List of Algerian flags
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The following is a list of flags and banners related with Algeria.
National flag
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1962–present |
A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line.[1]
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National flag (vertical)
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Standards of the head of state
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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1962–present |
Presidential flag of Algeria |
A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line with Arabic scripts written in gold upwards and downwards.[2]
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former
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1955–1956 |
Flag of Governor-General Jacques Soustelle |
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the coat of arms of Jacques Soustelle in the center. The shield depicts a lion, a reference to Lyon, Soustelle's birthplace, the cross of Lorraine signifying his affiliation with Free France, seven stars representing the rank of Governor General, a crescent moon as the symbol of Algeria, and the initials J and S.
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1848–1854 |
Flag of Governor-General Aimable Pélissier |
A white swallowtailed banner with a red and blue border and an Arabic script written in blue and red upwards and downwards. The text means "Peace to those who submit - the sand for the unsubdued ones".
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?–1837 |
Flag of Bey of Constantine |
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18th century |
Flag of Dey of Algiers |
A red flag rounded at the ends with a thin, yellow pile reaching halfway up the field.
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18th century |
Flag of Dey of Algiers |
A solid red flag.
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Military flags
[edit]Land Force
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former
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1516–1830 |
Land forces Flags (Odjak of Algiers) |
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current
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2004–present |
Naval ensign of Algeria |
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Naval jack of Algeria |
The national flag in the canton on a light blue field.[7]
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?–present |
Flag of the Commander of a Maritime Region |
Triangular white flag with a light blue anchor in the middle.
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former
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1987–2004 |
Naval ensign of Algeria |
A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line and red crossed fouled anchors in the canton.[6]
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A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line and red crossed fouled anchors in the canton.[8]
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Rank flag of the Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces |
A blue swallowtail flag with a yellow anchor in the center and two red ones in the canton.
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Rank flag of a flag officer of the Naval Forces |
A blue swallowtail flag with a white anchor in the center and two red ones in the canton.
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16th–18th century |
Flag of the official in charge of the fleet. |
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16th–early 19th century |
Naval flag seen on Algerian ships, including privateers. |
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A red field with skull.
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18th–early 19th century |
A red flag with a yellow stripe with a red crescent.
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Merchant flag
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former
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after 1848–1910 |
The flag consists of 7 horizontal stripes, 3 white, 2 blue and 2 red. The colors are identical to the French national flag, and the form resembles flags from the Regency times The exact rules and years of use of this flag are unknown.[12]
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16th–18th century |
One of the types of merchant flags of Regency of Algiers |
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The flag consists of 5 horizontal stripes, 2 red, 2 yellow and 1 green[10]
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Horizontal bisection with white above black.[10]
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Police
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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?–present |
Flag of the Directorate General for National Security. |
A navy blue flag with a white formation emblem, the national emblem is included in the formation emblem.
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Scouts
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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?–present |
Flag of the Algerian Muslim Scouts. |
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Historical flags
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Independence movement
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1930s-1963 |
Some of the many variants of the flag used before it was standardized |
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1940s–1960s |
Some of the many variants of the flag used by Algierian nationalists before gaining independence. |
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1945 |
Flag of the Sétif revolt |
A Horizontal Bicolour of White and Green with a red hand, a crescent moon, a 6 pointed star and an Arabic script written in red in the canton. The script reads Allahu Akbar ("God is great").[15]
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1940s |
Flag of Algerian nationalists from Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto. |
A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green with a red hamsa and a red crescent moon.
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A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green with a yellow hamsa.
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Resistance to the French conquest of Algeria
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1832–1847 |
Flag of the Emirate of Abdelkader |
A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green centered with a golden hamsa cricled by an Arabic script.
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1830s–1840s |
Regimental flag of the Emirate of Abdelkader |
Yellow-black-yellow tricolor, with hamses placed on all stripes, respectively from the top, at the hoist, in the middle and on the flying side.
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The flag captured by the French with the Emir's tent |
A red flag with blue lines, horizontally in the middle and vertically along the hoist.
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pre 1843 |
The flag captured by the French |
Red-green-red tricolor.
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1850s |
Flag used by Sherif Boubaghla and Lalla Fatma N'Soumer |
4 horizontal stripes of blue, green, yellow and white.
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1516–1830 |
Flags of the Regency of Algiers |
Various versions of the flag with red, yellow and green stripes
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17th century–1830 |
Army flag of Regency of Algiers |
A horizontal triband of red (top), green and red with 2 crossed swords in the lower red band.
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?–1837 |
Flag of the Beylik of Constantine |
A scarlet silk flag, bordered with a green border and divided into two parts by a green stripe. The border and the stripe are covered with Arabic characters; the remaining parts of the field are dotted with round shields, representing the different phases of the moon. This flag was taken from the great mosque of Constantine during the capture of that city on 13 October 1837.
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17th century–1830 |
Religious holiday flag of the Regency of Algiers |
A green embroidered silk flag on which is embroidered arabic text, that means "With God's help, the conquest is near".
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1516–1546 |
Flag of Barbarossa |
A green swallowtailed field with 2 crossed swords in the center, a 6-pointed pentagram in the fly, 4 crescent moons in each corner and the Shahada or Muslim creed written in the Thuluth script in white in the hoist side.
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18th–19th century |
Banner of the House of Mokrani |
A white field with an Arabic script written in gold in the center. The text means "Help comes from God, and victory is near".[16]
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1871 |
Banner used during Boumezrag El Mokrani's meeting with Napoleon III. |
A white field with an Arabic script written in gold in the center and 5 Fleur-de-lis on the hoist side.[17][18]
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18th–mid–19th century |
Flag of the Kingdom of Beni Abbas |
A horizontal triband of red (top), green and red with an Arabic script written in gold in the center. The text means "God is the best helper".[19]
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1850s |
Flag captured by the French army in the Djurdjura mountains during the conquest of Algeria and attributed to the kingdom of Kuku, but may also originate from Aït Abbas.[20] |
A red field with white hamsa in the center and four crescent moons in the corners.
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14th century |
Banner of the Hafsid Emirate of Béjaïa |
Red banner with golden crossbows shown by the Castilian Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms, Aragonian Catalan Atlas and many medieval portolan charts. Different sources show different shapes.
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early 14th century–1556 |
The most popular version of banner of the Kingdom of Tlemcen according to Iberian sources |
A white field with a blue crescent moon in the center.[21]
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14th century |
Flag of the Kingdom of Tlemcen according to Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms
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c. 1489 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Tlemcen on Albino de Canepas' map. |
Blue field with white crescent moon in the center.
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13th–early 14th century |
A white field with a red crescent moon in the center and 3 fringes on the fly.[21]
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A white field with a red key and crescent moon in the center and 3 fringes on the fly.[21]
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14th century |
Flag of Brischan, according to Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms |
A white flag with the black or red seal of Solomon. In the Middle Ages it was an important port of the kingdom of Tlemcen ruled by a council of sheikhs, it is now a ruin near Gouraya.[22][23][24]
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Flag of Brischan under Zayyanid dynasty, according to Catalan Atlas
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Flag of Brischan under Zayyanid dynasty, according to Guillem Soler
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Other
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14th century |
Horizontal white and yellow bicolour.
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A white flag with the black crescent moon.
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Proposed flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1962 |
Flag proposed during ceasefire talks between FLN and OAS representatives in Algiers during Summer 1962.[25]
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A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line which is on the hoist side with the French tricolour upwards the fly side.
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Political flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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current
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1989–present |
Blue flag with the party logo.[26]
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2001–present |
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1953–present |
The flag consists of the Black Standard with a white text of the Shahada emblazoned across it in calligraphy style writing.
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Former
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1989–1992 |
Red flag with white logo of the ISF, with the groups name in Arabic (الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ) across it. The writing in the box above the logo is from Surah 'Ali `Imran [3:103] of the Quran. (وكنتم على شفا حفرة من النار فأنقذكم منها). Writing at the bottom of the logo states الجبهة الإسلامية الموحدة (en: United Islamic Front).[27]
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1947–1966 |
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1920–1962 |
A red flag with a white hammer and sickle and the slogan "Pain, Paix, Liberté" (en: Bread, Peace, Liberty).[28]
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Flags of ethnic groups
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1997–present |
Flag of the Amazigh people |
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?–present |
Flag of the Chaoui people |
A yellow field with a black letter "z" (ⵣ in Tifinagh) in the center.
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Red Crescent Society
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2023–present |
Flag of the Algerian Red Crescent |
Red Crescent surrounded by the association's names written in Arabic at the top and English at the bottom.
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1957-2023 |
Red Crescent surrounded by the association's names written in Arabic at the top and French at the bottom.
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Corporations
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–present |
Flag of the Algérie Poste |
White flag with logo.
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Flag of the Naftal |
Yellow flag with logo.
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Flag of the Sonatrach |
Orange flag with logo.
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Misattributed flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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20th century |
A yellow field with a black letter "z" (ⵣ in Tifinagh) in the center. The symbolism clearly refers to the Berber flag, which was popularized during the Berber Spring in 1980, i.e. after the dissolution of the confederation.
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? |
Alleged personal standard of Emir Abdelkader. |
The flag was considered to be the emir's personal banner in the French Army Museum, but it may have been confused with
Samori Ture.[29]
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19th century |
Erroneous flag of French Algeria |
A blue flag with the French tricolor in the canton. Some sources suggest its use in the Algiers Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, but this is not certain.[30] |
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17th century |
The banner of the Dey of Algiers according to the erroneous description of a 17th century French traveler. |
A green flag with a yellow crescent.[31]
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Sport Nautique d'Alger |
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Sport Nautique de Philippeville |
See also
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