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).

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	This flag is similar to the flag of Portugal used between 1830 and 1910, except that the Portuguese coat of arms has been replaced by nine five-sided stars in a semi-circular arch over a stylized golden goshawk (in Portuguese: Açor), the symbol of the Azores, positioned over the border of the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.

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 bordure.
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–?	Civil Governor flag	De facto not in use since 2011.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	30 June 1911 –	Regimental colours 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.


Date	Use	Description
1095–1143		A blue cross on a white (or silver) field (hypothetical - hypothesis proposed in the 17th century).
1143–1185		A blue cross with five blue escutcheons each charged with an undetermined number of bezants on a white field (hypothetical).
1185–1248		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		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		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.
1485–1495		Five blue escutcheons each charged with 5 bezants on a white field. Border: red with 8 yellow castles.
1495–1521
1521–1578
1578–1640
1616–1640	Putative flag
1640–1667
1667–1706
1706–1750 1826–1830
1750–1816
1816–1826
1830–1910	Used on land	Vertical bicolour blue-white. Proportion of the fields: 1:1.
1830–1910	Used at sea	Vertical bicolour blue-white. Proportion of the fields: 1:2.

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 colony.	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.

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