List of Cambodian flags

This is a list of Cambodian flags:

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1993–present	National Flag, Civil Ensign, Provincial Flag of all Provinces and Municipality flag of Phnom Penh.	Red flag with 2 blue bands above and bottom, with a white Angkor Wat in the center.
	1993–present	Flag of Cambodia (vertical)

Royal standard

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	until 1970	Royal and Personal Standard of the King
	1993–present	Royal and Personal Standard of the King	Dark blue flag, with the Royal Arms of Cambodia in gold.

Military flags

Date	Use	Description
2016–present	Flag of the Ministry of National Defense	A light blue, dark blue, red tricolour defaced with the Ministry of National Defense emblem. Influences:
2016–present	Flag of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces	A light blue, dark blue, red tricolour defaced with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces emblem. Influences:
2016–present	Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces	A light blue, dark blue, red tricolour defaced with five golden stars. Influences:
2016–present	Flag of the Chief of Joint Staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces	A light blue, dark blue, red tricolour defaced with four golden stars. Influences:
2016–present	Flag of the Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia	Dark blue field with the Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia emblem in the centre
2016–present	Flag of the Personal Bodyguard Headquarters	Dark green field with the Personal Bodyguard Headquarters emblem in the centre
2016–present	Flag of the Special Forces Command	Similar to the Cambodian flag but defaced with the Special Forces Command emblem
2016–present	Ensign of the Royal Cambodian Air Force	Air force ensign with the Cambodian flag in the canton and the Royal Cambodian Air Force roundel in the fly
2016–present	Ensign of the Royal Cambodian Navy	White ensign with the Cambodian flag in the canton and the golden Royal Cambodian Navy emblem in the fly
2016–present	Naval jack	Similar to the flag of the French Protectorate of Cambodia
2016–present	Flag of the Royal Cambodian Army	Red ensign with the Cambodian flag in the canton and the golden Royal Cambodian Army emblem in the fly
2016–present	Flag of the National Committee for Maritime Security	White field with National Committee for Maritime Security emblem in the centre

Government flags

Date	Use	Description
	Customs flag	Blue field with the Cambodian Customs emblem in the centre[1]
2016–present	Postal flag of Cambodia	White flag with the Cambodian flag in the canton and the Cambodia Post logo in the fly
	Flag of the Parliament of Cambodia	Blue field with the golden Cambodian Parliament emblem in the centre
2016–present	Flag of the National Committee for Disaster Management	White field with the National Committee for Disaster Management emblem in the centre

Sporting flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia	White field with the Committee logo

Religious flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Buddhist flag used in Cambodia

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	1951-1981	Communist Party of Kampuchea	Red flag with a yellow Hammer and sickle
Link to file	2012-2017	Cambodia National Rescue Party
Link to file		Cambodian National Sustaining Party
Link to file	2014-2015	Community of Royalist People's Party
	1975	MONATIO
	1998–	Cambodian Freedom Fighters
	2007–	Khmer National Unity Front

Historical flags

Date	Use	Description
pre–1863	Khmer Empire and in the Middle Period	A yellow pennant with green fringe.
16th century	Flag of the Spanish Empire used in the Cambodian-Spanish War	A white field defaced with the red Cross of Burgundy.
17th century	Flag of the Dutch East India Company used in the Cambodian-Dutch War	Dutch flag defaced with the Dutch East India Company emblem.
1845–1863	Kingdom of Siam	A white elephant facing to the hoist in the red flag. Called in Thai language "Thong Chang" (ธงช้างเผือก)[2] (the elephant flag).
1845–1863	Flag of Nguyễn Dynasty	Yellow Field with a Red Disc and a Cyan Border.
1863–1940	French protectorate	Similar flag to the present flag, but instead of triband (blue-red-blue), it was a red banner with blue border surrounding it and different shape of central temple.
1945–1948	Colonial Cambodia	Similar flag to the present flag, but instead of triband (blue-red-blue), it was a red banner with blue border surrounding it.
1887–1948	Flag of the Kingdom of Cambodia as a French colony (1887–1948).
1940–1942	Vichy France.
1941-1946	Kingdom of Thailand	Five horizontal stripes of red, white, blue, white and red, the middle stripe twice as wide as the others.
1942-1945	Civil and state flag and ensign of the Empire of Japan, and the Japanese state.	Flag ratio: 7:10. Disc is shifted 1% towards the hoist (left). This flag was designed by Proclamation No. 57, 1870.
Claimed to be used from 1942 to 1945	Claimed flag during the Japanese occupation of Cambodia	Red flag with white-outlined square followed by 4 small full white squares in each angle and another in the center. The claim that this flag existed is dubious and questioned by the source in the following reference.[3]
1948–1970	Kingdom of Cambodia	Triband flag (blue-red-blue), with a white Angkor Wat in the center.
1970–1975	Khmer Republic	Blue flag with three white stars near a red union canton which consist of the image of the Angkor Wat.
1975–1979	Democratic Kampuchea	Red flag with a yellow Angkor Wat.
1979–1989	Socialist Republic of Vietnam	A large yellow star centered on a red field (2:3).
1979–1989	People's Republic of Kampuchea	Red flag with a yellow Angkor Wat.
1989–1990	State of Cambodia	Half red and blue flag with a yellow Angkor Wat (similar to Viet Cong flag).
1990–1993	State of Cambodia	Half red and blue flag with a yellow Angkor Wat.
1992–1993	The UNTAC	United Nations blue flag with a white Map of Cambodia with a Khmer word Kampuchea in the center.
1993–present	Kingdom of Cambodia	Triband flag (blue-red-blue), with a white Angkor Wat in the center.

National flag proposals

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2008	Proposed national flag of Cambodia	Similar to the Taiwanese flag. Red flag with dark blue field defaced with the white Angkor Wat in the canton.
	2010	Proposed national flag of Cambodia	Similar to the American flag. Red and white stripes with dark blue field defaced with the white Angkor Wat in the canton.

References

"Organization". General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
Roberto Breschi. "Siam Bandiera mercantile 1839" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 8 December 2004. Retrieved 25 September 2004.
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/kh-japan.html (This source is the origin of the image and statement that it is existed, but is dubious).

External links

National flags and anthems of Cambodia

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[1] "Organization". General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia. Retrieved 2020-06-25.

[2] Roberto Breschi. "Siam Bandiera mercantile 1839" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 8 December 2004. Retrieved 25 September 2004.

[3] ttp://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/kh-japan.html (This source is the origin of the image and statement that it is existed, but is dubious).