This is a list of flags used in Azerbaijan, both today and in the past.
National flag Flag Date Use Description 2013–present Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan Horizontal tricolour of bright blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and a centred eight-pointed star.Proportion 1:2.
Governmental flags
Flag Date Use Description 1992–present Presidential standard National tricolour with the coat of arms in the center 2004–present Presidential standard (at sea) Naval ensign with national tricolour and the coat of arms in the center
Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Azerbaijani Land Forces
Flag Date Use Description Flag of the Azerbaijani Land Forces
Azerbaijani Navy
Flag Date Use Description 1991 Ensign of the Azerbaijani Navy As Azerbaijan was formerly a Soviet republic, the naval ensign of Azerbaijan closely mimics the old Soviet equivalent; a star and crescent replaces the red star, a blue anchor replaces the hammer and sickle, and what used to be a simple light blue bar at the bottom of the flag has been replaced by a wavy sort of pattern. Flag of the commander in chief of Azerbaijan Naval Staff Flag of the commander in chief of the Azerbaijani Navy Flag of the commander of a group of Azerbaijan Navy The flag of the Azerbaijani Coast Guard A green flag with the flag of the Navy in the canton. Flag of the president of Azerbaijan while on board a ship of the State Border Service Flag of the chief of the State Border Service - Commander of Border Troops Flag of the chief of general staff of the Border Troops Flag of the commander of a group of vessels Command pennant of Border Patrol vessels Masthead pennant of Border Patrol vessels
Azerbaijani Air Force
Flag Date Use Description 1991 Flag of the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force
Border Service of Azerbaijan
Flag Date Use Description 1991 Flag of the Border Troops (reverse).Note: The obverse of the flag is similar to the national flag 1991 Flag of the Border Regiments (reverse).Note: The obverse of the flag is similar to the national flag 1991 Flag of the Border Units (reverse).Note: The obverse of the flag is similar to the national flag
Internal Troops of Azerbaijan
Flag Date Use Description Flag of the Internal Troops of Azerbaijan Flag of the Vashag
Political flags FlagDateDescription 2005–present Democratic Reforms Party
Ethnic groups flags
Flag Date Use Description Flags of Avars Flag of Lezgins Flags of Talysh people
Historical flags Flag Date Use Description Banner of the Atabegs of Azerbaijan Banner of Uzun Hassan, leader of the Aq Qoyunlu Banner of the Aq Qoyunlu Banner of the Qara Qoyunlu 1747–1828 Banner of the Nakhichevan Khanate 1747–1804 Banner of the Ganja Khanate 1747–1804 Banner of the Karabakh Khanate 1918 Flag of theCentrocaspian Dictatorship Three horizontal stripes, the upper and lower stripes of light blue colour and the middle stripe red. 1917 Flag of the Musavat Party of Turkic Federalists 1918 Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Source for the design of the current flag 1918–1919 Flag of Republic of Aras 1918 Flag of the Baku Commune Bears the text Бакинскiй Совнаркомь (Bakinskiy Sovnarkom) 1918–1920 Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Similar to the current flag 1920 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic 1920–1921 Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic 1921–1922 1922–1924 Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic (TSFSR) 1924–1927 1927–1931 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (TSFSR) 1931–1937 1930s–1936 Flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic 1937–1940 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic 1940–1952 1952–1991 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Reverse flag All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side. 1921–1925 Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1937–1939 Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic One version of the flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Later versions bore the text "Нахчыван МССР" (Naxçıvan MSSR, meaning Nakhichevan ASSR), placed on the flag of the Azerbaijan SSR of the time, without the Armenian name. 1939–1940 1940–1945 1945–1953 1956–1978 1978–1990 Last flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1991–2013 Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan Similar to the flag of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic and the current flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan 1993 Flag of Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic
Azerbaijanis in other countries
Flag Date Use Description Flag of Iraqi Turkmen Flags of Iranian Azerbaijanis Flag of Afshars Flag of Karapapakhs
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