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The following is a list of flags associated with Ghana. For more information about the current national flag, see flag of Ghana.

National flag

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Flag Date Use Description
1966-present Flag of Ghana A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Government flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1966-present Flag of the president of Ghana A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre with a gold rim.
1964-1966 Flag of the president of Ghana An electric blue field with the government emblem in the centre.
1966-present Flag of the president of Ghana A navy blue field with the government emblem in the centre.[11]

Ethnic group flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1935-present Flag of the Ashanti people A horizontal tricolour of gold, black, green and white with the Golden Stool stationed in the middle of flag.[12]
?-present Flag of the Ewe people A horizontal tricolour of green (top), red and green with 3 golden stars in the red stripe.[13]
?-present Flag of the Hausa people A white field with the Dagin Arewa star in the centre.[14]
?-present Flag of the Yoruba people A blue field with a white disc off-centre toward the hoist and 2 green rings and a golden spear inside the disc.[15]

Political party flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1992-present Flag of the Ghanan National Democratic Congress 4 horizontal stripes of black, red, white and green with the emblem in the centre.[16]
1966-present Flag of the Convention People's Party
2017-present Flag of Western Togoland
Link to file 1992-present Flag of the People's National Convention
Link to file 2006-2012 Flag of the Democratic Freedom Party

Military flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1964-1966 Civil ensign of Ghana A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton.
1966-present Civil ensign of Ghana A red field with the national flag, fimbriated in black, in the canton.[17]
1964-1966 Naval ensign of Ghana Red St. George's Cross on white centrrensign, with the national flag in canton.
1966-present Naval ensign of Ghana Red St. George's Cross on white centrrensign, with the national flag in canton.[18]
1964-1966 Air Force ensign of Ghana A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a red, white and green roundel.
1966-present Air Force ensign of Ghana A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a red, yellow and green roundel.[19]
1964-1966 Civil Air ensign of Ghana A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a black five-pointed star.
1966-present Civil Air ensign of Ghana A light-blue field with the national flag in canton charged in the fly with a black five-pointed star.[20]

Proposed flags

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Flag Date Use Description
2002 Emmanuel Enoch Agbozo's proposal
1914 Proposed flag of German Togoland A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the emblem of Togoland in the centre.[21]

Historical flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1482-1485 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) 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 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) Five blue escutcheons each charged with 5 bezants on a white field. Border: red with 7 yellow castles.
1495-1521 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1521-1578 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1578-1640 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1612-1795 The Prince's Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast) A horizontal tricolour of orange, white and blue.
1616-1640 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) (Putative Flag) A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1631-1637
1663-1700		 Flag of the Kingdom of England (English Gold Coast) A white field with centred red cross.
1640-1642 Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1650–1658
1660–1663		 Flag of the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish Gold Coast) Blue with a yellow Nordic cross that extends to the edges of the flag. Overall ratio, including the tails.
1652–1672 States Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast) A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue.
1658–1850 Flag of Denmark–Norway and the Kingdom of Denmark (Danish Gold Coast) A red field charged with a white Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
1663-1700 Flag of the Royal African Company A white field with centred red cross with a chess themed border.[22]
1682-1721 Flag of the Holy Roman Empire (Brandenburger/Prussian Gold Coast). A black double-headed eagle with haloes on a yellow field.
1682-1701 Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast). 7 horizontal stripes alternating black and white; with a red eagle off-centred toward the hoist.
1684-1701 Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast). A white field with a red crowned eagle off-centred toward the hoist.[23]
1701-1721 Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (Prussian Gold Coast). A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field, a crown on top.
1750-1801 Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland
1795–1813 Flag of the French First Republic and the First French Empire (French occupied Dutch Gold Coast) A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red.
1795–1806 Flag of the Batavian Republic A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic’s emblem in the canton.
1801-1960 Flag of the United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1806-1872 Flag of the Kingdom of Holland, the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch Gold Coast) A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue.
1870-1877 Flag of the British West Africa A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the West African Settlements.[24]
1877-1957 Flag of the British Gold Coast A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the Gold Coast.[25]
1884-1916 Flag of the German Empire (German Togoland) A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
1884-1916 Colonial flag of the German Empire A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the Reichsadler in the centre.
1916-1956 Flag of the British Togoland A blue ensign defaced with an elephant.
1935-1957 Flag of the Ashanti Empire A horizontal tricolour of gold, black, green and white with the Golden Stool stationed in the middle of flag.
1957-1964 Flag of the Dominion of Ghana and 1st Flag of Ghana A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.[26]
1958-1961 Flag of the Union of African States A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 2 black stars on the yellow band.[27]
1961-1962 Flag of the Union of African States A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 3 black stars on the yellow band.
1964-1966 2nd flag of Ghana A horizontal triband of red, white, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.[28][29]

See also

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