# List of Yugoslav flags

This is a list of flags that were used by and in Yugoslavia.

## National and civil flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1929–1945 | National flag, civil and state ensign | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red. |
| 1945–1946 | National flag, civil and state ensign | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a red star in the central white band. |
| 1946–1992 | National flag | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center. |
| 1950–1992 | Civil and state ensign | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center. |
| 1992–2006 | National flag | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red. |

### Proposed flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1963 | National flag | Red flag with a state coat of arms in the center. Identical to the Naval jack except in aspect ratio. |

## Military flags
### Army flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1918–1941 | War flag of the Royal Yugoslav Army | The inscription reads "With faith in God, for King and Fatherland". |
| 1918–1941 | War flag of the Royal Yugoslav Army (in Latin script) | The inscription reads "With faith in God, for King and Fatherland". |
| 1941–1945 | War flag of the Royal Yugoslav Army (Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland, or Chetniks) | The inscription reads "For King and Fatherland, freedom or death". |
| 1943–1945 | Flag of the Yugoslav Partisans | |
| 1943–1945 | Flag of the First Macedonian Brigade | The inscription reads "First Macedonian Brigade". |
| 1943–1945 | Flag of the Liberation Front | |
| 1943–1945 | Flag of the Triglav Unit | The inscription reads "Defence Troop Triglav". |
| 1945–1992 | War flag of the Yugoslav Ground Forces (in Cyrillic script) | The inscription reads "For freedom and independence of the socialist fatherland". |
| 1945–1992 | War flag of the Yugoslav Ground Forces (in Latin script) | The inscription reads "For freedom and independence of the socialist fatherland". |
| 1969–1992 | Flag of Territorial Defence forces | |
| 1992–2006 | War flag of the Yugoslav Ground Forces | |

### Air force flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1945–1992 | Air force flag of the Yugoslav Air Force (obverse) | The inscription reads "Aviation Regiment JNA". |
| | 1945–1992 | War flag of the Yugoslav Air Force (reverse) | The inscription reads "For freedom and independence of the socialist fatherland". |

### Naval ensigns

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1918–1922 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | |
| 1922–1944 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | |
| 1944–1945 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (Government-in-exile) | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white and red. |
| 1942–1943 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | |
| 1943–1949 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | |
| 1949–1992 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | |
| 1992–2006 | Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia | |

### Naval jacks

| Date | Use |
| 1956–1963 | Naval Jack of Yugoslavia |
| 1963–1992 | Naval Jack of Yugoslavia |
| 1992–2006 | Naval Jack of Yugoslavia |

### Defence Ministry Flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1963–1993 | Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of the SFR Yugoslavia | |
| 1956–1963 | Standard of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence of the SFR Yugoslavia | |
| 1944–1945 | Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
| 1937–1944 | Standard of the Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
| 1918–1937 | Standard of the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
| 1995–2006 | Standard of a Member of the High Defense Council | 1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour with Serbian eagle in the center (version used by Serbia and Montenegro) |
| 1995–2006 | Standard of the Chief of the General Staff | 1:1 proportioned white field with Serbian eagle in the center (Serbo-Montenegrin version) plus blue and red stripes at the border |
| 1995–2006 | Standard of the Minister of Defense | 1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour with small emblem of the Armed Forces in the center |

### Rank flags

| Date | Use |
| 1929–1941 | Standard of a Field marshal (Vojvoda) of Yugoslavia |
| 1929–1941 | Standard of an Army general of Yugoslavia |
| 1929–1941 | Standard of a Divisional general of Yugoslavia |
| 1929–1941 | Standard of a Brigadier general of Yugoslavia |
| 1918–1941 | Admiral flag |
| 1918–1941 | Vice Admiral flag |
| 1918–1941 | Rear Admiral flag |
| 1956–1991 | Fleet Admiral flag |
| 1956–1991 | Admiral flag |
| 1956–1991 | Vice Admiral flag |
| 1956–1991 | Rear Admiral flag |
| 1949–1956 | Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of the Navy |
| 1949–1956 | Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of a Fleet |
| 1949–1956 | Flag of the Commander and Political Commissar of a Brigade |

## Government flags
### Governmental

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1992–2003 | Presidential standard | |
| 1963–1992 | Presidential standard | |
| 1956–1963 | Presidential standard | |
| 1949–1956 | Naval flag of the commander-in-chief | |
| 1981–1992 | Standard of a member of the presidency | |
| 1937–1945 | Standard of the prime minister | |
| 1995–2006 | Standard of the prime minister | 1:1 proportioned Yugoslav tricolour |
| 1981–1992 | Standard of the prime minister | |
| 1963–1992 | Standard of the president of the Federal Assembly | |
| 1920–1952 | Flag of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Cyrillic script) | |
| 1920–1952 | Flag of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Latin script) | |
| 1952–1990 | Flag of the League of Communists (Cyrillic script) | |
| 1952–1990 | Flag of the League of Communists (Latin script) | |
| 1952–1990 | Flag of the League of Communists of Croatia | |
| 1952–1990 | Flag of the League of Communists of Slovenia | |
| 1952–1990 | Flag of the League of Communists of Macedonia | |
| 1974–1990 | Flag of the League of Socialist Youth | |

### Monarchical

| Date | Use |
| 1922–1937 | Royal Standard of the King |
| 1937–1941 | Royal Standard of the King |
| 1937–1941 | Standard of the Queen |
| 1937–1941 | Standard of the Prince Regent |
| 1937–1941 | Standard of the Crown Prince |
| 1937–1941 | Standard of a Member of the Royal House |
| 1937–1941 | Standard of the Regent |

## Republic flags
### Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1946–1992 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| | 1944–1946 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |

#### Proposed flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1947 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Variant of the flag adopted on 31 December 1946 with a much larger Yugoslav canton flag and a margin. |
| | 15 November 1946 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Federal flag of Yugoslavia with an additional five-pointed golden star imposed behind the existing red star, with their rays interchangeably positioned. |

### Socialist Republic of Croatia

| Date | Use |
| 1990–present | National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia |
| 1990 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia |
| 1947–1990 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia |
| 1945–1947 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Croatia |

### Socialist Republic of Macedonia

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1946–1992 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Macedonia | |
| | 1944–1946 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Macedonia | |

### Socialist Republic of Montenegro

| Date | Use |
| 1993–2004 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro |
| 1946–1993 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro |
| 1943–1946 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Montenegro |

### Socialist Republic of Serbia

| Date | Use |
| 1992–2004 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia |
| 1947–1992 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia |
| 1943–1947 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Serbia |

### Socialist Republic of Slovenia

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1947–1991 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Slovenia | |
| | 1943–1947 | National flag, civil and state ensign of Slovenia | |

## Banate flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1939–1941 | Civil flag and ensign of the Banovina of Croatia | |
| | 1939–1941 | State flag and ensign of the Banovina of Croatia | |

## Ethnic communities

Although the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo had no official flag, from 1969 the Kosovar Albanian population was able to use a variant of the Albanian flag as its ethnic flag. As of 1985 a similar right applied to all national minorities, provided the flag was charged with the Yugoslav red star.
* Use
* Flag of the Albanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the Bulgarian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the Czech minority in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the German minority in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the Hungarian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the Italian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the Polish minority in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the Romani minority in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the Romanian minority in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the Ruthenian and Ukrainian minorities in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the Slovak and Russian minorities in SFR Yugoslavia
* Flag of the Turkish minority in SFR Yugoslavia