List of flags of Moldova

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The following is a list of flags of Moldova.

National flag and State flag

Flag Date Use Description
1991–Present National flag and ensign A blue, yellow, and red tricolor, with the national coat of arms in the center bar. Ratio: 1:2. Reverse mirrored.

Autonomous regions flags

Flag Date Use Description
1995–Present Flag of Gagauzia A blue, white, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 6:2:2. Three yellow stars (15/100 of flag-width) on the blue stripe, forming an equilateral triangle with the base at hoist. Ratio: 1:2

Governmental flags

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Border Guard Service flag Ratio: 2:3
1997–present Customs flag on land Ratio: 2:3
1997–present Customs ensign Ratio: 2:3
?–present Principal State Inspectorate for Technical Supervising of Dangerous Industrial Objects flag Ratio: 2:3
?–present Standard of the president Ratio: 1:1
?–present Standard of the president of the Parliament Ratio: 1:1
?–present Standard of the prime minister Ratio: 1:1
?–present The Moldovan Department of Civil Defence Ratio: 2:3

Military flag

Flag Date Use Description
1998–Present Flag of the Armed Forces A blue cloth, charged with a red cross bordered yellow. On obverse, the Emblem of the National Army in the middle. On reverse, instead of the emblem, with golden letters, the motto in Romanian: Pentru Onoare! Pentru Patrie! Pentru Tricolor! ("For Honor! For Country! For the Tricolor!"). Ratio: 2:3

Historical flags

  • For flags of Moldova as part of Romania (southern 1856 - 1878; all 1918 - 1940 and 1941 - 1944) see
    List of flags of Romania
    .
Flag Date Use Description
April 27, 1990 – August 27, 1991 State flag of the
Moldavian SSR
, later known as SSR Moldova and Republic of Moldova.
Ratio: 1:2.
1952 – April 27, 1990 State flag of the
Moldavian SSR
Ratio: 1:2.
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse flag All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1940–1952 State flag of the
Moldavian SSR
Ratio: 1:2.
1938–1940 State flag of the
Moldavian ASSR
Ratio: 1:2.
1937–1938 State flag of the
Moldavian ASSR
Ratio: 1:2.
1925–1932 State flag of the
Moldavian ASSR
Ratio: 1:2.
1917–1918 Military colors of the Moldavian Democratic Republic Blue, yellow, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Argent RM initials all over the flag. Ratio: 2:3.
1917–1918 Flag of Sfatul Țării Blue, yellow, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Coat of arms in the middle of yellow and red stripes and the parliament's name on the blue stripe. Ratio: 2:3.
1917–1918 State flag of the Moldavian Democratic Republic Blue, yellow, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Coat of arms in the middle and country's name on the blue stripe. Ratio: 2:3.
1856–1861 Military colors and naval ensign of the
Principality of Moldavia
Ratio: 1:1.
1834–1861 Civil ensign of the
Principality of Moldavia
Ratio: 2:3.
17th century Banner of the Moldavian cavalry
around 1601 Infantry flag of the
Principality of Moldavia
around 1500 Military colors (?) of the
Principality of Moldavia
around 1500 Military colors (?) of the
Principality of Moldavia
around 1574 Flag of the Moldavian principality, described by Alexander Guagnini
1531 Moldavian banner at the Battle of Obertyn
1467 Moldavian flag in the Battle of Baia
14th–19th[citation needed] century State[
Principality of Moldavia
Ratio: 2:3.

Municipal flags

Flag Date Use Description
1998–present Chișinău Ratio: 1:2
?–present Anenii Noi
?–present Bălți
2003–present Bender Ratio: 1:2
?–present Căușeni
2010–present Cimișlia (flag) Ratio: 2:3
?–present Comrat
?–present Drochia
1997–present Orhei Ratio: 1:2
?–present Rîbnița
?–present Tiraspol Ratio: 2:3
?–present Ungheni Ratio: 1:2

Former national flag proposals

Flag Date Use Description
Proposed in 2010 The
Communist Party
's proposed flag for Moldova.
Proposed in 2017 Igor Dodon's proposed flag for Moldova.

Transnistria

Flag Date Use Description
1991–present State flag and ensign, war flag Flag of Transnistria
1991–present Civil flag, ensign and reverse side of state flag/ensign
2017–present Co-official national flag Flag of Russia

Standards

Flag Date Use Description
2000–present Presidential standard

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
1925–1932
Moldavian ASSR[1]
Ratio: 1:2.
1938–1940 Flag of the
Moldavian ASSR
Ratio: 1:2.
1937–1938 Flag of the
Moldavian ASSR
Ratio: 1:2.

Notes

  1. ^ Only 6 villages belonging to the Moldovan ASSR are not currently in Transnistria or Ukraine

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