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|Flag used in the [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom]]
|Flag used in the [[Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom]]
|A green field with a golden hamsa in the centre
|A green field with a golden hamsa in the centre
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|[[File:Taungoo Imperial Flag.jpg|border|150px]]
|[[File:Taungoo Imperial Flag.jpg|border|150px]]
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|{{circa|1510s}} – 1885
|National flag of the Second Burmese Empire under the [[Taungoo Dynasty]]
|Modern Modified flag of [[Royal Burmese armed forces]]
|A golden field charged with a black peacock
|A golden field charged with a black peacock
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|[[File:National flag of Third Burmese Empire (Konbaung Dynasty).svg|border|150px]]
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|{{circa|1752}} – 1885
|National flag of the Third Burmese Empire under the [[Konbaung Dynasty]]
|Flag of the [[Konbaung Dynasty|Konbaung Kingdom]]
|A [[Swallowtail (flag)|swallowtail]] with white field charged with a green peacock biting a flower branch on a red disk (the sun) in the centre of the field <ref>{{cite book |author=[[Thakin Kodaw Hmaing|Mister Maung Hmaing]] |url=http://www.myanmarbookshop.com/%28X%281%29%29/MyanmarBooks/BookDetails/16017 |title=ဒေါင်းဋီကာ |date=1914 |trans-title=Peacock Details}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=ဝရဇိန် (ဆရာစံမြေ) |url=http://www.myanmarbookshop.com/MyanmarBooks/BookDetails/20045 |title=မြန်မာ့သမိုင်းဝင်အလံများနှင့် မြန်မာခေါင်းဆောင်မျာ |date=September 2011 |trans-title=Myanmar's Historical Flags And Myanmar Leaders}}</ref><ref>[https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=475026862992950&id=100014569205043&set=a.136703043492002&source=48 Page 6], Part 2, Treatise about State Seals and State Flags Used Through Successive Periods In Myanmar. <br />Presenter = Yi Yi Nyunt, Director, Nationalities Youth Resources Development Degree College Sagaing, Department of Education and Practising, Ministry of Border Affairs, Republic of the Union of Myanmar</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=[[:my:ဗန်းမော်တင်အောင်|ဗန်းမော်တင်အောင်]] |url=https://heavenmall.net/products/product_category_name-book-15537 |title=မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်သမိုင်း |trans-title=Myanmar State History}}</ref>
|A [[Swallowtail (flag)|swallowtail]] with white field charged with a green peacock biting a flower branch on a red disk (the sun) in the centre of the field <ref>{{cite book |author=[[Thakin Kodaw Hmaing|Mister Maung Hmaing]] |url=http://www.myanmarbookshop.com/%28X%281%29%29/MyanmarBooks/BookDetails/16017 |title=ဒေါင်းဋီကာ |date=1914 |trans-title=Peacock Details}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=ဝရဇိန် (ဆရာစံမြေ) |url=http://www.myanmarbookshop.com/MyanmarBooks/BookDetails/20045 |title=မြန်မာ့သမိုင်းဝင်အလံများနှင့် မြန်မာခေါင်းဆောင်မျာ |date=September 2011 |trans-title=Myanmar's Historical Flags And Myanmar Leaders}}</ref><ref>[https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=475026862992950&id=100014569205043&set=a.136703043492002&source=48 Page 6], Part 2, Treatise about State Seals and State Flags Used Through Successive Periods In Myanmar. <br />Presenter = Yi Yi Nyunt, Director, Nationalities Youth Resources Development Degree College Sagaing, Department of Education and Practising, Ministry of Border Affairs, Republic of the Union of Myanmar</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=[[:my:ဗန်းမော်တင်အောင်|ဗန်းမော်တင်အောင်]] |url=https://heavenmall.net/products/product_category_name-book-15537 |title=မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်သမိုင်း |trans-title=Myanmar State History}}</ref>
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|1824 – 1942;
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Revision as of 04:51, 10 November 2024

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

State/Union Flag

Flag Date Use Description
21 October 2010[1] State Flag[2] of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, also called the Union Flag[3] A horizontal triband of yellow, green and red; charged with a large white five-pointed star at the centre
Variants
Vertical[4]

Flags of administrative divisions

See also: c:Flags of subdivisions of Myanmar

States

Flag Date Use Description
1986[5] Flag of Chin State Hornbill on a branch within a white circle surrounded by 9 white stars atop a blue-red-green horizontal triband
2010 Flag of Kachin State Blue circle with white mountains defaced with Manaw poles on a green field
2010 Flag of Kayah State A Kinnara centred on a red-blue-green horizontal triband
Flag of Kayin State Blue-white-red horizontal triband with a white star inset on top-left of blue band
8 June 2018[6] Flag of Mon State Yellow Hamsa on a red field
Flag of Rakhine State Emblem of Rakhine, a Shrivatsa, on a blue disk in the centre of a white-red horizontal bicolour
12 February 1947[7] Flag of Shan State White circle, representing the moon, on a yellow-green-red horizontal triband

Regions

Flag Date Use Description
2022 Flag of Ayeyarwady Region Seal of Ayeyarwady Region on a blue field
c. 2018 Flag of Bago Region Female hamsa perched on a male hamsa within a white circle bordered in green on a dark blue field. The text ‹See Tfd›ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး ("Bago Region") is above the birds.
2021 Flag of Magway Region Seal of Magway Region on a yellow field with the text ‹See Tfd›မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး ("Magway Region") above the seal in green.
2010 (except 2021) Flag of Mandalay Region Seal of Mandalay Region on a red field
30 September 2019 [8] Flag of Sagaing Region Seal of Sagaing Region centred on a yellow-blue-red horizontal triband with the text ‹See Tfd›စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး ("Sagaing Region") above the seal within the yellow band.
order 2010 Flag of Tanintharyi Region Naga facing forward with a white star above on a red-blue-green horizontal triband
2022 Flag of Yangon Region Inner portion of the Seal of Yangon Region centred on a yellow-green-red horizontal triband with the text ‹See Tfd›ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအစိုးရအဖွဲ့ ("Yangon Region Government Group") on a white banner below the seal.

Union territory

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Naypyidaw Union Territory Seal of the Naypyidaw Union Territory on a teal-blue field

Self-administered zones and divisions

Self-administered zones

Flag Date Use Description
2017[9] Flag of the Danu Self-Administered Zone[10][11][12] Blue over yellow bicolour with a green disc at the centre charged with a white flower
Flag of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone Blue-red-green horizontal triband charged with a white star and 8 white circular rings forming an arc above the star.
Flag of the Naga Self-Administered Zone[13][12] White over red bicolour with a green square in the upper hoist charged with two crossed spears and a tribal headdress
Flag of the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone Red circle on a light blue-yellow-green horizontal triband.
1955 Flag of the Pa'O Self-Administered Zone[12] White star within a blue canton on a red-green horizontal bicolour

Self-administered divisions

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Wa Self-Administered Division There is no official flag, the flag of Myanmar is used

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw)[14][15] A horizontal triband of red, white and blue; charged with a large yellow five-pointed star at the centre [16]
Flag of the Ministry of Defence (Myanmar)

Commander-in-Chief

Flag Date Use Description
2015 Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services[17][18] A red, dark blue, light blue horizontal tricolour defaced with five golden stars under golden logo of Tatmadaw[16]
2015 Flag of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services[19] A red, dark blue, light blue horizontal tricolour defaced with four golden stars under golden logo of Tatmadaw
c. 2015 Flag of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) A red defaced with four golden stars under golden logo of Tatmadaw
c. 2015 Flag of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Navy) A dark blue defaced with four golden stars under golden logo of Tatmadaw[20]
c. 2015 Flag of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Air Force) A light blue defaced with four golden stars under golden logo of Tatmadaw

Army

Flag Date Use Description
c. 1994 Flag of the Myanmar Army A horizontal triband of blue, red and blue; charged with a large white five-pointed star at the centre
Ceremonial Guidon of the Myanmar Army

Regional Military Commands

Flag Use Description
Flag of the Northern Command
Flag of the North Western Command
Flag of the North Eastern Command
Flag of the Eastern Command
Flag of the Eastern Central Command
Flag of the Triangle Region Command
Flag of the Western Command
Flag of the Naypyitaw Command
Flag of the Central Command
Flag of the Southern Command
Flag of the South Western Command
Flag of the Yangon Command
Flag of the South Eastern Command
Flag of the Coastal Region Command

Common flags

Flag Use Description
Flag of the Infantry and Light Infantry A red field charged with Bandula badge: a white ancient Burmese helmet crossed by a white sword and a white spear
Flag of the Armour Corps
Flag of the Artillery Corps
Flag of the Signal Corps
Flag of the Engineering Corps
Flag of the Ordnance Services
Flag of the Defence Industries
Flag of the Security Printing Works
Flag of the Recovery and Resettlement Units
Flag of the Border Guard Forces[21] Recently, Tarmadaw ordered to change the arm patch of Border Guard and People’s militia.[22]

Battalions

Infantry Battalions
Flag of the No. (14) Infantry Battalion

Divisions

Light Infantry Divisions
Flag of the No. (11) Light Infantry Division
Flag of the No. (22) Light Infantry Division
Flag of the No. (33) Light Infantry Division
Flag of the No. (44) Light Infantry Division
Flag of the No. (55) Light Infantry Division
Flag of the No. (66) Light Infantry Division
Flag of the No. (77) Light Infantry Division
Flag of the No. (88) Light Infantry Division
Flag of the No. (99) Light Infantry Division
Flag of the No. (101) Light Infantry Division
Flag Date Use Description
1994 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 [20]
Commissioning pennant of the Myanmar Navy

Air Force

Flag Date Use Description
c. 2010s Air force ensign of the Myanmar Air Force A seagull field defaced with the Union Star in the canton, with the Myanmar Air Force crest to the fly

Law enforcement flag

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Myanmar Police Force Three vertical bands of yellow, blue and red with a union star in the middle
Ensign of the Myanmar Coast Guard White field with a blue canton charged with a white five-pointed star and two blue anchor crossed in the lower fly [23]

Ministry flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Ministry of Education
Flag of the Ministry of Defence[24] A red field charged with logo of Tatmadaw
Flag of the Ministry of Home Affairs[25] A horizontal triband of blue, yellow and green; charged with a black text of Burmese word for "Home Affairs" (‹See Tfd›ပြည်ထဲရေး) on the yellow band.

Religious flags

Flag Date Use Description
1956 Sasana Flag, the flag of Buddhism in Myanmar Vertical bands of blue, yellow, red, white, light pink and the vertical band of the combination of these five colours' rectangular bands.[26]
A variant using pink in place of light pink
1954 Flag of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Islamic Religious Affairs Council A red field defaced with a green rectangular canton with the Takbir in the upper hoist[27]
Flag of the Young Men's Buddhist Association A horizontal triband of yellow, green and red; charged with a yellow circle at the centre; a green Swastika on that circle and each of the four red alphabets — "Y", "M", "B", "A" — inside each blank between the arms of Swastika [28]

Political flags

Flag Date Use Description
2019–present Mon Unity Party
2018–present Arakan Front Party
2018–present Lahu Democratic Union
Link to file 2016–present National Unity Party
1988–2016
2015–present Akha National Development Party
2015–present Zo National Regional Development Partymy
Link to file 2014–present Arakan National Party
2014–present Karen National Party
2014–present People's Party of Myanmar Farmers and Workers
Link to file 2013–present Democracy and Human Rights Party
1980s
Link to file 2013–present Lisu National Development Party
2013–present Federal Union Party
Link to file 2012–present Myanmar Farmers Development Party
2012–present Tai-Leng Nationalities Development Party
2012–present United League of Arakan
2011–present United Nationalities Federal Council
2010–present All Mon Region Democracy Party
2010–present Chin National Party
2010–present Ethnic National Development Party
Link to file 2010–present Inn National Development Party
2010–present Kaman National Progressive Partymy
2010–present Kayin People's Party
2010–present Kokang Democracy and Unity Party
Link to file 2010–present Lahu National Development Party
2010–present National Democratic Force
Link to file 2010–present Peace and Diversity Party
2010–present Shan Nationalities Democratic Party
2010–present Ta'ang National Party
2010–present Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State
2010–present Union Solidarity and Development Party
2010–present Wa Democratic Party
2004–present Arakan National Council
1996–present Restoration Council of Shan State
Link to file 1989–present Arakan League for Democracy
1989–present Chin National League for Democracy
1989–present United Wa State Party
1989–present Wa State
1988–present Chin National Front
Link to file 1988–present Democratic Party
1988–present Democratic Party for a New Society
1988–present Kachin State National Congress for Democracy
1988–present Mon National Party
1988–present Mro National Development Party
1988–present National League for Democracy
1992–present Palaung State Liberation Front
1988–present Shan Nationalities League for Democracy
Link to file 1988–present Zomi Congress for Democracy
1985–present Communist Party of Burma
1946–1969
1939–1946
1971–present Shan State Progress Party
1967–present Arakan Liberation Party
1958–present New Mon State Party
1957–present Karenni National Progressive Party
1949–present Pa-O National Organisation
1947–present Karen National Union
1936–present All Burma Federation of Student Unions

Other

Flag Date Use Description
2021 Three-finger salute flag A red field charged with a white three-finger salute symbol. Flown in opposition against the 1st February Coup

Armed groups

Flag Date Use Description
2022–present Myanmar Royal Dragon Army
2021–present Bamar People's Liberation Army
2021–present Chin National Defence Force
2021[citation needed]–present Karen National Liberation Army
1949–2021[citation needed]
2021–present Karenni Nationalities Defence Force
2021–present People's Defence Force
2021–present People's Liberation Army
2021–present People's Defence Force – Kalay

2021–present
1982–1998 		Rohingya Solidarity Organisation
2021–present Student Armed Force
2016–present Shanni Nationalities Army
2013–present Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
2011–present Federal Union Army
2010–present Arakan Army (Kayin State)
2009–present Arakan Army
1997–present Zomi Revolutionary Army
1996–present Shan State Army – South
1994–present National United Party of Arakan
1994–present Democratic Karen Buddhist Army and DKBA-5
1992–present Ta'ang National Liberation Army
1989–present Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army
1989–present National Democratic Alliance Army
1989–present United Wa State Army
1988–present All Burma Students' Democratic Front
1988–present Chin National Army
1988–present Kuki National Army
1980–present National Socialist Council of Nagaland
1968–present Arakan Liberation Army
1971–present Shan State Army – North
1969–present Wa National Army
1961–present Kachin Independence Army
1957–present Karenni Army
1949–present Pa-O National Army
1947–present Karen National Defence Organisation

Historical flags

National

Flag Date Use Description
1740-1757 Flag used in the Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom A green field with a golden hamsa in the centre
c. 1510s – 1885 Modern Modified flag of Royal Burmese armed forces A golden field charged with a black peacock
c. 1752 – 1885 Flag of the Konbaung Kingdom A swallowtail with white field charged with a green peacock biting a flower branch on a red disk (the sun) in the centre of the field [29][30][31][32]
1824 – 1942; Flag of The United Kingdom used as the Flag of Burma Province and British Burma
1945 – 4 January 1948[33]
6 February 1939 – 30 March 1941;[34] National Flag of British Burma British Blue Ensign with the Union Jack occupying one quarter of the field placed in the canton and defaced with the Badge of Burma: a peacock on a golden disk
1945 – 3 January 1948
30 March 1941 – 1942[34] National Flag of British Burma Union Jack removed and the badge moved to centre
1942–1943 Flag of Japanese occupied Burma
1 August 1943[34][35] – 1945 State flag of the State of Burma
1943–1945 Stylized variant flag of the State of Burma


Vertical:[36] 		4 January 1948[33] – 3 January 1974[37] Former National Flag of the Union of Burma A red field defaced with a blue rectangular canton in the upper hoist, and a big white star with five small white stars inside the rays of it in the canton.[36]
3 January 1974[37]–21 October 2010[1] Former State Flag of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974–1988), later, the Union of Myanmar (1988–2010) The background is red field with blue rectangular canton in the upper hoist. Inside the blue canton are the 14 equal-sized white stars surrounding the paddy ears and the gear.[38]

Governmental

Flag Date Use Description
1753–1885 Royal Standard used in royal occasions by the Konbaung Dynasty[39] A red peacock sewn on a white silk flag
1886–1937 Standard of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India[40] Union Jack with the Order of the Star of India in the centre, surmounted by the Tudor Crown.
1939–1948 Standard of the Governor of Burma[40] Union Jack with the Badge of Burma in the centre
1952–1974 Former Government Ensign of the Union of Burma[41] A blue field with the national flag in the canton.
1948–1962 Former presidential flag of the Union of Burma [41][40] An orange field background charged with a peacock in the centre

Embassy

Flag Date Use Description
1949 Flag hoisted at the Embassy of the Union of Burma to the Republic of China in Nanjing[42] National flag with Palace city wall on lower fly

Civil

Flag Date Use Description
1886–1937 Civil Ensign of the British Raj used after the Annexation of Burma in 1886 British Red Ensign with the Union Jack occupying one quarter of the field placed in the canton and defaced with the Order of the Star of India.
1952–1974 Former Civil Ensign of the Union of Burma[41]
1974–2010 Former Civil Ensign of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma, later, the Union of Myanmar

Military

Commander-in-Chief

Flag Date Use Description
1948–2010 Former Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services[43] with a triband of light blue, red and dark blue, and a large golden five-pointed star at the centre [44][45]
2010–2014 Former Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services[40]
1948 – c. 1994 Former Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army[41] Guidon with red-blue-red triband and a small white five-pointed star at the centre of the blue stripe
1948–1974 Former Flag of the Chief of Air Staff[43] Guidon with stratos background charged with Air Force's roundel

War flags of the Royal Burmese Armed Forces

Flag Name
(in Burmese)
 Description
‹See Tfd›သတ္တရုဇေယ Golden field charged with a green disk with a latte rabbit on it, at the centre
‹See Tfd›မဟာသတ္တရု Latte field charged with a bīlūḥ holding up both hands with weapons
‹See Tfd›သတ္တရုဇမ္ဗူ A horizontal triband of red, latte and red; with a chinthe in the latte band.
‹See Tfd›ရွှေပြည်လက်ဝဲ A horizontal triband of red, blue and red
‹See Tfd›ရွှေပြည်ဝရဇိန် A horizontal triband of blue, red and blue
‹See Tfd›ရွှေပြည်တမွတ်စံ A horizontal triband of red, mallard and red
‹See Tfd›ရွှေပြည်မှန်ကင်း A horizontal triband of red, william and red
‹See Tfd›ရွှေပြည်နတ် A horizontal triband of red, falu and red
‹See Tfd›ရွှေပြည်စက်ထိ A horizontal triband of yellow, white and yellow
‹See Tfd›ရွှေပြည်တံဆိပ် A horizontal triband of green, yellow and green

Army

Flag Name
(in Burmese)
 Date Use Description
‹See Tfd›သတ္တရုမြဇမ္ဗူ c. 1784–1885 War flags of the Burmese Royal Armed Forces[46] Golden field charged with a red disk with a golden peacock on it, at the centre
1853-1876 Flag used by European mercenaries from Burmese Royal Artillery
1942–1945 War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army in Burma
1941 (First) flag of the Burma Independence Army A white field with a red peacock in the centre [47]
1942 (Second) flag of the Burma Independence Army A green field with a peacock in the centre and thunderbolts in the corners [48]
‹See Tfd›သုံးရောင်ခြယ်အလံ 1942 (Third) flag of the Burma Independence Army A horizontal triband of yellow, green and red; charged with a peacock on a white disk at the centre
1942–1945 Flag of the Burma Defence Army, later, the Burma National Army A horizontal triband of yellow, green and red; charged with a stylized red peacock at the centre
‹See Tfd›တော်လှန်ရေးအလံ 1945 Flag of the anti-fascist resistance guerrillas and the Burma National Army, later, Patriotic Burmese Forces A red field with a white five-pointed star in the upper hoist [36]
1948–c. 1994 Former flag of the Burma Army, later, Myanmar Army A horizontal triband of red, blue and red, charged with a small white five-pointed star at the centre of the blue stripe
Flag Date Use Description
1824–1942; Navy Ensign of Royal Navy, in British Burma British White Ensign: a white field defaced with the Saint George's Cross, and the Union Jack placed in the canton.
1945 – 4 January 1948[33]
1886–1937 Navy Jack of British Indian Navy, used when Burma was a province of British India British Blue Ensign with the Union Jack occupying one quarter of the field placed in the canton and defaced with the Order of the Star of India
1942–1945 Former Navy Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy in Burma
1948–1974 Former Naval Ensign of the Union of Burma Navy[41] A white field defaced with Saint George's Cross and the national flag's canton in the canton
1974–1994 Former Naval Ensign of the
Union of Burma Navy, later, the Myanmar Navy[49] 		A horizontal bicolour, sky blue over navy blue, with a white large five-pointed star at the centre [50]

Air Force

Flag Date Use Description
1948–1974 Former Air Force Ensign of the Burmese Air Force
1974 – c. 2010 Former Air Force Ensign of
the Burmese Air Force, later, the Myanmar Air Force[43] 		A dodger blue field defaced with the Union Star in the canton, with the Myanmar Air Force crest to the fly

Administrative Divisions

States

Flag Date Use Description
1974–2010 Former flag of Kachin State A dark blue field charged with mountains
1974–2018 Former flag of Mon State A blue field charged with a yellow hamsa in the centre and the text ‹See Tfd›မွန်ပြည်နယ် (meaning "Mon State") underneath it
1974–2010 Former flag of Kayah State A Kinnara centred on a red-blue-green horizontal triband; a small blue canton defaced on the red band; inside the canton, 14 equal-sized white stars surrounding the paddy ears and the gear

Divisions / Regions

Flag Date Use Description
1974–2010 Former flag of Ayeyarwady Division A stylized orange map of Ayeyarwady Region in a white box on top a field of white and blue waves with the text ‹See Tfd›ဧရာဝတီတိုင်း ("Ayeyarwady Division") above the map
2010–2022 Former flag of Ayeyarwady Division Seal of Ayeyarwady Region with the text ‹See Tfd›ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး ("Ayeyarwady Region") above on a white field
1974–2010 Former flag of Bago Division A blue field with a golden hamsa, and the text "‹See Tfd›ပဲခူးတိုင်း" ("Bago Division") under the bird
2010 – c. 2019 Former flag of Bago Region A blue field with a golden hamsa, and the text "‹See Tfd›ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး" ("Bago Region") under the bird
1974–2010 Former flag of Magway Division An orange field with the red text "‹See Tfd›မကွေးတိုင်း" (meaning "Magway Division")
2010–2021 Former flag of Magway Division A yellow field charged with former seal (2010–2021)
1974–2010 Former flag of Mandalay Division
2010–2021 Flag of Mandalay Region Seal of Mandalay Region on a red field
Is also the current Flag
2021–2022 Former flag of Mandalay Region Seal of Mandalay Region on blue background
1974–2010 Former flagof Sagaing Division A green field with a yellow Burmese leograph and the yellow text "‹See Tfd›စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်း" (meaning "Sagaing Division")
2010–2019 Former flag of Sagaing Region A red field with a Burmese leograph and the text "‹See Tfd›စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး" (meaning "Sagaing Region") [51][52][53]
1974–2010 Former flag of Tanintharyi Division A dark blue field with the text "‹See Tfd›တနင်္သာရီတိုင်း" (meaning "Tanintharyi Division")
1974–2010 Former flag of Yangon Division
2010–2022 Former flag of Yangon Region

Political flags

Flag Date Party Description
2015–2019 Confederate Farmers Party
2014–2019 Kachin Democratic Partymy
2013–2019 Kachin State Democracy Party
2010–2014 Rakhine Nationalities Development Party
1962–1988 Burma Socialist Programme Party
1958–1964
1945–1958 		Union Party
Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
1942–1943 Poor Man's Party
1930-1950s Thakins

Armed groups

Flag Date Use Description
1999–2013 Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors
1995–2005 Shan State National Army
1985–1996 Mong Tai Army
1978–2009 Karenni National People's Liberation Front
1964–1975 Shan State Army
1960–1996 Shan United Revolutionary Army

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

See also

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