Flag of Myanmar

The flag of Myanmar

The current flag of Myanmar (also known as Burma) was adopted on 21 October 2010 to replace the former flag in use since 1974.

Appearance

It has a horizontal bands of yellow, green and red; charged with a large white five-pointed star at the centre.

Historic flags

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  Flag used in the Hanthawaddy Kingdom (c.1300–1500)

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  Flag of the Third Burmese Empire under the Konbaung dynasty (1752–1885)

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  Flag of British Burma as a part of British India (1824–1937)

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  Flag of British Burma as a separate colony (1939–1941, 1945 – January 3, 1948)

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  Flag of British Burma (1941–1942)

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  Provisional flag used during the Japanese Occupation (1942–1943)

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  Flag of the State of Burma (1943–1945)

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  Simplified flag of the State of Burma (1945)

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  Former Civil Ensign of the Union of Burma (1952–1974)

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  Former Civil Ensign of the Union of Burma (1974–2010)

Flag Of Myanmar Media

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  National Flag of the Union of Burma (4 January 1948 – 3 January 1974).Proportion 5:9; civil and state flag. Design used in the past, but now abandoned

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  State Flag of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (3 January 1974 – 18 September 1988) and the Union of Myanmar (18 September 1988 – 21 October 2010).*Proportion 5:9; civil and state flag and state ensign. Design used in the past, but now abandoned

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  Flag of Myanmar (vertical)

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  Vertical flag of Burma (1948–1974)

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  The Resistance Flag (1945)

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  Detailed construction sheet.

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  Specifications of the flag.

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  Flag designed by Maung Win, which won the first prize at the flag design contest (1947)

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  Myanmarese flag proposals, 2019 from Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD)

Other websites

• Myanmar at Flags of the World