List of Belarusian flags

The following is a list of flags of Belarus.

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

Date	Use	Description
December 11, 1997—present	Presidential flag	Proportions: 5:6
2018—present	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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 center 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.

Date	Use	Description
2007—Present	General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus
2000—2012	Flag of the Armed Forces
2012—present	Flag of the Armed Forces	Ornament pattern modified in 2012
March 8, 2005—Present	Land Forces Flag	Red, with emblem of the Land Forces in full colors in the center
2005—Present	Air Forces	Air force emblem corresponding to 2/5 of the total flag-width, placed on a blue field with yellow beams
2003 —Present	Flag of DOSAAF	Emblem of the Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy of the Republic of Belarus, centered on a sky-blue background

Date	Use	Description
1995—2012
1991—1995,2021-now	State flag and civil ensign; today the white-red-white flag is used in opposition to the current government	Proportions: 1:2
1951—1991	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
	Reverse flag	All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1944—1951	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1942—1944	Belarusian Central Council
1941–1944	German occupation (Reichskommissariat Ostland)
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 Belarusian 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. Black stripes are believed to symbolize mourning.
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; origin of the Pahonia, a symbol once used as the coat of arms of Belarus

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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Lipka Tatars	A white-red-white flag with a crescent moon and a five-pointed star.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2020	A variant of the 1991–1995 flag of Belarus, used by pro-democracy protestors.	A white-red-white flag with the Pahonia coat of arms in the centre.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Proposed in 1992	Proposed flag for Belarus.	A red Scandinavian Cross on a white field with the Pahonia arms in the centre of the cross.
	Proposed in 1995	Alexander Lukashenko's proposed flag for Belarus.	A red field with small green bars at the top and bottom.

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