# List of Angolan flags

This is a list of flags associated with Angola.

## National flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1975–present | National flag | Two horizontal bands of red and black with the Machete and Gear Emblem in the center. |

## Standards of the head of state

| Flag | Date | Use |
| current ||||
| | ?–present | Standard of the President of Angola |
| former ||||
| | ?–1975 | Flag of Governor of Portuguese Angola |
| | ?–1975 | Flag of Portuguese Colony High Commissioner |
| | 1510s–c. 1543 | Banner of Manikongo Afonso I |

## Police

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| current ||||
| | ?-present | Flag of the Angola National Police | |

## Penitentiary Service

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| current ||||
| | ?-present | Flag of the Angola Penitentiary Service | |

## Olympic Committee

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| current ||||
| | 1979-present | Flag of the Angolan Olympic Committee | |

## Historical flags

| Date | Regime |
| c. 1883 | Royal Banner of the Kingdom of Kakongo |
| c. 17th century | Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo |
| c. 17th century | Flag of the Kingdom of Ndongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo |

## Proposed flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 2003 | Proposed flag of Angola | Five horizontal stripes: the top and bottom stripes are blue, separated by thin white stripes, with a broad red stripe in the middle. Centered on the red stripe is a yellow sun. The sun design in the middle is meant to be reminiscent of cave paintings found in Tchitundo-Hulu cave near Virei. |
| 1996 | Proposed flag of Angola | Three horizontal stripes: red, green and black, combining the colors of the MPLA and UNITA parties and providing Pan-African colors. |
| 1965 | Proposed flag of the Portuguese overseas province of Angola | |
| 1932 | Proposed flag of the Colony of Angola | The flag is divided into four purple and yellow triangular sections radiating from the center. In the center of the flag is a shield with a golden pelican feeding its young in a purple field. The golden border of the shield contains five small blue shields with white dots and four red crosses of the Order of Christ. Above the shield is a mural crown and below the shield is a white scroll with the word "ANGOLA" written on it. |

## Political flags

| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
| current ||||
| | 2020–present | Humanist Party of Angola | Party logo on a white background. |
| | 2012–present | Broad Convergence for the Salvation of Angola – Electoral Coalition | Blue map of Angola surrounded by 18 white stars on a green background. Angola is divided into 18 provinces. |
| | 2006–present | New Democracy Electoral Union | White ring on an orange background. |
| | 1991–present | Democratic Party for Progress – Angolan National Alliance | Vertical red white green tricolor. In the middle band is a yellow disc held by two symmetrical black hands. |
| Link to file | 1990–present | Democratic Renewal Party | A blue flag with the party logo, the logo consists of a handshake on a red disc background. |
| | 1990–present | Social Renewal Party | Two horizontal bands of red and green with a black vertical band on the hoist side and white disc where the colors meet. |
| | 1966–present | National Union for the Total Independence of Angola | A horizontal triband consisting of a white central band sandwiched between two red bands. It is charged in the center with a black silhouette of a crowing rooster and on the right with a red silhouette of a rising sun with 16 rays. Red represents the blood shed by Angolans in anti-colonial actions before the war of independence, while green represents hope and faith in victory. The rooster symbolises "a call upon the peoples of Africa to become aware of the foreign nomination of Africa". The rising sun represents the start of the war of independence and the unity of Angola's 16 provinces in the war. |
| | 1960–present | People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola | A horizontal bicolour consisting of a red upper band and a black lower band, charged in the center with a yellow five-pointed star. The symbolism of the colours is the same as that of the Angolan flag. American vexillologist Whitney Smith suggests that the design may have been derived from the flag of the Viet Cong, from which the MPLA adopted strategies and principles. |
| | 1954–present | National Liberation Front of Angola | A diagonal tricolour of white, red and yellow radiating from the lower hoist side corner, and white star in the center. |
| Youth wings ||||
| | 1974–present | Revolutionary United Youth of Angola | Emblem on a red background. |
| | 1962–present | Youth of MPLA | A horizontal tricolour of red, blue and black with yellow rising sun on the middle stripe. |
| former ||||
| | 1994–2013 | Republican Party of Angola | Two versions of a flag consisting of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating white and red, with an emblem similar to the U.S. seal surrounded by 18 blue stars. In its right talon the eagle holds a hammer and a compass. |
| Link to file | 1992–2013 | Democratic Angola – Coalition | White flag with a rose flower with a stem. |
| | 1990s–2013 | Angolan National Democratic Party | Horizontal bicolor green and black field. Centered on the flag is a yellow disc, upon which is placed a white five-pointed star. On the star there is a white dove in flight. |
| | 1990s | Angolan Democratic Forum | A horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green. |
| | 1988–2013 | Social Democratic Party | |
| | 1983–2013 | Liberal Democratic Party | |

### Separatists

| Date | Party | Description |
| c. 1975–present | Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda | |
| 1990s–present | Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Renovada | |
| 1996–present | Liberation Front of the State of Cabinda | Horizontal blue, copper and black tricolour, the symbol in the middle is a padrão commemorating the Treaty of Simulambuco. |
| ?–present | Cabinda Free State | A horizontal tricolour of copper, white and black. |

## Ethnic groups flags

| Use | Description |
| Flag of the Lunda-Tchokwé people | |
| Flag of the Kongo people | |
| Flags of the Mbunda Kingdom | A white flag with a drawing of an African elephant. |

## Red Cross Society

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1978–present | Flag of the Angola Red Cross | Red Cross surrounded by the association's name. |

## Yacht clubs

| Burgee | Club |
| | Clube Náutico da Ilha de Luanda |