List of Yugoslav flags

This is a list of flags that were used by and in Yugoslavia. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Yugoslavia.

This article is about the flags of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. For the flags used by Serbia and Montenegro, see Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.

National and civil flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1929–1945[1]National flag, civil and state ensign Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red.
1945–1946[2]National flag, civil and state ensign Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a red star in the central white band.
1946–1992National flag Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center.
1950–1992Civil and state ensign Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center.

Proposed flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1963[3]National flag The red flag with a state coat of arms in the center.

Military flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1949–1992[4]Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
1943–1949[5]Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
1942–1943[6]Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
1944–1945[7]Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
(Government-in-exile)		Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white and red.
1922–1944[8]Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
1918–1922Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia
FlagDateUseDescription
1963–1992Naval Jack of Yugoslavia
1956–1963Naval Jack of Yugoslavia

Rank flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1918–1941Admiral flag
1918–1941Vice Admiral flag
1918–1941Rear Admiral flag
1956–1991Fleet Admiral flag
1956–1991Admiral flag
1956–1991Vice Admiral flag
1956–1991Rear Admiral flag
1949–1956Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of the Navy
1949–1956Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of a Fleet
1949–1956Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of a Brigade

Government flags

Governmental
FlagDateUseDescription
1963–1992[9]Presidential Standard
1956–1963[10]Presidential Standard
1949–1956[11]Naval flag of the commander-in-chief
1981–1992[12]Standard of a Member of the Presidency
1937–1945[13]Standard of the Prime Minister
1981–1992[14]Standard of the Prime Minister
1963–1992[15]Standard of the President of the Federal Assembly
1920s–1990Flag of the League of Communists
1974–1990Flag of the League of Socialist Youth

Monarchical
FlagDateUseDescription
1922–1937Royal Standard of the King
1937–1941Royal Standard of the King
1937–1941Standard of the Queen
1937–1941Standard of the Prince Regent
1937–1941Standard of the Crown Prince
1937–1941Standard of a Member of the Royal House
1937–1941[16]Standard of the Regent

Republic flags
See also: Flags of the former Yugoslavia

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Main article: Flags of Bosnia and Herzegovina
FlagDateUseDescription
1946–1992National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1944–1946National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Socialist Republic of Croatia
Main article: Flags of Croatia
FlagDateUseDescription
1990–1991National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia
1990National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia
1947–1990National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia
1945–1947National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia
1943–1945National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia

Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Main article: Flags of North Macedonia
FlagDateUseDescription
1946–1992National flag, civil and state ensign of Macedonia
1944–1946National flag, civil and state ensign of Macedonia

Socialist Republic of Montenegro
Main article: List of flags of Montenegro
FlagDateUseDescription
1946–1992National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro
1943–1946National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro

Socialist Republic of Serbia
Main article: Flags of Serbia
FlagDateUseDescription
1947–1992National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia
1943–1947National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia

Socialist Republic of Slovenia
Main article: Flags of Slovenia
FlagDateUseDescription
1947–1991National flag, civil and state ensign of Slovenia
1943–1947National flag, civil and state ensign of Slovenia

Banate flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1939–1941Civil flag and ensign of the
Banovina of Croatia 		Also used as the flag of the Netherlands
1939–1941State flag and ensign of the
Banovina of Croatia

Military standards
FlagDateUseDescription
1929–1941Standard of a Field marshal (Vojvoda) of Yugoslavia
1929–1941Standard of an Army general of Yugoslavia
1929–1941Standard of a Divisional general of Yugoslavia
1929–1941Standard of a Brigadier general of Yugoslavia

Ethnic communities

Although the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo had no official flag, from 1969 the Kosovar Albanian population was able to use a variant of the Albanian flag as its ethnic flag.[17] As of 1985 a similar right applied to all national minorities, provided the flag was charged with the Yugoslav red star.[18]

FlagVariantUseDescription
Flag of SFR Yugoslav Albanian minority
Flag of SFR Yugoslav Bulgarian minority
Flag of SFR Yugoslav German minority
Flag of SFR Yugoslav Hungarian minority
Flag of SFR Yugoslav Italian minority
Flag of SFR Yugoslav Ruthenian and Ukrainian minorities
Flag of SFR Yugoslav Turkish minority
Flag of SFR Yugoslav Slovak and Russian minorities
Flag of SFR Yugoslav Czech minority
Flag of SFR Yugoslav Polish minority
Flag of SFR Yugoslav Romanian minority

See also

References
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  2. "Yugoslavia in World War II". The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  3. "Socialist Yugoslavia (1945-1991)". "FOTW" Flags of the World. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
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  10. "Yugoslavia, 1956 - 1963". The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  11. "Yugoslavia, 1945 - 1956". The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  12. "Yugoslavia, 1963 - 1991". The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  13. "Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1937 Regulations". The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  14. "Yugoslavia, 1963 - 1991". The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
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  16. "Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1937 Regulations". The Flags & Arms of the Modern Era. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  17. Elsie, Robert (2004). Historical Dictionary of Kosovo. p. xxxvi. ISBN 0-8108-5309-4.
  18. Sarajčić, Ivan; Heimer, Željko (10 August 2013). "Socialist Yugoslavia: National minorities". Flags of the World. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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    • "Zastave naših naroda". Svijet Oko Nas — Enciklopedija za djecu i omladinu. Vol. II (9th ed.). Zagreb: Školska Knjiga. 1985. p. 403.
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