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This is a list of flags used by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its antecedents.

National

Flag Date Use Description
2006–present Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sky blue flag, adorned with a yellow star in the upper left canton and cut diagonally by a red stripe with a thin yellow frame.

Standards

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Flag of the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo National flag with the addition of the inscription "Le President"
1971–1997 Presidential standard of Zaire
1936–1960 Standard of the governor-general of the Belgian Congo Flag of the Belgian Congo superimposed on the top left of the flag of Belgium

Sub-national

Flag Date Use Description
1960–1967 Flag of Léopoldville
1967–2011 Flag of Kinshasa
2011–present Flag of Kinshasa

Political flags

Flag Date Party Description
2009–Present Future of Congo

Rebel groups

Flag Date Use Description
2006–present Flag of National Congress for the Defence of the People The design of this flag resembles the flag of Zaire.
1996–present Flag of Allied Democratic Forces
2014–present Flag of Nduma Defense of Congo-Renovated
2000–present Flag of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
2010s–present Separatist flag of Kivu
1987–present Flag of the Lord's Resistance Army

Ethnic groups flags

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Flag of Batwa (originally it was only represented by Batwa in Rwanda)
?–present Flag of the Bakongo in DMK

Historical

Flag Date Use Description
1879–1960 Flag of the Congo Free State
(Previously of the International African Association)
Flag of Belgian Congo
A blue background with yellow five-pointed star.
1895–1908 Flag of the Batetela Rebels
1960–1963 Flag of Republic of the Congo ( Léopoldville)
1963–1966 Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo
1966–1971 Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo The red bend sinister was changed to a reduced bend sinister.
1960–1962 Flag of the South Kasai
1960–1963 Flag of the State of Katanga
1971–1997 Flag of the Republic of Zaire Filled with Pan-African colours, the flag has a central emblem which is that of the Popular Movement. The torch symbolises the spirit of revolution and the lives of dead revolutionaries. [1]
1971–1997 Flag of the Armed Forces of Zaire Similar to the Presidential Standard of Zaire
1997–2003 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2003–2006 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Flag Proposal

Flag Date Use Description
May 1960 Anti-Lumumbist proposal for the flag of Congo-Léopoldville

References

  1. ^ Moore, Edwin; Ross, David (1986). Collins Gem Guides: Flags of the World. Glascow: William Collins, Sons & Co. Ltd. p. 212. ISBN  0-00-459503-3.