# List of Bulgarian flags

The following is a list of the Flags of Bulgaria.

## National flag

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1878–present | Physical National flag and Civil ensign | A horizontal tricolor of white, green and red. |
| 1879–present | Wartime flag | A horizontal tricolor of red, green and white. |
| | Digital flag | |
| 1990-present | Hanging national flag | Vertical version of the tricolor. |

## Government flags
### Office flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | | Standard of the president of the Republic | |

### Standards of Royal Family

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1937–1946 | Standard of the Tsar | |

## Military flags
### Bulgarian Land Forces

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1971-1990 | War flag | A red flag with the Bulgarian coat of arms from the communist time with the motto: "For the socialist motherland". |
| | 1991–present | War flag | A green and red flag with the middle part of coat of arms. |

### Bulgarian Navy
#### Republic of Bulgaria

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1991-2005 | Naval ensign | The old Naval ensign from 1954-1990 but instead of the red stat is placed the Bulgarian lion used in the old monarchical naval ensigns. |
| 2005–present | Naval ensign | The old Naval ensign from 1991-2005 but the lion is in a small size and placed in a red background. |
| 1991–present | Naval Jack | A red cross and a green cross in a white background. |
| | Coast guard ensign | |
| | Commander of the Navy | |
| | Deputy Commander of the Navy | |
| | Commander of the Naval Base | |

#### People's Republic of Bulgaria

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1949-1955 | Naval ensign | The old Naval ensign flag but in bottom-left corner a red star in a white background and a modified lion. |
| 1955-1990 | Naval ensign | A mostly white flag with green and red stripes at the bottom and a big red star in the top-left corner. |
| 1949-1955 | Naval Jack | A red square flag with a white outline of a star and the Bulgarian lion in the center. |
| 1955-1963 | Naval Jack | The old Naval Jack flag from 1949-1955 in 2:3 Ratio and without the lion. |
| 1963-1990 | Naval Jack | The old naval jack but in 1:2 Ratio. |
| 1908-1944 | Minister of War | The Bulgarian flag with the lion on a red background in top-left corner and a green saltire on a white background in bottom-left corner. |

#### Kingdom of Bulgaria

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1879-1944 | Naval ensign | The Bulgarian flag with a lion on a red background in top-left corner. |
| 1879-1949 | Naval Jack | A square flag with a red and green cross in a white background. |
| 1878-1944 | Minister of War | |

## Vexillology Association flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | | Flag of the Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society | |

## Political flags

| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
| current ||||
| | 2014–present | Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy | |
| | 2014–present | The Bulgarian Revival | Political flag with the Bulgarian lion. |
| | 2006–present | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | |
| | 2005–present | Attack | |
| | 1991–present | IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement | |
| | 1999–present | Bulgarian National Union | National flag with Tamgha of the Dulo clan. |
| | | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | |
| Former ||||
| | 1944-1947 | Bulgarian Fatherland Front | |
| | 1936-1944 | Ratniks | |
| | 1932-1944 | Union of Bulgarian National Legions | |
| | 1932-1934 | Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party | |
| | 1919-1990 | Bulgarian Communist Party | |

## Religious flags

| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
| | ?–present | Flag of Bulgarian General Mufti | |

## Ethnic groups flags

| Use | Description |
| Flag of the Bulgarian Turks | |
| Flag of the Pomaks | Flag of former Republic of Tamrash |
| Flag of the Sarakatsani | Flag of the Sarakatsani |

## Historical flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| c. 1325 | Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire | Flag according to Angelino Dalorto |
| c. 1380 | Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire | Flag according to Guillem Soler |
| 14th century | Flag of the Tsardom of Vidin | |
| 1878–1886 | Flag of the Republic of Tamrash | |
| 1903 | Flag of the Strandzha Commune | |
| 1879–1908 | Flag of the Principality of Bulgaria | A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red |
| 1908–1946 | Flag of the Tsardom of Bulgaria | A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red |
| 1946–1947 | Flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria | A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red |
| 1947–1948 | Civil and State flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria | A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red with the Bulgarian emblem in the top-left corner |
| 1948–1968 | Civil and State flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria | A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red with the Bulgarian emblem in the top-left corner |
| 1968–1971 | Civil and State flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria | A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red with the Bulgarian emblem in the top-left corner |
| 1971–1990 | Civil and State flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria | A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red with the Bulgarian emblem in the top-left corner |

### Other

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1862–1868 | The standard of the Bulgarian Legion | |
| 1876 | Flag used in April Uprising | |
| 1876 | Flag used in Razlovci uprising | |
| 1877-1878 | The standard of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps | |
| 1877- | The standard of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps | Samara Flag |

## Flag Proposal

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | c.1915 | King Ferdinand's Proposal | |