This is a list of flags used in Ethiopia. For more information about the national flag, see theflag of Ethiopia.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–Present | Flag of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.[1] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–Present | Flag of theEthiopian National Defense Force | ||
| 2009–2021 | |||
| 1996–2009 |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–present | War Ensign ofEthiopia | ||
| 1975–1996 | |||
| 1974–1975 | |||
| 1955–1974 |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ?–Present | Ethiopian Air Force flag |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag ofKunama people | A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and white with a flower in the white stripe. | ||
| Flag ofSaho people | A Horizontal tricolour of black (top), white and black with a 5-pointed star in the canton. | ||
| Flag ofKafficho people | A Horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and blue. |
| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | |||
| 2021–Present | United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces | ||
| Agew Liberation Front | |||
| Gambella Peoples Liberation Army | |||
| 2009–present | Oromo Federalist Congress | [2] | |
| 1999–Present | Sidama National Liberation Front | [3] | |
| Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation | |||
| 1984–Present | Ogaden National Liberation Front | [4] | |
| 1993–Present | Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front | ||
| 1985–Present | Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia | ||
| 1975–Present | Tigray People's Liberation Front | ||
| Afar Liberation Front | |||
| 1973–Present | Oromo Liberation Front | ||
| Crown Council of Ethiopia | |||
| Saho People's Democratic Movement | |||
| Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama | |||
| Somali State Resistance | |||
| Benishangul People's Liberation Movement | |||
| Gambella Peoples Liberation Army | |||
Former | |||
| 1985–1998 | Gambela People's Liberation Movement | ||
| 1984–1991 | Workers' Party of Ethiopia | [5] | |
| 1982–2019 | Oromo Democratic Party | [6] | |
| Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization/Oromo Democratic Party | |||
| 1973–1989 | Western Somali Liberation Front | ||
| Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addis Ababa | [7] | |||
| Afar | 2012–present | [8] | ||
| Amhara | 1999–present | [9] | ||
| Benishangul-Gumuz | [10] | |||
| Central Ethiopia | 2023–present | |||
| Dire Dawa | [11] | |||
| Gambela | [12] | |||
| Harari | [13] | |||
| Oromia | [14] | |||
| Sidama | 2020–present | [15] | ||
| Somali | 2018–present | [16] | ||
| South Ethiopia | 2023–present | |||
| South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region | 2021–present | |||
| Tigray | [17] | |||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1270–1875 | Flag of TheEthiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green. | |
| 1875–1881 | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and purple with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. Disputed early version of the post-1897 flag.[18] | ||
| 1881–1889 | 3 triangular pennants of red, yellow and green.[19] | ||
| 1897–1914 | A horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and green with the firstEthiopic letter of EmperorMenelik's name superimposed at the center.[20][21][22] | ||
| 1897–1936 1941–1974 | Official banner of the Emperor | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center.[23] | |
| 1974–1975 | Flag of TheDerg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center (without the crown and with a spear).[24] | |
| 1975–1987 | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center. | ||
| 1987–1991 | Flag of ThePeople's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | ||
| 1991–1996 | Flag of TheTransitional Government of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.[23] | |
| 1996–2009 | Flag of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the National Emblem superimposed at the center.[25] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930–1974 | Obverse | [26] | |
| 1930–1974 | Reverse |