List of Albanian flags

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

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2002–present	Flag of the Republic of Albania	A red flag with a silhouetted black double-headed eagle in the center. The red stands for bravery, strength, valour and bloodshed, while the double-headed eagle represents the sovereign state of Albania. The flag was established as the national flag of Albania when the country gained its independence from the Ottoman empire in 1912.
	2002–present	Flag of the Republic of Albania (vertical)

Standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2014–present	Standard of the President of Albania
	2002–2014
	1992–2002
	1946-1992

Standards of Royal Family

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1939–1943	Standard the luogotenente generale di Stato Maggiore in Albania (i.e. lieutenant general of the staff in Albania) of the Kingdom of Italy
	1928–1939	War flag, ensign and royal standard of the Albanian Kingdom
	1914–1925	Prince's standard of the Principality of Albania
	1914–1925	Standard of Crown Prince of the Principality of Albania
	1914–1925	Standard of Princes of the Principality of Albania

Military

Land Force

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2002–present	Flag of the Albanian Land Forces

Navy

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2002–present	Flag of the Albanian Naval Forces
	1992–present	Naval Ensign of Albania
	1958-1992
	1954-1958
	1946-1954
	1992–present	Government Ensign of Albania
	1958-1992	Government Ensign of Albania

Air Force

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2002–present	Flag of the Albanian Air Force

Coast Guard

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–present	Albanian Coast Guard Ensign
	1958-1992	Albanian Coast Guard Ensign

Police

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the Albanian Police

Civil Ensign

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1928–1939 1992–present	Civil Ensign of Albania
	1945-1992
	1914–1925
	first quarter of the 19th century	Civil ensign used by Albanian Christians in the Ottoman Empire
		Civil ensign used by Albanian Muslims in the Ottoman Empire

Counties

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
		Berat
		Durrës
		Elbasan
		Korçë
		Kukës
		Tiranë
		Vlorë

Municipalities

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	1990–present	Democratic Party of Albania
	1991–2013	Socialist Party of Albania

Religious flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Albanian Orthodox Church	Emblem of Church on a yellow background

Ethnic flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	XIX century–present	Flag of the Aromanians
	1990s–present	Flag of Ashkali people
		Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians
	1991–present	Flags of the Greek minority (unofficial)
		Flag of Serbo-Montenegrins in Albania

Ethnic Albanian people in other countries

Date	Use	Description
c.1990–	Flag of Albanians in Serbia	The design of the eagle and the dimensions of the flag deviate from the flag of Albania.
	Flag of Albanians in North Macedonia
	Flag of Arbëreshë people
c.1950–c.1990	Flag of the Albanian minority in Yugoslavia (Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo)

Historical flags

Date	Use	Description
1946–1992	Flag of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania
1944–1946	Flag of the Democratic Government of Albania
1942–1945	Flag of National Liberation Movement
1943–1944	Flag of the German Albanian Kingdom
1939–1943	State flag of the Italian protectorate of Albania
1939–1943	Flag of the Italian protectorate of Albania
1934–1939	Flag of the Albanian Kingdom
1928–1934	Flag of the Albanian Kingdom
1926–1928	Flag of the Albanian Republic, more popular later
1925–1928	Flag of the Albanian Republic
1920–1926	Principality of Albania and the Albanian Republic
1921	Flag of the Republic of Mirdita
1920	Flag of the Vlora War
1917–1920	Flag of the Italian protectorate over Albania
1916–1920	Flag of the Autonomous Province of Korçë
1914–1920	Flag of the Principality of Albania
1914	Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus
1913–1914	Personal flag of Essad Pasha Prime Minister of the Republic of Central Albania
1912-1914	Flag of the Independent Albania
1911	Flag used in Malësori uprising
1910	Flag of Isa Boletini
1911	Flag of Aladro Kastrioti
19th-20th	Flag of the Principality of Mirdita
19th	Flag used during the Albanian National Awakening in the 19th and early 20th centuries
1775–1796	Flag of Pashalik of Scutari during the reign of Kara Mahmud Bushati
1510	Flag of Mercurio Bua
1444–1479	Flag of League of Lezhë during the reign of Skanderbeg	“Skanderbeg bore a red flag emboidered with a double-headed black eagle, this was the flag of his family”. - Marin Barleti"

Fictional flags

This is a list of incorrect or fictitious flags which have been reported on as being factual and/or historical flags of Albania by contemporary or otherwise reputable sources.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag wrongly assigned to Democratic Government of Albania, source does not confirm, but it could be used marginally.
		The 1960s Italian geography textbook, Il nuovo Cielo Terra Genti - Corso di Geografia per la Scuola Media Statale presented wrong image. Sometimes it appears on the Internet.