List of Egyptian flags

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

National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	Flag of Egypt	Tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands—coloured red (top), white (middle) and black (bottom)—with the golden Eagle of Saladin centered in the white band.[1]
	1984–present	Vertical display of the flag of Egypt

Standards

Presidential standards

Throughout the republican era, the standard of the president of Egypt has been identical to its national flag, with the addition of the coat of arms (eagle or hawk) in the upper-left corner.^[1] Even though the Constitution of Egypt states that the President is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces (article 150), the flag of the Supreme Commander differs from the Presidential Standard. It is identical to the national flag, with the addition in the upper-left corner of a white Eagle of Saladin contained between two crossed swords. The Supreme Commander also has his own naval ensign, air force flag and air defence flag. Military ordinances state that the flags of the Supreme Commander must be hoisted during the President's visits to each military unit. The national flag must be hoisted in the middle, with the Presidential Standard on its right side, and the flag of the Supreme Commander on its left side.^[2]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	Current presidential standard	Identical to the current national flag—tricolour featuring the golden Eagle of Saladin—with a second Eagle of Saladin added in the upper-left corner of the red band.[2]
	1972–1984	Standard of the President of The Arab Republic of Egypt during the Federation of Arab Republics	Identical to Federation of Arab Republics' flag—tricolour featuring the golden Eagle of Quraish on the upper-left corner of red band.[2]
	1958-1972	Standard of the President of the United Arab Republic.	Identical to the national flag of the United Arab Republic—tricolour featuring the two stars—with the Eagle of Saladin added in the upper-left corner of the red band.
	1958–1972	Standard of the president of United Arab Republic at sea.	Naval ensign-Blue background- featuring the Naval seal of the United Arab Republic.
	1953-1958	Standard of the President of the Republic of Egypt	Identical to the national flag of the Republic of Egypt, with the Eagle of Saladin added in the upper-left corner.

Royal standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1923–1953	Standard of the King of Egypt (adopted by Royal Ordinance No. 90 of 1923)	Identical to the national flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, with the royal crown added in the upper-left corner.
	?–1953	Naval Ensign of the King of Egypt
	1946–1953	Flag of the King's Air Force (adopted by Royal Decree No. 40 of 1946)
	1946–1953	Flag of the King's Airplane (adopted by Royal Decree No. 40 of 1946)
	1946–1953	Standard of the Crown Prince (adopted by Royal Decree No. 28 of 1946)
	1946–1953	Naval Ensign of the Crown Prince (adopted by Royal Decree No. 28 of 1946)
	1946–1953	Flag of the Crown Prince's Air Force and Airplane (adopted by Royal Decree No. 28 of 1946)
	12th–14th century	Reconstruction of Saladin's personal standard

Military

Army

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	War flag of Egypt	The flag of Egypt with two crossed swords in white in the canton[3][4]
	1972–1984	War flag of Egypt	The flag of Egypt within the Federation of Arab Republics with two crossed swords in white in the canton[3]
	1958–1972	War flag of the United Arab Republic	The flag of the United Arab Republic with two crossed swords in white in the canton[3][5]
	1922–1958	War flag of Egypt	The flag of Egypt from 1922 to 1958 with two crossed swords in white in the canton[3]
	1922–1958	Flag of major general
	1922–1958	Flag of lieutenant general

Navy

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	Flag of the Egyptian Navy	The flag of Egypt in the canton on a blue field with the two crossed white anchor surrounded by a wreath at the fly[4]
	1984–present	Naval ensign and jack of Egypt	The flag of Egypt with two crossed anchors in white in the canton[3][4]
	1972–1984	Naval ensign and jack of Egypt	The flag of Egypt within the Federation of Arab Republics with two crossed anchors in white in the canton[3]
	1958–1972	Naval ensign and jack of the United Arab Republic	The flag of the United Arab Republic with two crossed anchors in white in the canton[3][5]
	1922–1958	Naval ensign and naval jack of Egypt	The flag of Egypt from 1922 to 1958 with two crossed anchors in white in the canton[3]
	1984–present	Masthead pennant of the Egyptian Navy
	1984–present	Flag of vice admiral
	1984–present	Flag of rear admiral
	1984–present	Flag of senior officer
	1922–1958	Flag of admiral
	1922–1958	Flag of vice admiral
	1922–1958	Flag of senior officer

Air Force

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	Air force ensign of Egypt	The flag of Egypt in the canton on a sky blue field with the roundel at the fly[4]
	1958–1972	Air force ensign of the United Arab Republic	The flag of the United Arab Republic in the canton on a sky blue field with the roundel at the fly[5]
	1922–1958	Royal flight flag	The flag of Egypt from 1922 to 1958 in the canton on a sky blue field with the roundel at the fly[6]
	1922–1958	Air force ensign of Egypt
	1932–1958	Air Force rank flag of the Commander in Chief
	1932–1958	Air Force rank flag of Wing Commander
	1932–1958	Air Force rank flag of senior flight officer

Air Defense Forces

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	Flag of the Egyptian Air Defense Forces

Government Department

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Supreme Council of Antiquities

Corporations

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Suez Canal Authority

Governorates

Main article: Flags of regions of Egypt

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	1953–present	Hizb ut-Tahrir
	1975–present	Egyptian Communist Party
	1928–present	Muslim Brotherhood
	1919–1952 2003–2011	Wafd Party Liberal Egyptian Party

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1972–1984	Flag of Egypt as part of the Federation of Arab Republics (adopted by Law No. 3 of 1971)	Tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands—coloured red (top), white (middle) and black (bottom)—with the golden Hawk of Quraysh centered in the white band.[1]
	1958–1972	Flag of Egypt as part of the United Arab Republic due to the unity between Egypt and Syria, under the rule of President Gamal Abd El Nasser. (adopted by Law by Resolution No. 12 of 1958)	Tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands—coloured red (top), white (middle) and black (bottom)—with two five-pointed green stars in the white band, symbolizing Egypt and Syria.[7]
	1952–1958	Flag of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution and the Republic of Egypt The green monarchical flag (see above) remained the national flag of Egypt until 1958, even after the proclamation of the Republic.[7]	Following the Revolution of 1952, the Free Officers retained the flag of the Kingdom, but also introduced the former Republic of Egypt flag colors of red, white, and black horizontal bands, with the emblem of the Revolution, the Eagle of Saladin, in the center band, with a green escutcheon with a white crescent and three five-pointed stars.
	1923–1958	Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt and the Co-Official Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt (adopted by Law No. 47 of 1923)	Green flag with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars.[8]
	1914–1923	Flag of the Sultanate of Egypt	Red Flag with Three white crescents, each containing a five-pointed white star.[8]
	1881–1914	Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation	Identical to the national flag used between 1826 and 1867 (see description below).[8]
	1867–1881	Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt	Red flag with a white crescent, containing three five-pointed white stars.[8]
	1844–1867	Flag of self-declared Khedivate of Egypt introduced by Muhammad Ali	Red flag with a white crescent containing a five-pointed white star.[8]
	1793–1844	Flag of Ottoman Egypt	Red flag with a white crescent containing a seven-pointed white star.[8]
	14th century	Flag of pre-Ottoman Mamluk Egypt (1341–1517), according to the Catalan Atlas (1375)
	14th century	Another Flag of pre-Ottoman Mamluk Egypt (1341–1517), according to the Catalan Atlas (1375)
	12th–14th century	Flag of Egypt under the Ayyubid Dynasty (1171–1341)

Other

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	14th century	A nautical flag of Mamluk Egypt
	19th century	Cecil Rhodes' personal flag symbolising his "Cape to Cairo" dream
	1914–1922	Sultanate of Egypt Protectorate Ensign

Ancient standards present in art

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	3200–3000 BC	Narmer Palette

Proposed flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1919	Flag used during the anti-British Revolution of 1919	Green flag with a white crescent and a white cross symbolizing the common struggle of Egyptian Muslims and Egyptian Christians against the British occupation.[8] Associated with the Wafd Party.
	1950s	Proposed flag for the Republic of Egypt following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952	Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features the entire flag of the Kingdom of Egypt in the canton of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution tricolour (i.e. the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag without the Eagle of Saladin).
			Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features the 1952 Egyptian Revolution tricolour in the canton of the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, the latter modified with the white crescent and stars re-positioned to the right to accommodate the tricolour in the canton.
			Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt - white crescent and stars on a green field - inverted horizontally on the left, and the 1952 Egyptian Revolution tricolour as an elongated chevron on the right.
			Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features the Arab Liberation tricolour, with the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt inverted horizontally as a chevron on the right.
			Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features the white crescent and stars on a green field of the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt rotated 90° crowned by a white representation of the three Pyramids of Giza all appearing on the left, and the Arab Liberation tricolour on the right.
			Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features a white representation of the River Nile on the green field of the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution symbolic tricolour in a right-hand side canton onto which the crescent and three stars of the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt are placed and rendered in gold.

References

1. el Ansary 2001, p. 146
2. el Ansary 2001, p. 147
3. Breschi, Roberto. "Egitto". Bandiere, Passato E Presente. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
4. "Egypt: Armed Forces flags". FOTW. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
5. Pedersen, Christian Fogd (1971). The international flag book in color (in English and Danish). New York, Morrow. pp. 64. ISBN 0688018831. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
6. Flags of all Nations BR20. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1955. scan of original page available at Alamy stock photos.
7. el Ansary 2001, p. 145
8. el Ansary 2001, p. 144

Bibliography

• el Ansary, Nasser (2001). "Évolution du drapeau égyptien" [Evolution of the Egyptian flag]. L'Encyclopédie des souverains d'Égypte des pharaons à nos jours [The Encyclopedia of rulers of Egypt from the Pharaohs until today] (in French). Alleur: Éditions du Perron. pp. 142–147. ISBN 978-2-87114-173-0. OCLC 48965345.

External links

• "Historical flags of Egypt" (PDF) (in Arabic). Egypt State Information Service. Archived from the original (PDF, 3.59 MB) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-07-13.