List of Moldovan flags

The following is a list of flags of Moldova.

National flag and State flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991–Present	National flag and ensign	A blue, yellow, and red tricolor, with the national coat of arms in the center bar. Ratio: 1:2. Reverse mirrored.

Autonomous regions flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1995–Present	Flag of Gagauzia	A blue, white, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 6:2:2. Three yellow stars (15/100 of flag-width) on the blue stripe, forming an equilateral triangle with the base at hoist. Ratio: 1:2

Governmental flags

Date	Use	Description
?–present	Border Guard Service flag	Ratio: 2:3
1997–present	Customs flag on land	Ratio: 2:3
1997–present	Customs ensign	Ratio: 2:3
?–present	Principal State Inspectorate for Technical Supervising of Dangerous Industrial Objects flag	Ratio: 2:3
?–present	Standard of the president	Ratio: 1:1
?–present	Standard of the president of the Parliament	Ratio: 1:1
?–present	Standard of the prime minister	Ratio: 1:1
?–present	The Moldovan Department of Civil Defence	Ratio: 2:3

Military flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1998–Present	Flag of the Armed Forces	A blue cloth, charged with a red cross bordered yellow. On obverse, the Emblem of the National Army in the middle. On reverse, instead of the emblem, with golden letters, the motto in Romanian: Pentru Onoare! Pentru Patrie! Pentru Tricolor! ("For Honor! For Country! For the Tricolor!"). Ratio: 2:3

Historical flags

For flags of Moldova as part of Romania (southern 1856 - 1878; all 1918 - 1940 and 1941 - 1944) see List of Romanian flags.

Date	Use	Description
April 27, 1990 – August 27, 1991	State flag of the Moldavian SSR, later known as SSR Moldova and Republic of Moldova.	Ratio: 1:2.
1952 – April 27, 1990	State flag of the Moldavian SSR	Ratio: 1:2.
	Reverse flag	All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1940–1952	State flag of the Moldavian SSR	Ratio: 1:2.
1938–1940	State flag of the Moldavian ASSR	Ratio: 1:2.
1937–1938	State flag of the Moldavian ASSR	Ratio: 1:2.
1925–1932	State flag of the Moldavian ASSR	Ratio: 1:2.
1917–1918	Military colors of the Moldavian Democratic Republic	Blue, yellow, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Argent RM initials all over the flag. Ratio: 2:3.
1917–1918	Flag of Sfatul Țării	Blue, yellow, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Coat of arms in the middle of yellow and red stripes and the parliament's name on the blue stripe. Ratio: 2:3.
1917–1918	State flag of the Moldavian Democratic Republic	Blue, yellow, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Coat of arms in the middle and country's name on the blue stripe. Ratio: 2:3.
1856–1861	Military colors and naval ensign of the Principality of Moldavia	Ratio: 1:1.
1834–1861	Civil ensign of the Principality of Moldavia	Ratio: 2:3.
17th century	Banner of the Moldavian cavalry
around 1601	Infantry flag of the Principality of Moldavia
around 1500	Military colors (?) of the Principality of Moldavia
around 1500	Military colors (?) of the Principality of Moldavia
around 1574	Flag of the Moldavian principality, described by Alexander Guagnini
1531	Moldavian banner at the Battle of Obertyn
1467	Moldavian flag in the Battle of Baia
14th–19th^{[citation needed]} century	State^{[citation needed]} flag of the Principality of Moldavia	Ratio: 2:3.

Municipal flags

Date	Use	Description
1998–present	Chișinău	Ratio: 1:2
?–present	Anenii Noi
?–present	Bălți
2003–present	Bender	Ratio: 1:2
?–present	Căușeni
2010–present	Cimișlia (flag)	Ratio: 2:3
?–present	Comrat
?–present	Drochia
1997–present	Orhei	Ratio: 1:2
?–present	Rîbnița
?–present	Tiraspol	Ratio: 2:3
?–present	Ungheni	Ratio: 1:2

Former national flag proposals

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Proposed in 2010	The Communist Party's proposed flag for Moldova.
	Proposed in 2017	Igor Dodon's proposed flag for Moldova.

Transnistria

Date	Use	Description
1991–present	State flag and ensign, war flag	Flag of Transnistria
1991–present	Civil flag, ensign and reverse side of state flag/ensign
2017–present	Co-official national flag	Flag of Russia

Standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2000–present	Presidential standard

Historical flags

Date	Use	Description
1925–1932	Flag of the Moldavian ASSR^[1]	Ratio: 1:2.
1938–1940	Flag of the Moldavian ASSR	Ratio: 1:2.
1937–1938	Flag of the Moldavian ASSR	Ratio: 1:2.

Notes

^ Only 6 villages belonging to the Moldovan ASSR are not currently in Transnistria or Ukraine

External links

Moldova: Index of all pages at Flags of the World
Moldova at Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry

[1] Only 6 villages belonging to the Moldovan ASSR are not currently in Transnistria or Ukraine

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