List of Bhutanese flags

This is a list of flags used in Bhutan. For more information about the national flag, see flag of Bhutan.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1969-Present	Flag of Bhutan	Divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange, with a white dragon holding four jewels in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the hoist.[1][2]
	1969-Present	Flag of Bhutan (vertical)
	1969-Present	Flag of Bhutan (variant)

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1958–Present	Flag of the Royal Bhutan Army[3]	A horizontal tricolour of white, black and red with the Bhutanese flag in the canton and defaced with a Kartika
	1958–Present	Flag of the Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan[4]	Divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is red, with a Dharmachakra centered along the dividing line.

Police flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	19??-Present	Flag of Royal Bhutan Police
	19??-Present	Flag of Royal Bhutan Police (variant)

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	2003–Present	Communist Party of Bhutan
	1990-Present	Bhutan Peoples' Party
	1994-Present	Druk National Congress

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1271–1354	Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
	1271–1354	Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
	1271–1354	Battle Flag of The Yuan dynasty
	1616-1774	Banners of Bhutan
	1949	1st Flag of Bhutan	Divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is red, with a white dragon holding four jewels in its claws centered along the dividing line and facing away from the fly.[5][6] The design of the flag is credited to Mayeum Choying Wongmo Dorji in 1947.[7]

See also

• Flag of Bhutan
• Emblem of Bhutan