List of Burmese flags

This is a list of flags used in Myanmar (also known as Burma).

National flags[]

Flag	Date adopted	Use	Description
	21 October 2010	Flag of Myanmar	A horizontal triband of yellow, green and red; charged with a large white five-pointed star at the centre

Military[]

Flag	Date adopted	Use	Description
		Flag of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw)[1]	A horizontal triband of red (representing the Myanmar Army), white (representing the Myanmar Navy) and blue (representing the Myanmar Air Force); charged with a large yellow five-pointed star at the centre
		Flag of the Myanmar Army
		Flag of the Myanmar Air Force	A sky blue field defaced with the Union Star in the canton, with the Myanmar Air Force crest to the fly
		Naval ensign of the Myanmar Navy	White field with a red canton charged with a white five-pointed star and a blue anchor in the lower fly[2]
		Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of Tatmadaw	A red, dark blue, light blue horizontal tricolour defaced with five golden stars under Tatmadaw emblem
		Flag of the Defence Services Academy

Law enforcement flag[]

Flag	Date adopted	Use	Description
		Flag of the Myanmar Police Force	Three vertical bands of yellow, blue and red with a union star in the middle

Government flags[]

Flag	Date adopted	Use	Description
		Flag of the Ministry of Education
		Flag of the Myanmar Coast Guard

Administrative divisions[]

The flags of Burmese states and regions exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as different styles and design principles. Modern state flags date from the 1940s, when Myanmar was starting to gain its independence from the colonial British Empire. Most state flags were designed and adopted after independence in 1948.

States[]

Flag	Date	Description
		Flag of Chin State
		Flag of Kachin State
		Flag of Kayah State
		of Kayin State
	8 June 2018[3]	Flag of Mon State
		Flag of Rakhine State
	12 February 1947	Flag of Shan State

Regions[]

Flag	Date	Description
		of Ayeyarwady Region
		Flag of Bago Region
		of Magway Region
		of Mandalay Region
		of Sagaing Region
		of Tanintharyi Region
		of Yangon Region

Union territory[]

Flag	Date	Description
		of Naypyidaw Union Territory

Self-administered zones and divisions[]

Self-administered zones[]

Flag	Date	Description
		Flag of the Danu Self-Administered Zone[4][5][6]
		Flag of the Naga Self-Administered Zone[7][8]
		Flag of the Pa'O Self-Administered Zone[9]

Historical[]

Kingdom flags[]

Flag	Date	Description
	c. 1300–1500	Flag used in the Hanthawaddy Kingdom
	1752–1885	Flag of the Third Burmese Empire under the Konbaung dynasty

Colonial and national flags[]

	1943–1945	Flag of the State of Burma
	1943–1945	Stylized variant flag of the State of Burma
	1948–1974	Flag of the Union of Burma
	1952–1974	Former Civil Ensign of the Union of Burma
	1974–2010	Flag of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974-1988) Flag of the Union of Myanmar (1988–2010)
	1974–2010	Former Civil Ensign of the Union of Burma

Military flags[]

Flag	Date	Description
	1300-1885	Thu Ye Gyee flag; The first military flag of Myanmar.[10]
	1948–1974	Former Naval Ensign of the Union of Burma
	1974–1994	Former Naval Ensign of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma and the Union of Myanmar[11]
	1948–1974	Former Air Force Ensign of the Union of Burma
	until 2010	Former flag of the Commander-in-Chief of Tatmadaw[12][13]

Former national flag proposals[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Proposed in 2006	Flag proposed for Myanmar at the 2006 Plenary Session of the National Convention	A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red, with a white five-pointed star in the canton
	Proposed in 2019	The National League for Democracy's proposed flag for Myanmar	A red field with a blue canton, in which there is a large white five-pointed star surrounded by a circle of 14 small white five-pointed stars
	Proposed in 2019	The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy's proposed flag for Myanmar	A light blue field with a large white five-pointed star surrounded by a circle of eight small white five-pointed stars, with three horizontal stripes of yellow, green and red in the hoist
	Proposed in 2019	The Zomi Congress for Democracy's proposed flag for Myanmar	A light blue field with a white map of Myanmar in the centre surrounded by an orange oval ring
	Proposed in 2019	The National Unity Party's proposed flag for Myanmar	A yellow-brown field with a grey oval in the centre surrounded by a black ring and containing a map of Myanmar displaying the individual states and regions of the country in various colours

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