The following is a list of flags and banners related with Algeria.
National flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1962–present | A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line.[1] | ||
National flag (vertical) | |||
Standards of the head of state
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current | |||
1962–present | Presidential flag of Algeria | A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line with Arabic scripts written in gold upwards and downwards.[2] | |
former | |||
1955–1956 | Flag of Governor-General Jacques Soustelle | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the coat of arms of Jacques Soustelle in the center. The shield depicts a lion, a reference to Lyon, Soustelle's birthplace, the cross of Lorraine signifying his affiliation with Free France, seven stars representing the rank of Governor General, a crescent moon as the symbol of Algeria, and the initials J and S. | |
1848–1854 | Flag of Governor-General Aimable Pélissier | A white swallowtailed banner with a red and blue border and an Arabic script written in blue and red upwards and downwards. The text means "Peace to those who submit - the sand for the unsubdued ones". | |
?–1837 | Flag of Bey of Constantine | ||
18th century | Flag of Dey of Algiers | A red flag rounded at the ends with a thin, yellow pile reaching halfway up the field. | |
Military flags
Naval Force
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current | |||
2004–present | Naval ensign of Algeria | A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line and white crossed fouled anchors in the canton.[4] | |
Naval jack of Algeria | The national flag in the canton on a light blue field.[5] | ||
?–present | Flag of the Commander of a Maritime Region | Triangular white flag with a light blue anchor in the middle. | |
former | |||
1987–2004 | Naval ensign of Algeria | A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line and red crossed fouled anchors in the canton.[4] | |
16th–18th century | Flag of the official in charge of the fleet. | ||
16th–early 19th century | Naval flag seen on Algerian ships, including privateers. | ||
18th–early 19th century | A red flag with a yellow stripe with a red crescent. | ||
Merchant flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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former | |||
after 1848–1910 | The flag consists of 7 horizontal stripes, 3 white, 2 blue and 2 red. The colors are identical to the French national flag, and the form resembles flags from the Regency times The exact rules and years of use of this flag are unknown.[9] | ||
16th–18th century | One of the types of merchant flags of Regency of Algiers | ||
The flag consists of 5 horizontal stripes, 2 red, 2 yellow and 1 green.[7] | |||
Horizontal bisection with white above black.[7] | |||
Algerian Scouts
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current | |||
?–present | Flag of the Algerian Muslim Scouts. | ||
Historical flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Independence movement | |||
1930s-1963 | One of many variants of the flag used before it was standardized | ||
1940s–1960s | One of many variants of the flag used by Algierian nationalists before gaining independence. | ||
1945 | Flag of the Sétif revolt | A Horizontal Bicolour of White and Green with a red hand, a crescent moon, a 6 pointed star and an Arabic script written in red in the canton. The script reads Allahu Akbar ("God is great").[12] | |
1940s | Flag of Algerian nationalists from Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto. | A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green with a red hamsa and a red crescent moon. | |
A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green with a yellow hamsa. | |||
Resistance to the French conquest of Algeria | |||
1832–1847 | Flag of the Emirate of Abdelkader | A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green centered with a golden hamsa cricled by an Arabic script. | |
1830s–1840s | Regimental flag of the Emirate of Abdelkader | Yellow-black-yellow tricolor, with hamses placed on all stripes, respectively from the top, at the hoist, in the middle and on the flying side. | |
The flag captured by the French with the Emir's tent | A red flag with blue lines, horizontally in the middle and vertically along the hoist. | ||
1850s | Flag used by Sherif Boubaghla and Lalla Fatma N'Soumer | 4 horizontal stripes of blue, green, yellow and white. | |
1516–1830 | Flags of the Regency of Algiers | Various versions of the flag with red, yellow and green stripes | |
17th century–1830 | Army flag of Regency of Algiers | A horizontal triband of red (top), green and red with 2 crossed swords in the lower red band. | |
c. 1570 | Banner of the Béjaïa | On the Portuguese map Teixeira Domingos, which dates from 1570, a triangular flag with yellow and blue stripes is assigned to the port of Béjaïa or to inland areas controlled by Beni Abbas. | |
16th century | A gold field with a legendary seal of Solomon. | ||
1516–1546 | Flag of Barbarossa | A green swallowtailed field with 2 crossed swords in the center, a 6-pointed pentagram in the fly, 4 crescent moons in each corner and the Shahada or Muslim creed written in the Thuluth script in white in the hoist side. | |
18th–19th century | Banner of the House of Mokrani | A white field with an Arabic script written in gold in the center. The text means "Help comes from God, and victory is near".[13] | |
1871 | Banner used during Boumezrag El Mokrani's meeting with Napoleon III. | A white field with an Arabic script written in gold in the center and 5 Fleur-de-lis on the hoist side.[14][15] | |
18th–mid–19th century | Flag of the Kingdom of Beni Abbas | A horizontal triband of red (top), green and red with an Arabic script written in gold in the center. The text means "God is the best helper".[16] | |
1850s | Flag captured by the French army in the Djurdjura mountains during the conquest of Algeria and attributed to the kingdom of Kuku, but may also originate from Aït Abbas.[17] | A red field with white hamsa in the center and four crescent moons in the corners. | |
14th century | Banner of the Hafsid Emirate of Béjaïa | Red banner with yellow crossbows shown by the Castilian Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms and Aragonian Catalan Atlas. | |
14th century-1510 | Flag of Brischan | The Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms also includes a white flag with the seal of Solomon, signed as Brischan. Brischan is treated as a separate entity from Béjaïa, but one theory identifies both cities. Many medieval maps show flags with variants of the Seal of Solomon west of Béjaïa.[18][19] | |
mid–14th century–1488 | Possible appearance of the banner of the Kingdom of Tlemcen according to Iberian sources | A white field with a blue crescent moon in the center.[20] | |
A blue field with a white crescent moon in the center.[20] | |||
13th–early 14th century | A white field with a red crescent moon in the center and 3 sestiere on the fly.[20] |
Political flags
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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current | |||
1989–present | Blue flag with the party logo.[21] | ||
2001–present | |||
1953–present | The flag consists of the Black Standard with a white text of the Shahada emblazoned across it in calligraphy style writing. | ||
Former | |||
1989–1992 | Red flag with white logo of the ISF, with the groups name in Arabic (الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ) across it. The writing in the box above the logo is from Surah 'Ali `Imran [3:103] of the Quran. (وكنتم على شفا حفرة من النار فأنقذكم منها). Writing at the bottom of the logo states الجبهة الإسلامية الموحدة (en: United Islamic Front).[22] | ||
1947–1966 | |||
1920–1962 | A red flag with a white hammer and sickle and the slogan "Pain, Paix, Liberté" (en: Bread, Peace, Liberty).[23] |
Flags of ethnic groups
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1997–present | Flag of the Amazigh people | ||
?–present | Flag of the Chaoui people | A yellow field with a black letter "z" (ⵣ in Tifinagh) in the center. | |
Corporations
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
?–present | Flag of the Algérie Poste | White flag with logo. | |
Flag of the Naftal | Yellow flag with logo. | ||
Flag of the Sonatrach | Orange flag with logo. |
Proposed flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1962 | Proposed flag of French Algeria | A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line which is on the hoist side with the French tricolour upwards the fly side. | |
Misattributed flags
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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21th century | A yellow field with a black letter "z" (ⵣ in Tifinagh) in the center. The symbolism clearly refers to the Berber flag, which was popularized during the Berber Spring in 1980, i.e. after the dissolution of the confederation. | ||
? | Alleged personal standard of Emir Abdelkader. | The flag was considered to be the emir's personal banner in the French Army Museum, but it may have been confused with
Samori Ture.[24] | |
19th century | Erroneous flag of French Algeria | A blue flag with the French tricolor in the canton. Some sources suggest its use in the Algiers Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, but this is not certain.[25] | |
17th century | The banner of the Dey of Algiers according to the erroneous description of a 17th century French traveler. | A green flag with a yellow crescent.[26] | |
Yacht clubs
Burgee | Flag | Club |
---|---|---|
Sport Nautique d'Alger | ||
Sport Nautique de Philippeville |
See also
References
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