List of Togolese flags

The following is a list of flags used in Togo. For more information about the national flag, see flag of Togo.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1960-Present	Flag of Togo	Five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; with a red canton bearing a white five-pointed star.[1][2][3]

Government flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1960-Present	Presidential Flag of Togo	Five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; with a red canton bearing a white five-pointed star surrounded by laurels.[4]
	1974-2005	Presidential Standard of Gnassingbé Eyadéma	Five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; with a red canton bearing a white five-pointed star and yellow script reading "GE" surrounded by laurels.[4]

Togoland Protectorate

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1884-1916	Flag of the Imperial Colonial Office	A tricolor, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) defaced with the Reichsadler in the centre.

Ethnic group flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?-Present	Flag of the Ewe people (32% of the total population of Togo)	A horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red, charged with three yellow star on the central band. Used unofficially to represent the Ewe people.
	?-Present	Flag of the Hausa people (<1% of the total population of Togo)	A white field with a Dagin Arewa in the center.[5][6] Used unofficially to represent the Hausa people.

Historical flags

Flag	Years of use	Ratio	Government	Description
	1884–1916	2:3	Togoland Protectorate	The flag of the German Empire was used as the official flag of German Togoland.
	1916–1957	2:3	Territory of Togoland	The French tricolor was used as the official flag of French Togoland and, from 1955, the Autonomous Republic of Togo.
			Autonomous Republic of Togo
	1957–1958	3:5		A new flag for Togo was introduced in 1957, consisting of a green field with a French flag in the canton and two five-pointed white stars, one on the lower hoist side and one on the upper fly side.
	1958–1960	3:5		The French flag in the canton of the previous flag was removed in 1958.

Proposed flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1914	Proposed flag of the Togoland Protectorate	A tricolor, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) defaced with a proposed coat of arms in the center.

See also

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• Coat of arms of Togo
• Flag of Togo

References