List of Burmese flags

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

National flags
FlagDate adoptedUseDescription
21 October 2010Flag of MyanmarA horizontal triband of yellow, green and red; charged with a large white five-pointed star at the centre.

Military
FlagDate adoptedUseDescription
Flag of the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
Flag of the Ministry of Defence of Myanmar and Alternative flag of the Tatmadaw[1]Similar to the Luxembourgish flag.
Flag of the Myanmar Army
Flag of the Myanmar Air ForceA 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 NavyWhite field with a red canton charged with a white five-pointed star. A blue anchor in the lower fly.[2]
Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of TatmadawA red, dark blue, light blue horizontal tricolour defaced with five golden stars under Tatmadaw emblem.

Law enforcement flag
FlagDate adoptedUseDescription
Flag of the Myanmar Police ForceThree vertical bands of yellow, blue and red with a union star in the middle.

Government flags
FlagDate adoptedUseDescription
Flag of the Ministry of Education

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
FlagDateDescription
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 1947Flag of Shan State

Regions
FlagDateDescription
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
FlagDateDescription
Flag of Naypyidaw Union Territory

Self-administered zones
FlagDateDescription
Flag of the Danu Self-Administered Zone[4][5][6]
Flag of the Naga Self-Administered Zone[7][8]
Flag of the Pa'O Self-Administered Zone[9]

Historical

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

Colonial and national flags
1943–1945Flag of the State of Burma
1943–1945Stylized variant flag of the State of Burma
1948–1974Flag of the Union of Burma
1952–1974Former Civil Ensign of the Union of Burma
1974–2010Flag of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974-1988)
Flag of the Union of Myanmar (1988–2010)
1974–2010Former Civil Ensign of the Union of Burma

Military flags
FlagDateDescription
1300-1885 Thu Ye Gyee flag; The first military flag of Myanmar.[10]
19th century–1974Former Army Flag of the Union of Burma
1948–1974Former Naval Ensign of the Union of Burma
1948–1974Former Air Force Ensign of the Union of Burma

Former national flag proposals
FlagDateUseDescription
Proposed in 2006Flag 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 2019The 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 2019The 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 2019The 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 2019The 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. https://www.facebook.com/%E1%80%93%E1%82%8F%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B0%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B3%E1%80%B8-%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%A5%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B1%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%82%88-1649294585312928/photos/1978268092415574
  5. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=503330114241094&set=pcb.503330430907729
  6. "Self-Administered Zones (Myanmar)".
  7. "Union Minister U Kyaw Tint Sweattends 2019 Naga New Year ceremony". www.msco.gov.mm. Government of Myanmar. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  8. "Self-Administered Zones (Myanmar)".
  9. "Self-Administered Zones (Myanmar)".
  10. "Crwflags".
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