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List of Rwandan flags

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The following is a list of flags related with Rwanda.

National flag

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Flag Date Use Description
2001–present Flag of Rwanda A horizontal tricolour of light blue (double width), yellow and green; charged with a golden-yellow sun in the upper-fly side corner.[1][2][3][4][5]

Government flag

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Flag Date Use Description
2001–present Presidential Flag of Rwanda A white field with a golden border and the national seal in the center.[6]

Ethnic group flag

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Flag Date Use Description
?–present Flag of the Twa people [7]

Political party flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1990–present Flag of the Interahamwe [8][9]
1987–present Flag of the Rwandan Patriotic Front [10]
1975–1994 Flag of the MRND [11]
1992–1994 Flag of the Coalition for the Defence of the Republic

Historical flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1962–2001 Second flag of the Republic of Rwanda A vertical Tricolour of Red, Yellow and Green with a black R letter in the center.[12][13]
1959–1961 First flag of the Republic of Rwanda A vertical Tricolour of Red, Yellow and Green.[14][15]
1926–1945 First flag of the Belgian Congo [16]
1916–1959 Flag of the Kingdom of Belgium [17]
1890–1916 Flag of the German Empire [18]
1890–1916 German colonial flag

1890–1916 Flags of the German East Africa Company [19]
1914–1916 Proposed flag for the German East Africa [20]

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Rwanda.

References

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  1. ^ "Rwanda unveils new flag and anthem". 2001-12-31. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  2. ^ "Rwanda". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  3. ^ "Warning – RERO DOC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  4. ^ Burnet, Jennie E. (2012-11-19). Genocide Lives in Us: Women, Memory, and Silence in Rwanda. University of Wisconsin Pres. ISBN 978-0-299-28643-9.
  5. ^ "Flags of Africa - Countries Starting With R - African Culture". Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  6. ^ "Rwanda – President's flag". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  7. ^ "BaTwa (Africa)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  8. ^ "Rwanda – le génocide des Tutsis". 2017-11-22. Archived from the original on 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  9. ^ "Rwanda movements and parties". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  10. ^ "Rwanda movements and parties". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  11. ^ "Rwanda movements and parties". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  12. ^ Burnet, Jennie E. (19 November 2012). Genocide Lives in Us: Women, Memory, and Silence in Rwanda. ISBN 9780299286439. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Rwanda - Historical Flags". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  14. ^ "What Could Have Motivated The 1961 Gitarama Coup In Rwanda?". Taarifa. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Rwanda – Historical Flags". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  16. ^ "Congo: Pre-independence flags (1877–1960)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  17. ^ "Belgium". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  18. ^ "German Empire 1871–1918". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  19. ^ "German East Africa (1885–1919)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  20. ^ "German East Africa (1885–1919)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
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