List of Belarusian flags

The following is a list of flags of Belarus.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	June 7, 1995^[1]–present (ornament pattern modified in 2012)^[2]	State flag and civil ensign	Proportions: 1:2
		Vertical flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	December 11, 1997–2012	Presidential flag
	2012–present	Presidential flag	Proportions: 5:6

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus
		Flag of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
		Flag of State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus

Date	Use	Description
2007–present	Flag of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus
2000–2012	Flag of the Armed Forces
2012–present	Flag of the Armed Forces	Ornament pattern modified in 2012
?–present	Flag of the Presidential Security Service of Belarus	The obverse of the flag bears the coat of arms of Belaurs and the inscription "Служба бяспекі прэзідэнта" (Presidential Security Service).
?–present	Reverse flag	The reverse of the flag bears the emblem of the Presidential Secret Service of Belarus and the inscription "Абавязак. Гонар. Айчына." (Duty. Honor. Fatherland.).
March 8, 2005–present	Flag of the Land Forces	Red, with emblem of the Land Forces in full colors in the center
2005–present	Flag of the Air Forces	Air force emblem corresponding to 2/5 of the total flag-width, placed on a blue field with yellow beams
2003–present	Flag of DOSAAF	Emblem of the Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy of the Republic of Belarus, centered on a sky-blue background
	Flag of the Special Forces of Belarus

Date	Use	Description
2018–present	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2018–present	Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
2018–present	Ministry of Economy
2018–present	Ministry of Agriculture and Food
December 9, 1991–present	Ministry for Emergency Situations
2000–2009	Border Guard	Green with a red saltire
2000–2009	Chairman of State Committee of the Border Guard	Green with a red saltire with the State coat of arms in the center.
2000–2009	Chief of Staff of Border Guard	Green with a red saltire with the Border Guard emblem in the center.
March 5, 2001–present	State Committee of Aviation	Blue with a triangle, in the center of which the symbol of the SCA is placed.
1993–2001	Customs	White-red-white flag with a Pahonia with a green border on the fly. Adopted in 1993, likely replaced between 1995-2001^[3]
March 5, 2001–present	Customs	Green flag with the emblem of the Belarusian customs in the center.
March 5, 2001–present	Vitebsk Customs

State flag

	Adopted	Description
Minsk City	2001	Blue with the Minsk Coat of Arms of 1591 in the center.
Brest Region	2004	Blue with a yellow zoubre (Bison bonasus) on a red stylized tower (coat of arms of the Region of Brest).
Gomel Region	2005	Green with the coat of arms of the Region of Homyel (Gomel) (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio: 1:2.
Grodno Region	2007	Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Hrodna (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2
Mogilev Region	2005	Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Mogilyov (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio: 1:2.
Minsk Region	2007	Red with the coat of arms of the Region of Minsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2
Vitebsk Region	2009	Green with the coat of arms of the Region of Vitsebsk (only in the centre of an obverse side of the flag). Ratio 1:2

Flag	Date	Party	Description
Current
	2018–present	Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists
	2007–present	Belaya Rus
	2005–present	Belarusian Social Democratic Party
	2004–present	Right Alliance and Belarusian Freedom Party [be]
	1999–present	Conservative Christian Party – BPF
	1996–present	Communist Party of Belarus	Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1991)
	1994–present	Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus
	1994–present	Republican Party
	1992–present	Belarusian Agrarian Party
	?–present	National Bolshevik Party of Belarus
Former
	1995–1999	Belarusian Peasant Party
	1919–1930s	Belarusian Peasant Party "Green Oak"^be
Other
	2020	A variant of the 1991–1995 flag of Belarus, used by pro-democracy protestors.	A white-red-white flag with the Pahonia coat of arms in the centre.
	2017–present	Flag of Veyshnoria, used as an element of satire.
	2000s	Pro-Union State flag
		Flag used by some Belarusian anarchists^[4]

Date	Use	Description
since 1918 (in exile after 1919)	White-red-white flag Belarusian Democratic Republic	Proportions: 1:2
1919–1925	Belarusian Democratic Republic (in exile)	White with a red horizontal band of red, the central red stripe being bordered by a thin black stripes. In use besides the regular white-red-white flag. Black stripes are believed to symbolize mourning.
1918–1919	Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR	Plain red flag
1919	Flag of The Second Polish Republic
1919–1937	Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus	Plain red flag
1937–1940	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1942–1944	Belarusian Central Council
1943–1945	Union of Belarusian Youth
1944–1951	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1951–1991	Flag of the Byelorussian SSR
1951–1991	Reverse flag	All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1991–1995	State flag and civil ensign; today the white-red-white flag is used in opposition to the current government	Proportions: 1:2
1995–2012