List of Lebanese flags
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The following is a list of flags used in Lebanon. For more information about the national flag, see the article Flag of Lebanon.
National flag
Current
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1990–present | National flag | A horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree. |
Historical
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1918–1920 | Lebanese flag after the fall of the Ottoman Empire | A white field with the cedar tree in the center. |
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1920–1943 | Flag of Greater Lebanon during French colonization (1920–1926) and of the Lebanese Republic (1926–1943) | The French tricolor (blue, white, red); charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree with a brown trunk. |
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1943–1990 | Flag of Lebanon | A horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree with a brown trunk. |
Military flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1949–present | Flag of the Lebanese Air Force | A blue field with the Air Force's emblem in the center. |
.svg) | 1991–present | Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (front) | The Lebanese tricolor with four laurels in each corner and an Arabic script in both sides of the tree.[1] |
 | 1991–present | Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (back) | A diagonal bicolor of white and red. |
 | 1945–1991 | Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces | The Lebanese tricolor with an Arabic script in both sides of the tree.[2] |
 | 1984–present | Flag of the Republican Guard | A blue field with the guard's emblem in the center.[3] |
 | 1916–1920 | Flag of the Lebanese Troops during WW1 | A white field with a red saltire that extends to the corners of the field and a black tree in the center.[4] |
 | 1950–present | Flag of the Lebanese Navy | A white field with the navy's emblem in the center. |
 | 1950–present | Naval jack of Lebanon | The Lebanese tricolor with two vertical white bands, each with a red anchor. |
Religious groups' flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | c. 19th–20th century | Druze flag | |
| c. 18th century | Maronite flag |
Political flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2005–2016 | Flag of the March 14 Alliance | A red field with a white fist holding a laurel in the center. |
 | 1890–present | Flag of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon | A red field with the emblem in the center. |
 | 1936–present | Flag of the Kataeb Party | A white field with the cedar tree emblem in the center. |
 | 1957–present | Flag of Al-Mourabitoun | A black field with the emblem in the center.[5] |
.svg) | 1974–present | Flag of the Amal Movement | A green field with the emblem slightly off-center and a black triangle and red diagonal stripe in the upper corner of the fly.[6] |
 | 1953–present | Flag of the Lebanese Ba'ath Party | A horizontal triband of black, white and green with a red triangle based on the hoist side. |
 | 1994–present | Flag of the Free Patriotic Movement | An orange field with the emblem in the center. |
 | 1995–present | Flag of the Future Movement | A blue field with a seven-pointed sun base don the hoist side. |
 | 1964–present | Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party | A red field with a white band and the communist symbol in the canton and the green tree inside the white band. |
 | 2001–present | Flag of the Lebanese Democratic Party | A vertical bicolor of white and red with the map of the country in green in the center. |
 | 1973–present | Flag of the Popular Nasserist Organization | A horizontal triband of red, green and red with the emblem in the center of the green band. |
 | 1949–present | Flag of the Progressive Socialist Party | A red field with the emblem in the center. |
 | 1932–present | Flag of the Lebanese-Syrian Social Nationalist Party | A black field with the emblem in the center. |
.svg) | 1960–present | Flag of the Toilers League | A red field with the emblem in the center. |
_flag.svg) | 1960–present | Flag of the Union Party | A vertical triband of black, white and red with a green in the center of the white band. |
| 1985–present | Flag of Hezbollah | The flag depicts a stylized representation of the Arabic words حزب الله (ḥizbu-llāh, meaning "Party of Allah") in Kufic script. |
Municipality and district flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1943–present | Flag of Deir al-Qamar | A red field with a green cross.[7] |
 | 1943–present | Flag of Beirut | A white field with the municipality's arms in the center. |
See also
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