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List of flags of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the White Fortress, Sarajevo.

This is a list of flags used in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	border	150px]]	1998 – present	Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina	A blue field with a wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top edge of the flag.
[[File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (vertical).svg	border	150px]]	Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (displayed vertically)	(same as above)

Subnational flags

Entities

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:Flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	border	150px]]	1995–2007	Former flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	A vertical tricolour of red (for the Bosnian Croats), white, and green (for the Bosniaks), with a coat of arms on the wide central band on which the green arms and golden fleur-de-lys represents the Bosniaks, and the checked shield the Bosnian Croats.
[[File:Flag of Republika Srpska.svg	border	150px]]	1995 – present	Flag of Republika Srpska	A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white. Based on the flag of Serbia but without the coat of arms and with slightly differently coloured shades, and is also used as the ethnic flag of Bosnian Serbs. Can also be compared to the flag of the Misiones Province in Argentina or a reversed flag of Russia.

Districts

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	border	150px]]	1998 – present	Flag of Brčko District	Uses the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:Flag of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	border	150px]]	1992 – 1996	Flag of Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina	This flag of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted in 1992.
[[File:Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg	border	150px]]	Flag of Croatian Defence Council
[[File:Herzeg-Bosnia Police.svg	border	150px]]	Flag of Police of Herzeg-Bosnia
[[File:FLG BIHE.jpg	border	150px]]	2004 – present	Flag of Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Light blue with the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the canton and the emblem of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the lower fly.

Cantons of the Federation

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:Flag of Una-Sana.svg	border	150px]]	1999 –	Flag of Una-Sana Canton	A horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green, charged with the canton’s coat of arms near the hoist.
[[File:Flag of Posavina.svg	border	150px]]	2000 –	Flag of Posavina Canton	A horizontal unequal tricolour of red, white and green, charged with the canton’s coat of arms in the centre.
[[File:Flag of Tuzla Canton.svg	border	150px]]	1999 –	Flag of Tuzla Canton
[[File:Flag of Zenica-Doboj Canton.svg	border	150px]]	2000 –	Flag of Zenica-Doboj Canton	A horizontal unequal tricolour of green, white and red, charged with the canton’s coat of arms in the centre.
[[File:Flag of Bosnian Podrinje.svg	border	150px]]	2001 –	Flag of Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde	A vertical bicolour of blue and yellow, charged with the canton's coat of arms in the centre.
[[File:Flag of Central Bosnia.svg	border	150px]]	2003 –	Flag of Central Bosnia Canton	A horizontal unequal tricolour of red, white and green, charged with the canton's coat of arms in the middle-left of the flag.
[[File:Flag of Herzegovina-Neretva.svg	border	150px]]	2004 –	Flag of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
[[File:Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg	border	150px]]	1996–1998	Former flag of West Herzegovina Canton	Deemed unconstitutional by the Federation Constitutional Court in 1997 because "it only represented one group". Still used as an ethnic flag for Bosnian Croats.
[[File:Flag of Sarajevo Canton.svg	border	150px]]	1999 –	Flag of Sarajevo Canton
[[File:Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg	border	150px]]	1996–1997	Former flag of Canton 10	url=http://www.ustavnisudfbih.ba/bos/odluke/odluke/u11_97.htm	title=U-11/97	access-date=2009-06-08	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419115156/http://www.ustavnisudfbih.ba/bos/odluke/odluke/u11_97.htm	archive-date=19 April 2008 }} Still used as an ethnic flag for Bosnian Croats.

Former flags of the Cantons of the Federation

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:Flag of Una – Sana Canton, 1997 – 1999.gif	border	150px]]	1997–1999	Former Flag of Una-Sana Canton
[[File:Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg	border	150px]]	1996–2000	Former Flag of Posavina Canton
[[File:Flag of Tuzla Canton (1996–1999).png	border	150px]]	1996–1999	Former Flag of Tuzla Canton
[[File:Flag of Zenica – Doboj Canton, 1997 – 2000.gif	border	150px]]	1997–2000	Former Flag of Zenica-Doboj Canton
[[File:Flag of Bosnian Podrinje Canton Goražde, 1997 – 2001.gif	border	150px]]	1997–2001	Former Flag of Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde
[[File:Flag of Sarajevo Canton, 1996 – 1998.gif	Flag_of_Sarajevo_Canton,_1996_–_1998	border	150px]]	1996–1998	Former Flag of Sarajevo Canton
[[File:Flag of Sarajevo Canton, 1998 – 1999.gif	border	150x150px	Flag_of_Sarajevo_Canton,_1996_–_1998]]	1998–1999	Former Flag of Sarajevo Canton

Ethnic groups flags

Flag	Date	Use
[[File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1998).svg	border	150x150px]]	Flag of Bosniaks (1)	The main national flag of Bosniaks which was used from 1992 to 1995 as the flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The republic remained composed of Bosniaks after the establishment of Republika Srpska and the Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.
[[File:Bosniak national flag.svg	border	150px]]	Flag of Bosniaks (2)	Another flag representing Bosniaks, which is used less than the main ethnic flag. It has the green outline of a crescent moon (the main symbol of Islam) on a white stripe, with two smaller green stripes on the top and bottom.
[[File:Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg	border	150px]]	Flag of Bosnian Serbs	The flag of the ethnic Bosnian Serbs with the Serbian tricolor (red, blue, and white). It's also the flag of Republika Srpska and is the traditional Serbian national flag
[[File:Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg	border	150px]]	Flag of Bosnian Croats	The flag of the ethnic Bosnian Croats. It's similar to the flag of Croatia with a difference in the emblem. It was also the flag of the Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia from 1992 to 1996

Historical national flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description	Banate of Bosnia	Kingdom of Bosnia
[[File:Banovina Bosna zastava (rotated).png	border	150x150px]]	1354	Flag of the Bosnian Banate.	Swallow-tailed, a blue field with a white cross pattée in the center.
[[File:Banner of King Tvrtko I of Bosnia.svg	border	150x150px]]	1377 - 1463	Royal Flag of Tvrtko I of Bosnia.	A white field with 5 sestiere on the fly and the arms of Bosnia in the center.
[[File:Stjepan Vukčić CoA element.png	border	150px]]	1448 - 1482	Flag of Herzegovina	A red field with 2 white crosses pattée off-centred toward the hoist and 3 sestiere on the fly.
[[File:Banner of Rama (Bosnia) at Ferdinand II's coronation (1618).svg	border	150px]]	1618	Banner used for "Rama" at Ferdinand II's coronation as King of Hungary.	Swallow-tailed, a blue field with a shield in the center.
[[File:Flag of Bosnia (1831–1832).svg	border	150x150px]]	1831 - 1832	Flag used during the Bosnian uprising against the Ottomans.	During the struggle for Bosnia's autonomy from September 1831 to June 1832, a new Bosnian flag was adopted under the leadership of Husein-Captain Gradašćević. At the beginning of 1832, Bosnia and Herzegovina was freed from Ottoman rule for a short time and independence was declared. The flag used from 1831 to 1832 was green with a yellow moon and a five-pointed star in the middle. The flag began to be used with the beginning of the struggle against the Ottoman authorities on September 14, 1830.
[[File:Flag of Bosnia (1878-1908).svg	border	150px]]	1878 - 1908	Flag of the Austro-Hungarian-occupied Province of Bosnia	A red and yellow horizontal bicolour with a shield. The Province of Herzegovina used a similar flag but with the colors reversed (a yellow and red bicolour).
[[File:Flag of Bosnia (1908–1918).svg	border	150px]]	1908 - 1918	Flag of the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina
[[File:Bosnian-Herzegovinian Partisans flag.svg	border	150px]]	1944	Flag of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Partisans
[[File:Flag of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	border	150px]]	1946 - 1992	Flag of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina within Yugoslavia	A red field (symbolizing the national liberation movements) with the Yugoslav flag in the canton.
[[File:Flag of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia.svg	border	150px]]	1993 - 1995	Flag of Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia and Republic of Western Bosnia
[[File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1998).svg	border	150x150px]]	1992 - 1998	Flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina	A white field with a blue shield bearing six Bosnian Golden Lilies in the centre. It also was and it still is the main Bosniak national flag.

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
			Alliance of Independent Social Democrats
	[[File:Flag of the Party of Democratic Action.svg	150px	border]]		Party of Democratic Action
[[File:Bosanskohercegovačka patriotska stranka (party flag).png	border	150px]]		Flag of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party
[[File:Dop nova.jpg	border	150px]]		Democratic Youth Movement
[[File:Flag of the Democratic People's Union (Bosnia and Hertzegovina).svg	border	150px]]		Democratic People's Union
[[File:League of Communists of Yugoslavia Flag.svg	border	150px]]	until 1990	League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Proposed flags

Proposals for the [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:First Proposed Flag of the Peoples Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	border	150px]]	Proposed, never used	url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/yu_fy-ba.html	title=Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Socialist Yugoslavia)	first1=Željko	last1=Heimer	first2=Velid-aga	last2=Jerlagić	website=Flags of the World	year=2006	access-date=10 March 2023}}	Federal flag of Yugoslavia with an additional five-pointed golden star imposed behind the existing red star, with their rays interchangeably positioned.
[[File:1947 Proposed Flag of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg	border	150px]]	Proposed, used in real life	Second proposal of a flag for the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1947.	Variant of the flag adopted on 31 December 1946 with a much larger Yugoslav canton flag and a margin.

Proposals before [[Dayton Agreement]]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:1992 Bosnia & Heregovina Tricolor Flag Proposal.svg	border	150px]]	Proposed, never used	Bosnian Tricolor Proposal
[[File:BUD Bosnia & Heregovina Flag Proposal.svg	border	150px]]	Bosnian Democratic Union Proposal
[[File:Defenders of Sarajevo Flag.svg	border	150px]]	Defenders of Sarajevo Proposal

First set of proposals

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:BiH flag proposal (three nations).svg	border	150px]]	Proposed, never used	First alternative in the first set of proposals.	Similar to the flag of the Czech Republic. A green and red horizontal bicolour with a blue triangle in the hoist.
[[File:Flag of BiH (first set of proposals 2).svg	border	150px]]	Second alternative in the first set of proposals.	Similar to the flag of the United Nations. A light blue field with a branch of wheat.
[[File:Flag of BiH (First set of proposal 3).svg	border	150px]]	Third alternative in the first set of proposals.	A blue field with an outline of the map of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Second set of proposals

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:B&H First Alternative Flag of Second Proposal.svg	border	150px]]	Proposed, never used	First alternative in the second set of proposals.	A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a circle of 10 gold 5-pointed stars.
[[File:B&H Second Alternative Flag of Second Proposal.svg	border	150px]]	Second alternative in the second set of proposals.	A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a circle of 12 gold 5-pointed stars.
[[File:B&H Third Alternative Flag of Second Proposal.svg	border	150px]]	Third alternative in the second set of proposals.	A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a yellow silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina outlined in green within two green olive branches.
[[File:B&H Fourth Alternative Flag of Second Proposal.svg	border	150px]]	Fourth alternative in the second set of proposals.	A red, white, and blue tricolour with a yellow silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina outlined in green within two green olive branches.

Third set of proposals

Flag	Date	Use	Description
[[File:First Westendorp Proposal of BiH flag.svg	border	150px]]	Proposed, used briefly in 1998	First alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals).	Identical to the national flag that was adopted, but with a field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses.
[[File:Second Westendorp Proposal of BiH flag.svg	border	150px]]	Proposed, never used	Second alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals).	A field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses with three gold and two white stripes, interleaved so as to form a rectangle in the centre.
[[File:Flag of BiH (third Westendorp proposal).svg	border	150px]]	Third alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals).	A field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses with five gold and five white stripes, interleaved so as to form a triangle in the centre.

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