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
[edit]Current
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1990–present | National flag and ensign | A horizontal triband of red, white (double height), and red; charged with a green cedar of Lebanon. |
Historical
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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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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
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1949–present | Flag of the Lebanese Air Force | A blue field with the Air Force's emblem in the center. |
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1991–present | Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (obverse) | The Lebanese triband with four laurels in each corner and Arabic script on either side of the tree.[1] |
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Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (reverse) | A diagonal bicolor of white and red, with the emblem of the Armed Forces in the center. | |
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1945–1991 | Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces | The Lebanese triband with Arabic script on either side of the tree.[2] |
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1984–present | Flag of the Republican Guard | A blue field with the guard's emblem in the center and the emblem of the Armed Forces in the upper hoist.[3] |
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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] |
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1950–present | Flag of the Lebanese Navy | A white field with the navy's emblem in the center and the emblem of the Armed Forces in the upper hoist. |
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1950–present | Naval jack of Lebanon | The Lebanese triband with two vertical white bands along the hoist and fly edges, each with a red anchor. |
Religious groups' flags
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c. 19th – 20th century | Druze flag | |
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19th century | Maronite flag |
Political flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2005–2016 | Flag of the March 14 Alliance | A red field with a white fist holding a laurel in the center. |
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1890–present | Flag of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon | A red field with the ARF emblem in the center. |
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1936–present | Flag of the Kataeb Party | A white field with a simplified cedar tree emblem in the center. |
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1957–present | Flag of Al-Mourabitoun | A black field with the emblem in the center.[5] |
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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] |
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1953–present | Flag of the Lebanese Ba'ath Party | A horizontal tricolor of black, white, and green with a red triangle based on the hoist side. |
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1994–present | Flag of the Free Patriotic Movement | An orange field with the emblem in the center. |
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1995–present | Flag of the Future Movement | A blue field with a seven-pointed half-sun based on the hoist side. |
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1964–present | Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party | A red field with a hammer and sickle in the upper hoist corner and a white vertical band containing the green cedar of Lebanon, the two symbols side by side. |
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2001–present | Flag of the Lebanese Democratic Party | A vertical bicolor of white and red with a map of Lebanon in green in the center. |
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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. |
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1949–present | Flag of the Progressive Socialist Party | A red field with the emblem in the center. |
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1932–present | Flag of the Lebanese-Syrian Social Nationalist Party | A black field with the emblem in the center. |
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1960–present | Flag of the Toilers League | |
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1960–present | Flag of the Union Party | A vertical tricolor of black, white, and red with a green cedar 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
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1943–present | Flag of Deir al-Qamar | A red field with a green cross.[7] |
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1943–present | Flag of Beirut | A white field with the municipality's arms in the center. |
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني | شرف، تضحية، وفاء". www.lebarmy.gov.lb. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ↑ "Army (Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ↑ "BRIGADE DE LA GARDE REPUBLICAINE | الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني". www.lebarmy.gov.lb. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ↑ "Army (Lebanon) - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Flaggenshop Fahnenshop Versand kaufen bestellen". www.fahnenversand.de. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ↑ ""المرابطون" الناصرية اللبنانية تنظم وقفة تضامنًا مع مصر وجيشها وشهدائها". 16 February 2015.
- ↑ "Amal Movement (Lebanon)".
- ↑ "Municipality of Deir el Qamar (Chouf District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 4 March 2024.