List of Burmese flags

This is a list of flags used in Myanmar (also known as Burma).

National flags

Flag	Date adopted	Use	Description
	21 October 2010	Flag of Myanmar	A horizontal triband of yellow, green and red; charged with a large white five-pointed star at the centre.

Military

Flag	Date adopted	Use	Description
		Flag of the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
		Alternative flag of the Tatmadaw[1]	Similar to the Luxembourgish flag.
		Flag of the Myanmar Army
		Flag of the Myanmar Air Force	A sky blue field defaced with the Union Star in the canton, with the Myanmar Air Force crest to the fly.
		Naval ensign of the Myanmar Navy	White field with a red canton charged with a white five-pointed star. A blue anchor in the lower fly.[2]
	19th century–1974	Former Army Flag of the Union of Burma
	1948–1974	Former Naval Ensign of the Union of Burma
	1948–1974	Former Air Force Ensign of the Union of Burma

Law enforcement flag

Flag	Date adopted	Use	Description
		Flag of the Myanmar Police Force	Three vertical bands of yellow, blue and red with a union star in the middle.

Administrative divisions

The flags of Burmese states and regions exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as different styles and design principles. Modern state flags date from the 1940s, when Myanmar was starting to gain its independence from the colonial British Empire. Most state flags were designed and adopted after independence in 1948.

States

Flag	Date	Description
		Flag of Chin State
		Flag of Kachin State
		Flag of Kayah State
		Flag of Kayin State
	8 June 2018[3]	Flag of Mon State
		Flag of Rakhine State
	12 February 1947	Flag of Shan State

Regions

Flag	Date	Description
		Flag of Ayeyarwady Region
		Flag of Bago Region
		Flag of Magway Region
		Flag of Mandalay Region
		Flag of Sagaing Region
		Flag of Tanintharyi Region
		Flag of Yangon Region

Union territory

Flag	Date	Description
		Flag of Naypyidaw Union Territory

Self-administered zones

Flag	Date	Description
		Flag of the Danu Self-Administered Zone
		Flag of the Naga Self-Administered Zone[4]
		Flag of the Pa'O Self-Administered Zone

Historical

Kingdom flags

Flag	Date	Description
	c. 1300–1500	Flag used in the Hanthawaddy Kingdom
	1752-1885	Flag of the Third Burmese Empire under the Konbaung dynasty

Colonial and national flags

Flag	Date	Description
	1824-1937	Flag of British Burma as a part of British India
	1939-1941 1945-1948	Flag of British Burma as a separate colony
	1941-1942	Flag of British Burma
	1942-1943	Provisional flag used during the Japanese Occupation
	1943-1945	Flag of the State of Burma
	1943-1945	Stylized variant flag of the State of Burma
	1948-1974	Flag of the Union of Burma
	1952-1974	Former Civil Ensign of the Union of Burma
	1974-2010	Flag of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974-1988) Flag of the Union of Myanmar (1988–2010)
	1974-2010	Former Civil Ensign of the Union of Burma

Former national flag proposals

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Proposed in 2006	Flag proposed for Myanmar at the 2006 Plenary Session of the National Convention.	A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red, with a white five-pointed star in the canton.
	Proposed in 2019	The National League for Democracy's proposed flag for Myanmar.	A red field with a blue canton, in which there is a large white five-pointed star surrounded by a circle of 14 small white five-pointed stars.
	Proposed in 2019	The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy's proposed flag for Myanmar.	A light blue field with a large white five-pointed star surrounded by a circle of eight small white five-pointed stars, with three horizontal stripes of yellow, green and red in the hoist.
	Proposed in 2019	The Zomi Congress for Democracy's proposed flag for Myanmar.	A light blue field with a white map of Myanmar in the centre surrounded by an orange oval ring.
	Proposed in 2019	The National Unity Party's proposed flag for Myanmar.	A yellow-brown field with a grey oval in the centre surrounded by a black ring and containing a map of Myanmar displaying the individual states and regions of the country in various colours.

References

1. Military parade to mark 74th Anniversary of Armed Forces Day held in Nay Pyi Taw
2. Burmese Flags (Myanmar) from The World Flag Database. Flags.net (21 October 2010). Retrieved on 27 May 2011.
3. Khant, Naung (8 June 2018). "Mon State Hluttaw approves picture of golden hamsa on red background as Mon State flag". Burma News International. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
4. "Union Minister U Kyaw Tint Sweattends 2019 Naga New Year ceremony". www.msco.gov.mm. Government of Myanmar. Retrieved 10 December 2019.