List of Bulgarian flags

The following is a list of the Flags of Bulgaria.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1878–present	Physical National flag and Civil ensign	A horizontal tricolor of white, green and red.
	1879–present	Wartime flag	A horizontal tricolor of red, green and white.
		Digital flag
	1990-present	Hanging national flag	Vertical version of the tricolor.

Government flags

Standards of Royal Family

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1937–1946	Standard of the Tsar

Military flags

Bulgarian Land Forces

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1971-1990	War flag	A red flag with the Bulgarian coat of arms from the communist time with the motto: "For our socialist motherland".
	1991–present		A green and red flag with the middle part of coat of arms.

Bulgarian Navy

Republic of Bulgaria

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991–2005	Naval ensign	The old Naval ensign from 1954-1990 but instead of the red stat is placed the Bulgarian lion used in the old monarchical naval ensigns.
	2005–present		The old Naval ensign from 1991-2005 but the lion is in a small size and placed in a red background.
	1991–present	Naval Jack	A red cross and a green cross in a white background.
		Coast guard ensign	A green field with the naval ensign from 1991-2005 in the canton.
		Commander of the Navy	A red field with the naval ensign from 1991-2005 in the canton and three white 5-pointed stars in the top right, bottom left, and bottom right corners.
		Deputy Commander of the Navy	A red field with the naval ensign from 1991-2005 in the canton and two white 5-pointed stars in the top and bottom right corners.
		Commander of the Naval Base	A red field with the naval ensign from 1991-2005 in the canton and a white 5-pointed star in the bottom right corner.

People's Republic of Bulgaria

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1949-1955	Naval ensign	The old Naval ensign flag but in bottom-left corner a red star in a white background and a modified lion.
	1955-1990		A mostly white flag with green and red stripes at the bottom and a big red star in the top-left corner.
	1949-1955	Naval Jack	A red square flag with a white outline of a star and the Bulgarian lion in the center.
	1955-1963		The old Naval Jack flag from 1949-1955 in 2:3 Ratio and without the lion.
	1963-1990		The old naval jack but in 1:2 Ratio.
	1908-1944	Minister of War	The Bulgarian flag with the lion on a red background in top-left corner and a green saltire on a white background in bottom-left corner.

Kingdom of Bulgaria

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1879-1944	Naval ensign	The Bulgarian flag with a lion on a red background in top-left corner.
	1879-1949	Naval Jack	A square flag with a red and green cross in a white background.
	1878-1944	Minister of War

Vexillology Association flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
Current
	2014–present	Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy
	2014–present	The Bulgarian Revival	Political flag with the Bulgarian lion.
	2006–present	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
	2005–present	Attack
	1991–present	IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement
	1999–present	Bulgarian National Union	National flag with Tamgha of the Dulo clan.
		Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
Former
	1944-1947	Bulgarian Fatherland Front
	1936-1944	Ratniks
	1932-1944	Union of Bulgarian National Legions
	1932-1934	Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party
	1919-1990	Bulgarian Communist Party

Religious flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	?–present	Flag of Bulgarian General Mufti

Ethnic groups flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Bulgarian Turks
		Flag of the Pomaks	Flag of former Republic of Tamrash
		Flag of the Sarakatsani	Flag of the Sarakatsani

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	c. 1325	Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire	Flag according to Angelino Dalorto
	c. 1380	Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire	Flag according to Guillem Soler
	14th century	Flag of the Tsardom of Vidin
	1878–1886	Flag of the Republic of Tamrash
	1903	Flag of the Strandzha Commune
	1879–1908	Flag of the Principality of Bulgaria	A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red
	1908–1946	Flag of the Tsardom of Bulgaria
	1946–1947	Flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
	1947–1948	Civil and State flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria	A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red with the Bulgarian emblem in the top-left corner
	1948–1968
	1968–1971
	1971–1990

Other

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1862–1868	The standard of the Bulgarian Legion
	1876	Flag used in April Uprising
	1876	Flag used in Razlovci uprising
	1877-1878	The standard of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps
	1877-	The standard of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps	Samara Flag

See also

• Flag of Bulgaria
• Coat of arms of Bulgaria