List of Albanian flags
This is a list of flags used in Albania. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Albania.
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National flag[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2002–present | Flag of the Republic of Albania | A red flag with a silhouetted black double-headed eagle in the center. The red stands for bravery, strength, valour and bloodshed, while the double-headed eagle represents the sovereign state of Albania. The flag was established as the national flag of Albania when the country gained its independence from the Ottoman empire in 1912. | |
2002–present | Flag of the Republic of Albania (vertical) |
Standards[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2014–present | Standard of the President of Albania | ||
2002–2014 | |||
1992–2002 | |||
1946-1992 |
Standards of Royal Family[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1939–1943 | Standard the luogotenente generale di Stato Maggiore in Albania (i.e. lieutenant general of the staff in Albania) of the Kingdom of Italy | ||
1928–1939 | War flag, ensign and royal standard of the Albanian Kingdom | ||
1914–1925 | Prince's standard of the Principality of Albania | ||
1914–1925 | Standard of Crown Prince of the Principality of Albania | ||
1914–1925 | Standard of Princes of the Principality of Albania |
Military[]
Land Force[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2002–present | Flag of the Albanian Land Forces |
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2002–present | Flag of the Albanian Naval Forces | ||
1992–present | Naval Ensign of Albania | ||
1958-1992 | |||
1954-1958 | |||
1946-1954 | |||
1992–present | Government Ensign of Albania | ||
1958-1992 |
Air Force[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2002–present | Flag of the Albanian Air Force |
Coast Guard[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1992–present | Albanian Coast Guard Ensign | ||
1958-1992 |
Police[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–present | Flag of the Albanian Police |
Civil Ensign[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1928–1939 1992–present |
Civil Ensign of Albania | ||
1945-1992 | |||
1914–1925 | |||
first quarter of the 19th century | Civil ensign used by Albanian Christians in the Ottoman Empire | ||
Civil ensign used by Albanian Muslims in the Ottoman Empire |
Counties[]
Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
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Berat | ||||
Durrës | ||||
Elbasan | ||||
Korçë | ||||
Kukës | ||||
Tiranë | ||||
Vlorë |
Municipalities[]
- Himara
- Tirana
Political flags[]
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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1990–present | Democratic Party of Albania | ||
1991–2013 | Socialist Party of Albania |
Religious flags[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Albanian Orthodox Church | Emblem of Church on a yellow background |
Ethnic flags[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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XIX century–present | Flag of the Aromanians | ||
1990s–present | Flag of Ashkali people | ||
Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians | |||
1991–present | Flags of the Greek minority (unofficial) | ||
Flag of Serbo-Montenegrins in Albania |
Ethnic Albanian people in other countries[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2004– | Flag of Kosovo Albanians | Flag of Dardania, former Kosovo flag proposal, formally considered a flag of Kosovo Albanians and Presidential standard, separate from the Kosovo flag | |
Flag of Albanians in North Macedonia | |||
Flag of Arbëreshë people | |||
c.1950–c.1990 | Flag of the Albanian minority in Yugoslavia (Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo) |
Historical flags[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1946–1992 | Flag of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania | ||
1944–1946 | Flag of the Democratic Government of Albania | ||
1942–1945 | Flag of National Liberation Movement | ||
1943–1944 | Flag of the German Albanian Kingdom | ||
1939–1943 | State flag of the Italian protectorate of Albania | ||
1939–1943 | Flag of the Italian protectorate of Albania | ||
1934–1939 | Flag of the Albanian Kingdom | ||
1928–1934 | Flag of the Albanian Kingdom | ||
1926–1928 | Flag of the Albanian Republic, more popular later | ||
1925–1928 | Flag of the Albanian Republic | ||
1920–1926 | Principality of Albania and the Albanian Republic | ||
1921 | Flag of the Republic of Mirdita | ||
1920 | Flag of the Vlora War | ||
1917–1920 | Flag of the Italian protectorate over Albania | ||
1916–1920 | Flag of the Autonomous Province of Korçë | ||
1914–1920 | Flag of the Principality of Albania | ||
1914 | Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus | ||
1913–1914 | Personal flag of Essad Pasha Prime Minister of the Republic of Central Albania | ||
1912-1914 | Flag of the Independent Albania | ||
1911 | Flag used in Malësori uprising | ||
1910 | Flag of Isa Boletini | ||
1911 | Flag of Aladro Kastrioti | ||
19th-20th | Flag of the Principality of Mirdita | ||
19th | Flag used during the Albanian National Awakening in the 19th and early 20th centuries | ||
1775–1796 | Flag of Pashalik of Scutari during the reign of Kara Mahmud Bushati | ||
1510 | Flag of Mercurio Bua | ||
1444–1479 | Flag of League of Lezhë during the reign of Skanderbeg | "He erected a flag with a red background and black two-headed eagle" |
Fictional flags[]
This is a list of incorrect or fictitious flags which have been reported on as being factual and/or historical flags of Albania by contemporary or otherwise reputable sources.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag wrongly assigned to Democratic Government of Albania, source does not confirm, but it could be used marginally. | |||
The 1960s Italian geography textbook, Il nuovo Cielo Terra Genti - Corso di Geografia per la Scuola Media Statale presented wrong image. Sometimes it appears on the Internet. |
See also[]
- Flag of Albania
- Flag of Kosovo
- List of flags of Kosovo
- Coat of arms of Albania
Categories:
- Lists and galleries of flags
- Albania-related lists
- Albanian culture
- National symbols of Albania