The following is a list of flags of Moldova.
National flag and state flag
FlagDateUseDescription 2010–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 flag The reverse side is a mirror image of the obverse.
Autonomous regions flags
FlagDateUseDescription 1995–present Flag of Gagauzia A blue, white, and red horizontal tricolor with stripe proportions of 3:1:1. 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
FlagDateUseDescription ?–present Border Guard Service flag Ratio: 2:3 1997–present Customs flag on land Ratio: 2:3 1997–present Customs ensign ?–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
FlagDateUseDescription 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 Romanian flags. FlagDateUseDescription 1990–2010 State flag of the Republic of Moldova Ratio: 1:2. Reverse flag The reverse side did not bear the coat of arms found on the obverse. 1990 State flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, later known as SSR Moldova Ratio: 1:2. Early prototype 1952–1990 State flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Ratio: 1:2. Reverse flagAll 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 Soviet Socialist Republic Ratio: 1:2. 1938–1940 State flag of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Ratio: 1:2. 1937–1938 State flag of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Ratio: 1:2. 1925–1932 State flag of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Ratio: 1:2. 1917–1918 Military colors of the Moldavian Democratic Republic Blue, yellow, and red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. White RM initials over the flag. Ratio: 2:3. 1917–1918 Flag of Sfatul Țării Blue, yellow, and 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, and 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 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 century State flag of the Principality of Moldavia Ratio: 2:3.
Municipal flags
FlagDateUseDescription 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 FlagDateUseDescription Proposed in 2010 The Communist Party's proposed flag for Moldova. Proposed in 2017 Igor Dodon's proposed flag for Moldova.
Transnistria FlagDateUseDescription 1991–present State flag and ensign, war flag Civil flag and ensign, reverse side of state flag/ensign 2017–present Co-official national flag Flag of Russia
Standards FlagDateUseDescription 2000–present Presidential standard
Historical flags FlagDateUseDescription 1925–1932 Flag of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicOnly 6 villages belonging to the Moldovan ASSR are not currently in Transnistria or Ukraine Ratio: 1:2. 1937–1938 Flag of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Ratio: 1:2. 1938–1940 Flag of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Ratio: 1:2. 1940–1952 Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Ratio: 1:2. 1952–1990 Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Ratio: 1:2.
Notes
External links
Moldova at Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry