.lebarmy.gov.lb. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Army (Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "BRIGADE DE LA GARDE REPUBLICAINE | الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني". www.lebarmy.gov.lb. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Army (Lebanon) - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Flaggenshop Fahnenshop Versand kaufen bestellen". www.fahnenversand.de. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ^ https://www.dostor.org/773210
  6. ^ https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/lb%7Damal.html#con
  7. ^ "Municipality of Deir el Qamar (Chouf District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.