List of Somaliland flags

Here is the list of Somaliland flags

National Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1996- Present	National Flag of Somaliland	A horizontal tricolour of green, white, and red with the Shahada inscribed in black on the green stripe, and a black five-pointed star in the center.

Governmental Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?-Present	Presidential Standard of Somaliland	Same as the regular flag, except with a white monocolour version of the Emblem of Somaliland in the canton.

Police Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?- Present	Flag of Somaliland Police Force	A flag Dark blue background with a emblem of Somaliland Police Force in white color
	?- Present	Flag of Chief of staff of Somaliland Police Force	Same flag but it has a golden border in all four sides

Military Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?- Present	Flag of Somaliland Armed Forces	A flag in c-type, red background color, have a emblem of Somaliland Armed Forces and have a Somaliland flag as a canton
	?- Present	Flag of Somaliland National Army	Green field with emblem of the army in gold.
	?- Present	Flag of Chief of Staff of Somaliland National Army	Green field with emblem of the army in gold.
	?- Present	Flag of Somaliland Coast Guard	Blue field with the Coast Guard emblem in the center.

Historical Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1903- 1950	Flag of British Somaliland	A Blue Ensign with a white disc bearing a kudu head.
	1950- 1952	Flag of British Somaliland	Blue Ensign with a white disc showing a kudu head, surrounded by a green border.
	1952- 1960	Flag of British Somaliland	Blue Ensign with a white disc showing a kudu head and a red St. George’s cross in the hoist.
	1960- 1991	Flag of Somalia	Light blue field with a white five-pointed star in the center. Used after union with Italian Somaliland.
	1991- 1996	Flag of Somalia (used in Somaliland)	Same as Somalia’s flag, used locally before Somaliland adopted its own distinct flag.

Proposal Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991	Proposal 1

See also

• Flag of Somaliland
• Flag of Somalia
• British Somaliland
• History of Somaliland
• Politics of Somaliland
• Somaliland Armed Forces

References

Sources

• Drysdale, John. Somaliland: The Anatomy of Secession. Haan Associates, 1992.
• Lewis, I. M. A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa. Ohio University Press, 2002.
• Harper, Mary. Getting Somalia Wrong? Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State. Zed Books, 2012.
• Somalia and Somaliland vexillology at Flags of the World

Citations

• Wikimedia Commons: Flags of Somaliland