List of Portuguese flags

This is a list of flags used in Portugal.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	30 June 1911 –	National flag and ensign	A green and red rectangle with the national coat of arms (an armillary sphere and a Portuguese shield).

Autonomous Regions

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1979–present	Flag of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.	This flag is similar to the flag of Portugal used between 1830 and 1910, except that the Portuguese coat of arms has been replaced by nine five-sided stars in a semi-circular arch over a stylized golden goshawk (in Portuguese: Açor), the symbol of the Azores, positioned over the border of the two bands.
	1978–present	Flag of the Autonomous Region of Madeira.	A blue-gold-blue vertical triband with a red-bordered white Cross of Christ in the center.

Municipalities

Government flags

Date	Use	Description
1911–present	Flag of the President of the Republic	A green rectangle with the national coat of arms.
2006–present	Flag of the Assembly of the Republic	A white rectangle (ratio 2:3) with a centrally positioned minor coat of arms and a green border.
1972–present	Prime Minister flag	This flag is like the flag of the President, but is white with a green saltire with the Arms (sphere and shield) at the centre. There is a red border on all four sides with a pattern of laurel leaves in gold. This replaces the former flag of the Minister of defence.
1911–present	Minister flag	Same flag as the prime-minister, but without the red border.
1911–1974	Flag of the Minister of the Navy	White flag with a green cross of Saint George, with the Arms in the centre. As the position of "Minister of the Navy" has been abolished, the flag is currently not used.
1952–present	Flag of the Defence Minister	The only flag not to follow the style of the national flag
1911–1974	Flag of the War/Army Minister	Flag divided vertically like that of the Army, but with five white stars over all, arranged in a ring. As the position of "Minister of the War/Army" has been abolished, the flag is currently not used.
1911–2011	Civil Governor flag	De facto not in use since 2011.

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	30 June 1911 –	Regimental colours of the units of the Portuguese Armed Forces	Equally divided in green and red with the national coat of arms enclosed by two yellow laurel shoots intersecting at their stems and bound by a white scroll bearing Camões's verse "Esta é a ditosa pátria minha amada" (English: "This is my beloved fortunate homeland") as the motto.
	30 June 1911 –	Naval jack of Portugal	A square with a green-bordered red field charged with the national coat of arms on the center.

Historical flags

Royal and national flags


Date	Use	Description
1095–1143	Royal flag	Heraldic banner (a blue cross on a white (or silver) field (hypothetical - hypothesis proposed in the 17th century)).
1143–1185	Royal flag	Heraldic banner (a blue cross with five blue escutcheons each charged with an undetermined number of bezants on a white field (hypothetical)).
1185–1248	Royal flag	Heraldic banner (five blue escutcheons each charged with an undetermined number of bezants on a white field (first standard and historic royal coat of arms)).
1248–1385	Royal flag	Heraldic banner (Five blue escutcheons each charged with an undetermined number of bezants on a white field. Border: red with yellow castles (number not fixed)).
1385–1485	Royal flag	Heraldic banner (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).
1485–1521	Royal flag	Heraldic banner (Five blue escutcheons each charged with 5 bezants on a white field. Border: red with 8 yellow castles).
1495–1521	Alternative royal flag	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle
1521–1578	Royal flag	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle
1578–1640	Royal flag	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle
1616–1640	Alternative royal flag	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle (variant with branches of brambles under the shield)
1640–1667	Royal flag	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle
1667–1706	Royal flag (used only in fortresses and warships of the Crown)	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle
1706–1816 1826–1834	Royal flag until the late 18th century (used only in fortresses and warships of the Crown) and national flag from then on	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle
1750–1816	Variant of the royal flag until the late 18th century (used only in fortresses and warships of the Crown) and national flag from then on	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle (variant with a baroque style shield)
1816–1826	National flag	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle (coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves)
1830–1910	National flag	Vertical bicolour blue-white. Proportion of the fields: 1:1.
1830–1910	Variant of the national flag for use at sea (ensign)	Vertical bicolour blue-white. Proportion of the fields: 1:2.

Portuguese Macau

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1975–1999	Flag of the Government of Macau. During the Portuguese administration this flag also represented the Territory of Macau in the international forums, although it was not the official flag of the Portuguese territory.	A light blue field charged with the coat of arms of Government of Macau.
		Flag of the Municipality of Macau, one of two local municipal governments and in the sports events	This was the flag used at the handover to China in 1999. A light blue field charged with the coat of arms of Municipality of Macau.

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party
current
	1974–present	Socialist Party
	1975–present	Social Democratic Party
	1999–present	Left Bloc
	1974–present	Portuguese Communist Party
	1974–present	CDS – People's Party
Link to file	1974–present	Ecologist Party "The Greens"
	2014–present	LIVRE
	1970–present	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
	2019–present	React, Include, Recycle
	1974–present	People's Monarchist Party
	2009–present	Portuguese Labour Party
	1974–present	Worker–Peasant Alliance
former
	1981-1992	Communist Party
	1981-1992	Communist Party
	1980-1982	Republican and Socialist Front
	1979-1983	Democratic Alliance
	1978-1999	Revolutionary Socialist Party
	1974-1981	Movement of Socialist Left
	1974-2005	Popular Democratic Union
	1974-1988	Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization
Link to file	1973-1976	Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat – Revolutionary Brigades
	1969-1994	Portuguese Democratic Movement
	1936-1974	Mocidade Portuguesa
	1936-1974	Mocidade Portuguesa
	1932-1934	National Syndicalists
	1930-1974	National Union
	1876-1912	Portuguese Republican Party
other
	1975	Azores Liberation Front
	1975-1978	Madeira Archipelago Liberation Front

Ethnic groups flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of Mirandese people

House flags

Flag	Date	Company
former
	1443-1503	Casa da Guiné
	1922–1974	Companhia Colonial de Navegação
	c. 1756	General Company of Commerce Pernambuco i Paraíba^pt
	c. 1756	Grão Pará and Maranhão Company

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