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This is a list of flags associated with Angola.

National flag

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Flag Date Use Description
1975–present National flag of Angola A horizontal bicolor of red above black with a yellow emblem in the center consisted of a five-pointed star within a half gear wheel crossed by a machete (resembling the hammer and sickle used on the Soviet flag).[1][2]

Standards of the head of state

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Flag Date Use Description
current
1975–present Standard of the President of Angola
former
?–1975 Flag of the Governor of Portuguese Angola
?–1975 Flag of the High Commissioner of Portuguese Angola
1510s–c. 1543 Banner of Manikongo Afonso I

Police

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Flag Date Use Description
current
1975–present Flag of the Angola National Policept

Penitentiary Service

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Flag Date Use Description
current
?–present Flag of the Angola Penitentiary Service

Olympic Committee

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Flag Date Use Description
current
1979–present Flag of the Angolan Olympic Committee

Historical flags

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Flag Date Regime Description
1482–1485 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
1485–1495 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
1495–1521 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
1521–1578 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
1578–1640 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
c. 17th century Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo
c. 17th century Flag of the Kingdom of Ndongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo
1616–1640 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (putative)
1640–1667 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
1641–1648 The Prince's Flag in the Dutch Republic
1667–1706 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
1706–1750 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
1826–1834
1750–1816 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
1816–1826 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
1834–1910 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal
c. 1883 Royal Banner of the Kingdom of Kakongo
1910–1975 Flag of Portugal

Proposed flags

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Flag Date Use Origin Description
2003 Proposed flag of Angola From "Catica", the submission 106 was chosen by the Constitutional Commission to be the new flag, but was never implemented. Five horizontal stripes: the top and bottom stripes are blue, separated by thin white stripes from a broad red stripe in the middle. Centered on the red stripe is a yellow sun. The sun design in the middle is meant to be reminiscent of cave paintings found in Tchitundo-Hulu cave near Virei.
1965 Proposed flag of the Portuguese overseas province of Angola From heraldist Franz Paul de Almeira Langhans in his book "Armorial do Ultramar Português". The Flag of Portugal defaced with the colony's lesser arms shield on its lower fly side.
1932 Proposed flag of the Colony of Angola From the Portuguese Institute of Heraldry (IPH), by Affonso Dornellas and João Ricardo da Silva, to the Agência Geral das Colónias (General Agency of the Colonies).[3] The flag is divided into four purple and yellow triangular sections radiating from the center. In the center of the flag is a shield with a golden pelican feeding its young in a purple field. The golden border of the shield contains five small blue shields with white dots and four red crosses of the Order of Christ. Above the shield is a mural crown and below the shield is a white scroll with the word "ANGOLA" written on it.

Political flags

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Flag Date Party Description
current
2020–present Humanist Party of Angola Party logo on a white background.
2012–present Broad Convergence for the Salvation of Angola – Electoral Coalition Blue map of Angola surrounded by eighteen white stars on a green background. Angola is divided into eighteen provinces.
2006–present New Democracy Electoral Union White ring on an orange background.
1991–present Democratic Party for Progress – Angolan National Alliance Vertical tricolor of red, white, and green. In the middle band is a yellow disc held above and below by two rotationally symmetric black hands.
Link to file 1990–present Democratic Renewal Party A blue flag with the party logo, the logo consists of a handshake on a red disc background.
1990–present Social Renewal Party Two horizontal bands of red and green with a black vertical band on the hoist side and white disc where the three colors meet.
1966–present National Union for the Total Independence of Angola A horizontal triband consisting of a green central band sandwiched between two red bands. It is charged in the center with a black silhouette of a crowing rooster and towards the fly with a red silhouette of a rising sun with sixteen rays. Red represents the blood shed by Angolans in anti-colonial actions before the war of independence, while green represents hope and faith in victory. The rooster symbolises "a call upon the peoples of Africa to become aware of the foreign nomination of Africa". The rising sun represents the start of the war of independence and the unity of Angola's sixteen provinces in the war.[4]
1960–present People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola A horizontal bicolour consisting of a red upper band and a black lower band, charged in the center with a yellow five-pointed star. The symbolism of the colours is the same as that of the Angolan flag.[5] American vexillologist Whitney Smith suggests that the design may have been derived from the flag of the Viet Cong, from which the MPLA adopted strategies and principles.[6]
1954–present National Liberation Front of Angola A diagonal tricolour of white, red, and yellow with white star in the center. The red band spans from the lower hoist to the upper fly.
Youth wings
1974–present Revolutionary United Youth of Angola Emblem on a red background.
1962–present Youth of MPLA A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and black with a yellow rising sun on the middle stripe.
former
1994–2013 Republican Party of Angola Two versions of a flag consisting of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating white and red, with an emblem similar to the U.S. seal surrounded by eighteen blue stars. In its right talon the eagle holds a hammer and a compass.
Link to file 1992–2013 Democratic Angola – Coalition White flag with a rose flower with a stem.
1990s–2013 Angolan National Democratic Party Horizontal bicolor of green above black. Centered on the flag is a yellow disc, upon which is placed a white five-pointed star. On the star there is a white dove in flight.
1990s Angolan Democratic Forum A horizontal tricolour of blue, white, and green.
1988–2013 Social Democratic Party
1983–2013 Liberal Democratic Party

Separatists

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Flag Date Party Description
c. 1975–present Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
1990s–present Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Renovada
1996–present Liberation Front of the State of Cabinda Horizontal tricolour of blue, copper, and black; the symbol in the middle is a padrão commemorating the Treaty of Simulambuco.[7]
?–present Cabinda Free State A horizontal tricolour of copper, white, and black.

Ethnic groups flags

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Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Lunda-Tchokwé people
Flag of the Kongo people
Flags of the Mbunda Kingdom A white flag with a drawing of an African elephant.

Red Cross Society

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Flag Date Use Description
1978–present Flag of the Angola Red Cross Red Cross surrounded by the association's name.

Yacht clubs

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Burgee Club
Clube Náutico da Ilha de Luanda

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Flags: The visual guide to more than 300 flags from around the world. New York City: Dorling Kindersley. 1998. p. 96. ISBN 0-7894-4224-8.
  2. ↑ Hermínio Escórcio: O MPLA tinha um Plano B, mas preferiu pôr de lado. Jornal de Angola. 11 de novembro de 2020.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210918144140/http://heraldicacivica.pt/ang.htm [bare URL]
  4. ↑ UNITA, Identity of a Free Angola. UNITA. 1985. p. 116. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Simbolos" [Symbols]. Portal Oficial do MPLA (in Portuguese). MPLA. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Smith, Whitney (2 February 2001). "Flag of Angola". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
  7. ↑ "Simulambuco Treaty Historical Landmark". verangola.
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