List of Romanian flags
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The following is a list of flags used to represent Romania.
National flag and state flag
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| File:Flag of Romania.svg | rowspan="2" |1867–1947, 1989–present | National flag and ensign | Current color scheme established in 1995. Ratio: 2:3 |
| File:Flag of Romania (vertical).svg | Vertical variant | Current color scheme established in 1995. |
Governmental flags
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| 125px | rowspan="3" |1990–present | Presidential flag | Ratio: 1:1 (unclear use status; seen scarcely during Naval Forces day[http://www.presidency.ro/pop.php?_RID=img&img=16175.jpg Photo at the website of the Presidency]) |
| File:Flag of the Prime Minister of Romania.svg | Prime Ministerial flag | Ratio: 1:1 (no longer seen in actual use) | |
| File:Flag of Ministers of Romania (early 1990s).svg | Member of the Cabinet (early 1990s) | White with the national flag in the canton. The canton relative ratio is 4:5. (no longer seen in actual use) | |
| File:Flag of Romanian Minister of National Defence.svg | 1991–present | Minister of Defense | Ratio: 1:1 |
| File:Flag of Romanian Pilot.svg | 1990–present | Pilot ensign | National flag bordered white. |
Military flag
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| File:Battle flag of the Romanian Defense Staff.svg | 1992–present | Flag of the Armed Forces | State coat of arms in the center. In the flag edges are two-branch wreaths. |
| File:Flag of the Romanian General Staff (Obverse).svg | ?–present | Flag of the Romanian General Staff | A yellow flag with coat of arms of Romanian General Staff in the centre with two stars in the left and in the right of coat of arms and surrounded by the four branch elements |
| File:Flag of the Romanian Land Forces (Obverse).svg | ?–present | Flag of the Romanian Land Forces | A red flag with coat of arms of Romanian Land Forces in the centre with two stars in the left and in the right of coat of arms and surrounded by four crossed swords |
| File:Flag of the Romanian Naval Forces (Obverse).svg | ?–present | Flag of the Romanian Naval Forces | A dark blue flag with coat of arms of Romanian Naval Forces in the centre with two stars in the left and in the right of coat of arms and surrounded by four anchors |
| File:Flag of the Romanian Air Force (obverse).svg | ?–present | Flag of the Romanian Air Force | A light blue flag with coat of arms of Romanian Air Force in the centre with two stars in the left and in the right of coat of arms and surrounded by four air force elements |
| File:Naval Jack of Romania (2019-).svg | Naval jack | A light blue flag with the national flag in the canton, a vertically set black-outlined anchor in the quarter | |
| 125px | ?–present | Commissioning pennant | Tri-colour long pennant of blue-yellow-red |
| File:Flag of Romanian Chief of the General Staff.svg | ?–present | Chief of the General Staff | A square national tricolour with four white five-pointed stars one above other in the blue stripe. |
| File:Flag of Romanian Chief of Naval Staff.svg | ?–present | Chief of Naval Staff | A light blue flag with the national flag in the canton, a diagonally set black-outlined anchor in the fly upper quarter and four yellow five-pointed stars in a horizontal line in the lower half |
| File:Flag of Romanian Deputy Chief of Naval Staff.svg | ?–present | Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | A light blue flag with the national flag in the canton, a diagonally set black-outlined anchor in the fly upper quarter and three yellow five-pointed stars in a horizontal line in the lower half |
| File:Flag of Romanian Fleet or Flotilla Commander.svg | ?–present | Fleet or Flotilla Commander | A light blue flag with the national flag in the canton, a diagonally set black-outlined anchor in the fly upper quarter and two yellow five-pointed stars in a horizontal line in the lower half |
| File:Flag of Romanian Major Naval Unit Commander.svg | ?–present | Major Naval Unit Commander | A light blue flag with the national flag in the canton, a diagonally set black-outlined anchor in the fly upper quarter and one yellow five-pointed stars in a horizontal line in the lower half |
| 125px | ?–present | Naval Unit Commander | A triangular light blue pennant with the national tricolour near the hoist in the central part and in the fly a black outlined anchor, set vertically. |
Historical flags
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| File:Flag of Wallachia.svg | Flag of the Principality of Wallachia | rowspan="2" | Ratio: 2:3 | |
| File:Naval Ensign of Wallachia.svg | 1700s | Naval Ensign of the Principality of Wallachia | |
| File:Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg | 1859–1862 | Civil ensign of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia{{fact|date=May 2021}} | Blue-yellow-red horizontal tricolor with blue above. |
| File:Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862 - 1866).svg | 1862–1866 | Civil ensign of the United Principalities of Romania | Blue-yellow-red horizontal tricolor with red above. |
| File:Flag of Romania.svg | 1867–1947 | Civil ensign of the Principality/Kingdom of Romania | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with blue near the hoist. |
| File:Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg | January–March 1948 | Flag of the People's Republic of Romania (never used) | Provisional coat of arms established in January 1948. This is a reconstituted/theoretical model, as the "tractor" coat of arms was never used. |
| File:Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg | 1948–1952 | rowspan="2" |Flag of the People's Republic of Romania | The arms had a scroll bearing the letters RPR (no red star). |
| File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg | 1952–1965 | The arms had a scroll bearing the letters RPR and were surmounted by a red star. | |
| File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg | 1965–1989 | Flag of the Socialist Republic of Romania | The arms had a scroll with the word REPUBLICA (left), SOCIALISTĂ (right) and ROMÂNIA (center) and were surmounted by a red star. |
| 125px | 1967–1989 | Flag of Chairman of Councils of State and of Ministers of the Socialist Republic of Romania. | Ratio: 1:1 |
| File:Romania flag 1989 revolution.svg | 1989–1990 | de facto State flag and civil ensign during the 1989 revolution | The Communist flag with a hole cut out of the middle to remove the coat of arms, as a symbolic protest against the despised Ceaușescu regime |
=Monarchical flags=
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| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1867 official model.svg | 14 April 1867 – 22 March 1872 | rowspan="2" | Royal Standard of the Domnitor | rowspan="2" | Ratio: 2:3 |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg | 23 March 1872 – 20 July 1898 | ||
| File:Royal standard of Romania (King, 1881 model).svg | 21 July 1898 – 23 April 1922 | rowspan="2" | Royal Standard of the King | Ratio: 1:1; Ratio between colors: 1:4:1 |
| File:Royal standard of Romania (King, 1922 model).svg | rowspan="2" | 24 April 1922 – 30 December 1947 | rowspan="3" | Ratio: 1:1 | |
| File:Royal standard of Romania (Queen, 1922 model).svg | Royal Standard of the Queen | ||
| File:Royal standard of Romania (Queen Mother, 1941 model).svg | 19 February 1941 – 30 December 1947 | Royal Standard of the Queen Mother | |
| File:Royal standard of Romania (Crown prince, 1881 model).svg | 21 July 1898 – 23 April 1922 | Royal Standard of the Crown Prince | Ratio: 1:1; Ratio between colors: 1:4:1 |
| File:Royal standard of Romania (Crown Prince, 1922 model).svg | 24 April 1922 – 30 December 1947 | Royal Standard of the Crown Prince | rowspan="4" | Ratio: 1:1 |
| File:Royal Standard of the Crown Princess of Romania.svg | 2007–present | Royal Standard of the Crown Princess (Margareta of Romania) | |
| File:Standard of the Regent of Romania (1927-1930).svg | 1927–1930 | Royal Standard of the members of the Regency | |
| File:Royal standard of Romania (Prince, 1922 model).svg | 24 April 1922 – 30 December 1947 | Royal Standard of a Member of the Royal House |
=Military flags of the Kingdom of Romania=
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| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1859 official model.gif | 1862–1866 | Flag of the Prince of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia | Blue-yellow-red horizontal tricolor with red above. Coats of arms of Wallachia and Moldavia crowned and surrounded by Romanian tricolors. |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1863 official model.svg | 1863–1866 | Army flag of the United Principalities of Romania and after 1866 Principality of Romania | Blue-yellow-red horizontal tricolor with red above. Flying crowned aquila with the coats of arms of Wallachia and Moldavia over it. The aquila holds the sceptre and the sword. In the corners, the monogram of prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, surrounded by a laurel wreath. On the red scarf it is written: HONOR ET PATRIA. |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1866 used model.svg | 1866–1874 | Army flag of the Principality of Romania | Blue-yellow-red horizontal tricolor with company's number in corners and name in the middle. |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1867 official model.svg | 1867–1872/3 | Army flag of the Principality of Romania/Princely standard, official model. Used as military ensign. Not used as war or state flag. | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's coat of arms in the middle. |
| File:RO^1867.svg | 1867–1875 | Flag of Focșani civic guard. | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the city's coat of arms in the middle, and company number in corners. |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1872 official model.svg | 1872–1921 | Army flag of the Principality of Romania/Princely standard, official model. Several other models were used instead (see above). Used as military ensign. Not used as war or state flag. | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's coat of arms in the middle. |
| 1874–1881 | rowspan="2" |Army flag of the Principality of Romania | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's coat of arms in the middle, surrounded by a laurel wreath. In corners, the monogram of king Carol I of Romania, crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath. Ratio: 1:1. | |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1877 used model.svg | 1877–1878 | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the medium country's coat of arms in the middle, on a purple background, surrounded by a laurel wreath. In corners, the monogram of king Carol I of Romania, crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath. Used during the Romanian War of Independence. Ratio: 1:1. | |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1881 used model.svg | 1882–1897 | rowspan="4" |Army flag of the Kingdom of Romania | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's coat of arms in the middle (slightly modified de facto). In corners, the monogram of king Carol I of Romania, crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath. Ratio: 1:1. |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1897 used model.svg | 1897–1902 | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's coat of arms in the middle (slightly modified de facto). In corners, the monogram of king Carol I of Romania, crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath. | |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1902 used model.svg | 1902–1914 | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's coat of arms in the middle (slightly modified de facto), surrounded by a laurel wreath. In corners, the monogram of king Carol I of Romania, crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath. | |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1914 used model.svg | 1914–1921 | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's coat of arms in the middle (slightly modified de facto), surrounded by a laurel wreath. In corners, the monogram of king Ferdinand I of Romania, crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath. | |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1921 used model.svg | 1921–1927 (1930?) | Army flag of the Kingdom of Romania. First awarded in 1926 | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's coat of arms in the middle, surrounded by a laurel wreath. In corners, the monogram of king Ferdinand I of Romania, crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath. |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1930 used model.svg | 1930–1940 | rowspan="2" | Army flag of the Kingdom of Romania | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's coat of arms in the middle, surrounded by a laurel wreath. In corners, the monogram of king Carol II of Romania, crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath. |
| File:Romanian Army Flag - 1940 used model.svg | 1940–1947 (and 1927–1930?) | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's coat of arms in the middle, surrounded by a laurel wreath. In corners, the monogram of king Michael I of Romania, crowned and surrounded by a laurel wreath. | |
| File:Naval Ensign of Romania (1922–1947).svg | rowspan="2" | 1922–1947 | Naval ensign. Not used as war or state flag. | Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with the country's middle coat of arms in the center. |
| File:Navy Jack of Romania (1921).svg | Naval jack | Yellow field with red border and the country's middle coat of arms in the center. |
=Military flags of the Socialist Republic of Romania=
Subdivision flags
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| File:ROU Bucharest Flag.svg | rowspan="3" | 1990–present | Bucharest (City) | |
| File:ROU AR Arad Flag.png | Arad (municipality) | A bright yellow flag with a blue horizontal wavy strip, symbolizing the Mureș river and the city coat of arms centered. | |
| File:ROU AB Alba Iulia Flag.png | Alba Iulia (municipality) | ||
| File:Flag of Brasov, Romania.svg | 1992–present | Brașov (municipality) | |
| File:ROU SM Carei Flag.svg | 1990–present | Carei (municipality) | |
| File:ROU CT Constanta Flag.svg | 1997–present | Constanța (municipality) | |
| File:ROU BH Oradea Flag.gif | 1992–present | Oradea (municipality) | |
| File:ROU MS Targu Mures Flag.gif | 1998–present | Târgu Mureș (municipality) |
Political flags
References
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