List of Mozambican flags

The following is a list of flags of Mozambique. For more information, see Flag of Mozambique.

National flag and state flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1983–present	National flag and Ensign of Mozambique	A horizontal tricolour of green, black, and gold with white fimbriations and a red isosceles triangle at the hoist. The triangle is charged with a five-pointed gold star which has above it an AK-47 crossed by a hoe, superimposed on an open book.

Government flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	1990–present	Flag of the president of Mozambique	The emblem of Mozambique inside of a white circle on a red field.
Former
	1933-1975	Flag of the Governor of Mozambique	Two vertical green lines with the Emblem of Portugal over a cross of the Order of Christ Cross

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1990–present	Flag of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces
	1990–present	Flag of the Mozambique Air Force

Flags of political parties

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	2004-present	Flag of the FRELIMO	The FRELIMO emblem in the corner of a red field.^[1]
	????-present	Flag of the RENAMO	A horizontal tricolour of blue, white-edged red, and black with a white square that goes to the left top corner to the second white line that display the RENAMO emblem.^[2]
	2018-present	Flag of the PODEMOS	Two equal horizontal bands of red and green with a vertical white band of the same size on the hoist side^[3]^[4]
	????-present	Flag of the PDM	A white isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side pointed towards the fly-side divided into two right triangles where the upper triangle is red and the lower triangle is green with the Emblem of Podemos centered on the hoist side of the triangle.
Former
	1974-1975	First flag of FRELIMO
	1997-2004	Second flag of the FRELIMO	A red field with a yellow hoe and a hammer with a star on the top being display on the up-left corner ^[5]
	1960-1962	Flag of the UDENAMO

City flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1975-present	Flag of Maputo	The Maputo emblem on the center of a light green field with yellow bordered line on dark green background.
Former
	1962-1975	Flag of Lourenço Marques (Actual Maputo)	Square yellow and green gyronny charged with the arms of Lourenço Marques.^[6]
	1???-1962	Flag of Lourenço Marques (Actual Maputo)	Square green field charged with the arms of Lourenço Marques.^[7]

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Pre independence (colonial) period (1505-1975)
	1505-1521	Colonial flag of the Portuguese Mozambique	The Escutcheon of Portugal with a crown over a white square
	1521-1578	Colonial flag	The Escutcheon of Portugal with a crown over a white flag
	1578-1640	Colonial flag	The Escutcheon of Portugal with a crown over a white flag
	1640-1667	Colonial flag	The Escutcheon of Portugal with a crown over a white flag
	1667-1707	Colonial flag	The Escutcheon of Portugal with a crown over a white flag
	1707-1816	Colonial flag	The Escutcheon of Portugal with a crown over a white flag
	1707-1816	Colonial flag	The Escutcheon of Portugal with a crown over a white flag
	1707-1816	Colonial flag	The Escutcheon of Portugal with a crown over a white flag
	1816-1826	Colonial flag	The Coat of Arms of Portugal over a white flag
	1826-1834	Colonial flag	The Escutcheon of Portugal with a crown over a white flag
	1834-1910	Colonial flag	The Escutcheon of Portugal with a crown over a bicolour blue-white flag
	1911-1975	Colonial flag	The national arms of Portugal over a bicolour green-red flag
	1932	Proposed colonial flag
	1965	Proposed colonial flag	The flag of Portugal with the Colony arms on the left-bottom corner
Post independence period (1975-present)
	1974-1975	First flag of Mozambique
	1975-1983	Second flag of Mozambique
	April 1983-May 1st 1983	Third flag of Mozambique
	1975-1983	Presidental Flag	The emblem of Mozambique (1975-1983) inside of a white circle on a red field
	1983-1990	Presidental Flag	The emblem of Mozambique (1983-1990) inside of a white circle on a red field