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List of Angolan flags

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This is a list of flags associated with Angola.

National flag

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Flag Date Use Description
1975–present
Two horizontal bands of red and black with the Machete and Gear Emblem in the center.[1][2]

Standards of the head of state

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Flag Date Use Description
current
?–present
Standard of the President of Angola
former
?–1975
?–1975
1510s–c. 1543

Police

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Flag Date Use Description
current
?-present
Flag of the Angola National Policept

Penitentiary Service

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Flag Date Use Description
current
?-present
Flag of the Angola Penitentiary Service

Olympic Committee

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Flag Date Use Description
current
1979-present

Historical flags

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Flag Date Regime Description
c. 1883
Royal Banner of the Kingdom of Kakongo
c. 17th century
Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo
c. 17th century
Flag of the Kingdom of Ndongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo

Proposed flags

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Flag Date Use Description
2003
Proposed flag of Angola
Five horizontal stripes: the top and bottom stripes are blue, separated by thin white stripes, with a broad red stripe in the middle. Centered on the red stripe is a yellow sun. The sun design in the middle is meant to be reminiscent of cave paintings found in Tchitundo-Hulu cave near Virei.[3][4]
1996
Proposed flag of Angola
Three horizontal stripes: red, green and black, combining the colors of the MPLA and UNITA parties and providing Pan-African colors.
1965
1932
Proposed flag of the Colony of Angola
The flag is divided into four purple and yellow triangular sections radiating from the center. In the center of the flag is a shield with a golden pelican feeding its young in a purple field. The golden border of the shield contains five small blue shields with white dots and four red crosses of the Order of Christ. Above the shield is a mural crown and below the shield is a white scroll with the word "ANGOLA" written on it.

Political flags

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Flag Date Party Description
current
2020–present
Party logo on a white background.
2012–present
Blue map of Angola surrounded by 18 white stars on a green background. Angola is divided into 18 provinces.
2006–present
White ring on an orange background.
1991–present
Vertical red white green tricolor. In the middle band is a yellow disc held by two symmetrical black hands.
Link to file
1990–present
A blue flag with the party logo, the logo consists of a handshake on a red disc background.
1990–present
Two horizontal bands of red and green with a black vertical band on the hoist side and white disc where the colors meet.
1966–present
Three horizontal stripes, respectively red green red, in the middle stripe there is a red rising sun with 18 rays and a black rooster symbolizing the awakening of the African peoples.
1960–present
Two horizontal stripes, black and red, with a yellow star in the center.
1954–present
A diagonal tricolour of white, red and yellow radiating from the lower hoist side corner, and white star in the center.
Youth wings
1974–present
Emblem on a red background.
1962–present
A horizontal tricolour of red, blue and black with yellow rising sun on the middle stripe.
former
1994–2013
Two versions of a flag consisting of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating white and red, with an emblem similar to the U.S. seal surrounded by 18 blue stars. In its right talon the eagle holds a hammer and a compass.
Link to file
1992–2013
White flag with a rose flower with a stem.
1990s–2013
Horizontal bicolor green and black field. Centered on the flag is a yellow disc, upon which is placed a white five-pointed star. On the star there is a white dove in flight.
1990s
A horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green.
1988–2013
1983–2013

Separatists

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Flag Date Party Description
c. 1975–present
1990s–present
1996–present
Horizontal blue, copper and black tricolour, the symbol in the middle is a padrão commemorating the Treaty of Simulambuco.[5]
?–present
A horizontal tricolour of copper, white and black.

Ethnic groups flags

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Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Kongo people
Flags of the Mbunda Kingdom
A white flag with a drawing of an African elephant.

Red Cross Society

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Flag Date Use Description
1978–present
Flag of the Angola Red Cross
Red Cross surrounded by the association's name.
Burgee Club

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Flags: The visual guide to more than 300 flags from around the world. New York City: Dorling Kindersley. 1998. p. 96. ISBN 0-7894-4224-8.
  2. ^ Hermínio Escórcio: O MPLA tinha um Plano B, mas preferiu pôr de lado. Jornal de Angola. 11 de novembro de 2020.
  3. ^ "Angola - proposals for a new flag". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  4. ^ "Proposed New Flag of the Republic of Angola". 2004-06-22. Archived from the original on 2004-06-22. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  5. ^ "Simulambuco Treaty Historical Landmark". verangola.
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