List of flags of Moldova

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The following is a list of flags of Moldova.

## National flag and State flag

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| 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

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| 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

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| ?–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

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 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

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* 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

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| 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.
|  |  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[citation needed] flag of the Principality of Moldavia | Ratio: 2:3.

## Municipal flags

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 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

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| Proposed in 2010 | The Communist Party's proposed flag for Moldova. |
| Proposed in 2017 | Igor Dodon's proposed flag for Moldova. |

## Transnistria

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 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

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| 2000–present | Presidential standard |

### Historical flags

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 1925–1932 | Flag of the 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

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

## External links

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* Moldova: Index of all pages at Flags of the World
* Moldova at Russian Centre of Vexillology and Heraldry

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