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List of Ghanaian flags

The following is a list of flags associated with Ghana. For more information about the current national flag, see flag of Ghana.

National flag

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Flag Date Use Description
1966–present Flag of Ghana A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Government flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1966–present Flag of the president of Ghana A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre, with a gold fringe.
1964–1966 Flag of the president of Ghana An electric blue field with the government emblem in the centre.
1966–present Flag of the president of Ghana A navy blue field with the government emblem in the centre.[11]

Ethnic group flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1935–present Flag of the Ashanti people A horizontal tricolour of gold, black, and green separated by thin white stripes, with the Golden Stool stationed in the middle of flag.[12]
?–present Flag of the Ewe people A horizontal triband of green (top), red, and green with three golden stars in the red stripe.[13]
?–present Flag of the Hausa people A white field with the Dagin Arewa star in the centre.[14]
?–present Flag of the Yoruba people A blue field with a white disc off-centre toward the hoist and two green rings and a golden spear inside the disc.[15]

Political party flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1992–present Flag of the Ghanan National Democratic Congress Four horizontal stripes of black, red, white, and green with the emblem in the centre.[16]
1966–present Flag of the Convention People's Party
2017–present Flag of Western Togoland
Link to file 1992–present Flag of the People's National Convention
Link to file 2006–2012 Flag of the Democratic Freedom Party

Military flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1964–1966 Civil ensign of Ghana A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton.
1966–present Civil ensign of Ghana A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton.[17]
1964–1966 Naval ensign of Ghana Red St. George's Cross on a white field, with the national flag in canton.
1966–present Naval ensign of Ghana Red St. George's Cross on a white field, with the national flag in canton.[18]
1964–1966 Air Force ensign of Ghana A light-blue field with the national flag in canton and charged in the fly with a red, white, and green roundel.
1966–present Air Force ensign of Ghana A light-blue field with the national flag in canton and charged in the fly with a red, yellow, and green roundel.[19]
1964–1966 Civil air ensign of Ghana A light-blue field with the national flag in canton and charged in the fly with a black five-pointed star.
1966–present Civil air ensign of Ghana A light-blue field with the national flag in canton and charged in the fly with a black five-pointed star.[20]

Proposed flags

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Flag Date Use Description
2002 Emmanuel Enoch Agbozo's proposal
1914 Proposed flag of German Togoland A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the emblem of Togoland in the centre.[21]

Historical flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1482–1485 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) Five blue escutcheons each charged with an undetermined number of bezants on a white field. Border: red with yellow castles and a green cross of the Order of Aviz.
1485–1495 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) Five blue escutcheons each charged with five bezants on a white field. Border: red with seven yellow castles.
1495–1521 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1521–1578 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1578–1640 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1612–1795 The Prince's Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast) A horizontal tricolour of orange, white, and blue.
1616–1640 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) (putative flag) A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1631–1637
1663–1700		 Flag of the Kingdom of England (English Gold Coast) A white field with centred red cross.
1640–1642 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1650–1658
1660–1663		 Flag of the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish Gold Coast) Blue triple-tailed swallowtail flag with a yellow Nordic cross that extends to the edges of the flag and forms the middle tail.
1652–1672 States Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast) A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue.
1658–1850 Flag of Denmark–Norway and the Kingdom of Denmark (Danish Gold Coast) A red field charged with a white Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
1663–1700 Flag of the Royal African Company A white field with centred red cross with a red and white checkered border.[22]
1682–1721 Flag of the Holy Roman Empire (Brandenburger/Prussian Gold Coast) A black double-headed eagle with haloes on a yellow field.
1682–1701 Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast) Seven horizontal stripes alternating white and black; with a red eagle off-centred toward the hoist.
1684–1701 Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast) A white field with a red crowned eagle off-centred toward the hoist.[23]
1701–1721 Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (Prussian Gold Coast) A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field, a crown on top.
1750–1801 Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland.
1795–1813 Flag of the French First Republic and the First French Empire (French occupied Dutch Gold Coast) A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red.
1795–1806 Flag of the Batavian Republic A horizontal triband of red, white, and blue with the Republic's emblem in the canton.
1801–1960 Flag of the United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1806–1872 Flag of the Kingdom of Holland, the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch Gold Coast) A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue.
1870–1877 Flag of British West Africa A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the West African Settlements.[24]
1877–1957 Flag of the British Gold Coast A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the Gold Coast.[25]
1884–1916 Flag of the German Empire (German Togoland) A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom).
1884–1916 Colonial flag of the German Empire A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the Reichsadler in the centre.
1916–1956 Flag of the British Togoland A Blue Ensign defaced with an elephant.
1957–1964 Flag of the Dominion of Ghana and first flag of Ghana A horizontal tricolour of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.[26]
1958–1961 Flag of the Union of African States A horizontal tricolour of red, gold, and green, charged with two black stars on the yellow band.[27]
1961–1962 Flag of the Union of African States A horizontal tricolour of red, gold, and green, charged with three black stars on the yellow band.
1964–1966 Second flag of Ghana A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.[28][29]

See also

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References

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  3. ↑ "Mrs Theodosia Okoh: The Woman Who Designed The Ghanaian Flag", African Celebs.
  4. ↑ Theodosia Salome Okoh Profile at GhanaWeb.
  5. ↑ Rich, Jeremy (2011-12-08), "Okoh, Theodosia Salome", African American Studies Center, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.49700, ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
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  15. ↑ "The Yoruba People (Nigeria)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
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  21. ↑ "Colonial Flags 1914 (Germany)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  22. ↑ "Rijksmuseum". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  23. ↑ "Electorate of Brandenburg 1356-1701 (Germany)". fotw.fivestarflags.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  24. ↑ "West Africa Settlements". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  25. ↑ "Gold Coast (Ghana under British rule, -1957)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  26. ↑ "The New Union Flag Project", Bad English, Manchester University Press, 2020-07-28, doi:10.7765/9781526108852.00005, ISBN 978-1-5261-0885-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
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  28. ↑ Bradley, Kenneth (1957). "Ghana. The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah". International Affairs. 33 (3): 383. doi:10.2307/2605549. ISSN 1468-2346. JSTOR 2605549.
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