List of Moldovan flags
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The following is a list of flags of Moldova.
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National flag and state flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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
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1995–present | Flag of Gagauzia | A blue, white, and red horizontal tricolor with stripe proportions of 3:1:1. 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
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–present | Border Guard Service flag | Ratio: 2:3 |
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1997–present | Customs flag on land | Ratio: 2:3 |
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1997–present | Customs ensign | |
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?–present | Principal State Inspectorate for Technical Supervising of Dangerous Industrial Objects flag | Ratio: 2:3 |
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?–present | Standard of the president | Ratio: 1:1 |
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?–present | Standard of the president of the Parliament | Ratio: 1:1 |
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?–present | Standard of the prime minister | Ratio: 1:1 |
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?–present | The Moldovan Department of Civil Defence | Ratio: 2:3 |
Military flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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.
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April 27, 1990 – August 27, 1991 | State flag of the Moldavian SSR, later known as SSR Moldova and Republic of Moldova. | Ratio: 1:2. |
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1952 – April 27, 1990 | State flag of the Moldavian SSR | Ratio: 1:2. |
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 Reverse flag | All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side. | |
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1940–1952 | State flag of the Moldavian SSR | Ratio: 1:2. |
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1938–1940 | State flag of the Moldavian ASSR | Ratio: 1:2. |
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1937–1938 | State flag of the Moldavian ASSR | Ratio: 1:2. |
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1925–1932 | State flag of the Moldavian ASSR | Ratio: 1:2. |
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1917–1918 | Military colors of the Moldavian Democratic Republic | Blue, yellow, and red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. White RM initials over the flag. Ratio: 2:3. |
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1917–1918 | Flag of Sfatul Țării | Blue, yellow, and 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. |
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1917–1918 | State flag of the Moldavian Democratic Republic | Blue, yellow, and red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Coat of arms in the middle and country's name on the blue stripe. Ratio: 2:3. |
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1856–1861 | Military colors and naval ensign of the Principality of Moldavia | Ratio: 1:1. |
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1834–1861 | Civil ensign of the Principality of Moldavia | Ratio: 2:3. |
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17th century | Banner of the Moldavian cavalry | |
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around 1601 | Infantry flag of the Principality of Moldavia | |
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around 1500 | Military colors (?) of the Principality of Moldavia | |
| around 1500 | Military colors (?) of the Principality of Moldavia | ||
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around 1574 | Flag of the Moldavian principality, described by Alexander Guagnini | |
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1531 | Moldavian banner at the Battle of Obertyn | |
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1467 | Moldavian flag in the Battle of Baia | |
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14th–19th[citation needed] century | State[citation needed] flag of the Principality of Moldavia | Ratio: 2:3. |
Municipal flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1998–present | Chișinău | Ratio: 1:2 |
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?–present | Anenii Noi | |
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?–present | Bălți | |
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2003–present | Bender | Ratio: 1:2 |
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?–present | Căușeni | |
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2010–present | Cimișlia (flag) | Ratio: 2:3 |
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?–present | Comrat | |
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?–present | Drochia | |
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1997–present | Orhei | Ratio: 1:2 |
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?–present | Rîbnița | |
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?–present | Tiraspol | Ratio: 2:3 |
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?–present | Ungheni | Ratio: 1:2 |
Former national flag proposals
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Proposed in 2010 | The Communist Party's proposed flag for Moldova. | |
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Proposed in 2017 | Igor Dodon's proposed flag for Moldova. |
Transnistria
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1991–present | State flag and ensign, war flag | |
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Civil flag and ensign, reverse side of state flag/ensign | ||
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2017–present | Co-official national flag | Flag of Russia |
Standards
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2000–present | Presidential standard |
Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1925–1932 | Flag of the Moldavian ASSR[1] | Ratio: 1:2. |
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1938–1940 | Flag of the Moldavian ASSR | Ratio: 1:2. |
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1937–1938 | Flag of the Moldavian ASSR | Ratio: 1:2. |