List of Egyptian flags

Presidential standards edit

Throughout the republican era, the standard of the president of Egypt has been identical to the national flag, with the addition of the coat of arms (eagle or hawk) in the upper-left corner.^[1] Even though the Constitution of Egypt states that the President is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces (article 150), the flag of the Supreme Commander differs from the Presidential Standard. It is identical to the national flag, with the addition in the upper-left corner of a white Eagle of Saladin contained between two crossed swords. The Supreme Commander also has his own naval ensign, air force flag and air defence flag. Military ordinances state that the flags of the Supreme Commander must be hoisted during the President's visits to each military unit. The national flag must be hoisted in the middle, with the Presidential Standard on its right side, and the flag of the Supreme Commander on its left side.^[2]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	Current presidential standard	Identical to the current national flag—tricolour featuring the golden Eagle of Saladin—with a second Eagle of Saladin added in the upper-left corner of the red band.[2]
	1972–1984	Federation of Arab Republics presidential standard	Identical to Federation of Arab Republics' flag—tricolour featuring the golden Eagle of Quraish on the upper-left corner of red band.[2]
	1958–1972	Standard of the president of Egypt at sea

Royal standards edit

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1923–1953	Standard of the King of Egypt (adopted by Royal Ordinance No. 90 of 1923)	Identical to the national flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, with the royal crown added in the upper-left corner.
	?–1953	Naval Ensign of the King of Egypt
	1946–1953	Flag of the King's Air Force (adopted by Royal Decree No. 40 of 1946)
	1946–1953	Flag of the King's Airplane (adopted by Royal Decree No. 40 of 1946)
	1946–1953	Standard of the Crown Prince (adopted by Royal Decree No. 28 of 1946)
	1946–1953	Naval Ensign of the Crown Prince (adopted by Royal Decree No. 28 of 1946)
	1946–1953	Flag of the Crown Prince's Air Force and Airplane (adopted by Royal Decree No. 28 of 1946)
	12 till 14th century	Reconstruction of Saladin's personal standard

Army edit

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	War flag of Egypt	The flag of Egypt with two crossed swords in white in the canton[3][4]
	1972–1984	War flag of Egypt	The flag of Egypt within the Federation of Arab Republics with two crossed swords in white in the canton[3]
	1958–1972	War flag of the United Arab Republic	The flag of the United Arab Republic with two crossed swords in white in the canton[3][5]
	1922–1958	War flag of Egypt	The flag of Egypt from 1922 to 1958 with two crossed swords in white in the canton[3]
	1922–1958	Flag of major general
	1922–1958	Flag of lieutenant general

Navy edit

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	Flag of the Egyptian Navy	The flag of Egypt in the canton on a blue field with the two crossed white anchor surrounded by a wreath at the fly[4]
	1984–present	Naval ensign and jack of Egypt	The flag of Egypt with two crossed anchors in white in the canton[3][4]
	1972–1984	Naval ensign and jack of Egypt	The flag of Egypt within the Federation of Arab Republics with two crossed anchors in white in the canton[3]
	1958–1972	Naval ensign and jack of the United Arab Republic	The flag of the United Arab Republic with two crossed anchors in white in the canton[3][5]
	1922–1958	Naval ensign and naval jack of Egypt	The flag of Egypt from 1922 to 1958 with two crossed anchors in white in the canton[3]
	1984–present	Masthead pennant of the Egyptian Navy
	1984–present	Flag of vice admiral
	1984–present	Flag of rear admiral
	1984–present	Flag of senior officer
	1922–1958	Flag of admiral
	1922–1958	Flag of vice admiral
	1922–1958	Flag of senior officer

Air Force edit

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	Air force ensign of Egypt	The flag of Egypt in the canton on a sky blue field with the roundel at the fly[4]
	1958–1972	Air force ensign of the United Arab Republic	The flag of the United Arab Republic in the canton on a sky blue field with the roundel at the fly[5]
	1922–1958	Royal flight flag	The flag of Egypt from 1922 to 1958 in the canton on a sky blue field with the roundel at the fly[6]
	1922–1958	Air force ensign of Egypt
	1932–1958	Air Force rank flag of the Commander in Chief
	1932–1958	Air Force rank flag of Wing Commander
	1932–1958	Air Force rank flag of senior flight officer

Air Defense Forces edit

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1984–present	Flag of the Egyptian Air Defense Forces

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1972–1984	Flag of Egypt as part of the Federation of Arab Republics (adopted by Law No. 3 of 1971)	Tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands—coloured red (top), white (middle) and black (bottom)—with the golden Hawk of Quraysh centered in the white band.[1]
	1958–1972	Flag of Egypt as part of the United Arab Republic due to the unity between Egypt and Syria, under the rule of President Gamal Abd El Nasser. (adopted by Law by Resolution No. 12 of 1958)	Tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands—coloured red (top), white (middle) and black (bottom)—with two five-pointed green stars in the white band, symbolizing Egypt and Syria.[7]
	1952–1958	Flag of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution and the Republic of Egypt The green monarchical flag (see above) remained the national flag of Egypt until 1958, even after the proclamation of the Republic.[7]	Following the Revolution of 1952, the Free Officers retained the flag of the Kingdom, but also introduced the former Republic of Egypt flag colors of red, white, and black horizontal bands, with the emblem of the Revolution, the Eagle of Saladin, in the center band, with a green escutcheon with a white crescent and five stars.
	1923–1958	Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt and the Co-Official Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt (adopted by Law No. 47 of 1923)	Green flag with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars.[8]
	1914–1923	Flag of the Sultanate of Egypt	Red Flag with Three white crescents, each containing a five-pointed white star.[8]
	1881–1914	Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation	Identical to the national flag used between 1826 and 1867 (see description below).[8]
	1867–1881	Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt	Red flag with a white crescent, containing three five-pointed white stars.[8]
	1844–1867	Flag of self-declared Khedivate of Egypt introduced by Muhammad Ali	Red flag with a white crescent containing a five-pointed white star.[8]
	1793–1844	Flag of Ottoman Egypt	Red flag with a white crescent containing a seven-pointed white star.[8]
	14th century	Flag of pre-Ottoman Mamluk Egypt (1341-1517), according to the Catalan Atlas (1375)
	14th century	Another Flag of pre-Ottoman Mamluk Egypt (1341-1517), according to the Catalan Atlas (1375)
	12 till 14th century	Flag of Egypt under the Ayyubid Dynasty (1171-1341)

Other edit

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	14th century	A nautical flag of Mamluk Egypt
	19th century	Cecil Rhodes' personal flag symbolising his "Cape to Cairo" dream
	1914–1922	Sultanate of Egypt Protectorate Ensign

Ancient Standards Present in Art edit

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	3200–3000 BC	Narmer Palette

• el Ansary, Nasser (2001). "Évolution du drapeau égyptien" [Evolution of the Egyptian flag]. L'Encyclopédie des souverains d'Égypte des pharaons à nos jours [The Encyclopedia of rulers of Egypt from the Pharaohs until today] (in French). Alleur: Éditions du Perron. pp. 142–147. ISBN 978-2-87114-173-0. OCLC 48965345.

• "Historical flags of Egypt" (PDF) (in Arabic). Egypt State Information Service. Archived from the original (PDF, 3.59 MB) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-07-13.