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The following is a list of flags of Belarus .
State flag [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
June 7, 1995[1] —Present (Ornament pattern modified in 2012)[2]
State flag and civil ensign
Proportions: 1:2
Flag of Belarus (vertical)
Presidential flag [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
December 11, 1997 – 2012
Presidential flag
2012—present
Presidential flag
Proportions: 5:6
Presidential Institutions [ ]
Military flags [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
2007—Present
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus
2000—2012
Flag of the Armed Forces
2012—present
Flag of the Armed Forces
Ornament pattern modified in 2012
?—present
Flag of the Presidential Seurity Service of Belarus
The obverse of the flag bears the coat of arms of Belaurs and the inscription "Служба бяспекі прэзідэнта" (Presidential Security Service).
Reverse flag
The reverse of the flag bears the emblem of the Presidential Secret Service of Belarus and the inscription "Абавязак. Гонар. Айчына." (Duty. Honor. Fatherland.).
March 8, 2005—Present
Land Forces Flag
Red, with emblem of the Land Forces in full colors in the center
2005—Present
Air Forces
Air force emblem corresponding to 2/5 of the total flag-width, placed on a blue field with yellow beams
2003 —Present
Flag of DOSAAF
Emblem of the Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy of the Republic of Belarus, centered on a sky-blue background
Flag of Special Forces of Belarus
Governmental flags [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
2018—present
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2018—present
Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
2018—present
Ministry of Economy
2018—present
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
December 9, 1991—present
Ministry for Emergency Situations
2000—2009
Border Guard
Green with a red saltire
2000—2009
Chairman of State Committee of the Border Guard
Green with a red saltire with the State coat of arms in the center.
2000—2009
Chief of Staff of Border Guard
Green with a red saltire with the Border Guard emblem in the center.
March 5, 2001—Present
State Committee of Aviation
Blue with a triangle, in the center of which the symbol of the SCA is placed.
March 5, 2001—Present
Customs
Green flag with the emblem of the Belarusian customs in the center.
March 5, 2001—Present
Vitebsk Customs
Subdivision flags [ ]
Flag
Administrative division
Adopted
Description
City of Minsk
2001
Blue with the Minsk Coat of Arms of 1591 in the center.
Brest Voblast
2004
Blue with a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower (coat of arms of the Region of Brest).
Homiel Voblast
2005
Green with the coat of arms of the Region of Homyel (Gomel) (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio: 1:2.
Hrodna Voblast
2007
Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Hrodna (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2
Mahilyow Voblast
2005
Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Mogilyov (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio: 1:2.
Minsk Voblast
2007
Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Minsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2
Vitsebsk Voblast
2009
Green with the coat of arms of the Region of Vitsebsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2
Political flags [ ]
Minority flags [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
Flags of Lipka Tatars
Top:A white-red-white flag with a crescent moon and a five-pointed star. Bottom:Flag is based on the flag of the Golden Horde .
Historical flags [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
since 1918 (in exile after 1919)
Belarusian Democratic Republic
Proportions: 1:2
1919—1925
Belarusian Democratic Republic (in exile)
White with a red horizontal band of red, the central red stripe being bordered by a thin black stripes. In use besides the regular white-red-white flag. Black stripes are believed to symbolize mourning.
1919—1919
Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR
1919—1937
Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus
1937—1940
Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1941–1944
German occupation (Reichskommissariat Ostland )
1942—1944
Belarusian Central Council
1944—1951
Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1951—1991
Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
Reverse flag
All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1991—1995
State flag and civil ensign; today the white-red-white flag is used in opposition to the current government
Proportions: 1:2
1995—2012
Other flags [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
2020
A variant of the 1991–1995 flag of Belarus, used by pro-democracy protestors.
A white-red-white flag with the Pahonia coat of arms in the centre.
Former national flag proposals [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
Proposed in 1991
Proposed flag for Belarus.
Proposed in 1992
Proposed flag for Belarus.
A red Scandinavian Cross on a white field with the Pahonia in the centre of the cross.
Proposed in 1995
Alexander Lukashenko's proposed flag for Belarus.
A red field with small green bars at the top and bottom.
around 2016
Different version of the 1992 proposal.
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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