List of Malaysian flags

Malaysian flag in Merdeka Square

This is a list of flags used in Malaysia.

National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1963 on	Flag of Malaysia	Fourteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, a yellow crescent and 14-point star on a blue field.
		Civil Ensign of Malaysia	A red field with the Flag of Malaysia in a blue-fimbriated canton.
		Government Ensign of Malaysia	A blue field with the Flag of Malaysia in the canton.

Monarch

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Standard of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong	The Jata Negara, the coat of arms of Malaysia, enwreathed by two sheaves of paddy on a yellow field.
		Standard of the Raja Permaisuri Agong	The coat of arms of Malaysia enwreathed by two sheaves of paddy on a light green field.

Military

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Malaysian Army	A red field defaced with the crest of the Malaysian Army, with the Malaysian flag with black fimbriation in the canton.
		Flag of the Royal Malaysian Air Force	A sky blue field defaced with the Federal Star, with the Malaysian flag in the canton.
		Naval ensign of the Royal Malaysian Navy	A white field defaced with blue crossed kris and anchor, with the Malaysian flag in the canton.
	1963 – 1968	Naval ensign of the Royal Malaysian Navy	A red cross on a white field with the Malaysian flag in the canton.
	1957 – 1963	Naval ensign of the Royal Malayan Navy	A red cross on a white field with the Malayan flag in the canton.

Administrative divisions

States

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the state of Perlis.	Two equal horizontal bands of yellow and blue.
		Flag of the state of Kedah.	A red field with the state coat of arms in the canton.
	1949 on	Flag of the state of Penang.	A blue, white and yellow vertical tricolor defaced with a betel nut tree.
		Flag of the state of Perak.	A white, yellow and black horizontal tricolor.
	1930 on	Flag of the state of Kelantan.	A red field defaced with a white crescent and star and two white kris and spears.
		Flag of the state of Terengganu.	A black field defaced with a white crescent and five-pointed star, with white at the edge.
	1894 on	Flag of the state of Pahang.	Two equal horizontal bands of white and black.
	1965 on	Flag of the state of Selangor.	Red and yellow quartered, with a white crescent and five-pointed stars in the canton.
		Flag of the state of Negeri Sembilan.	A yellow field with two diagonal bands of red and black in the canton.
	1973 on	Flag of the state of Malacca.	Two equal bands of red and white, with a crescent and five-pointed star in a blue canton.
	1865 on	Flag of the state of Johor.	A blue field with an arranged crescent and five-pointed stars in a red canton.
	1988 on	Flag of the state of Sarawak.	A yellow field with two diagonal bands of red (top) and black, defaced with a nine-pointed star.
	1988 on	Flag of the state of Sabah.	A blue (top), white, and red tricolor, with the silhouette of Mount Kinabalu on a light blue canton.

Federal territories

Main article: Federal Territory (Malaysia)

A common flag for the three federal territories was adopted by the Ministry of the Federal Territories on 20 August 2006. The flag is to be used and flown on matters and ceremonies that would involved all the federal territories as a whole. An example would be in national sporting events, the unified contingent of the territories would be under this common flag. However, the usage of the individual territorial flags would be given preference in events relating to individual territories.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2006 on	Flag of the Federal Territories	three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), blue, and red, there is a Malaysian coat of arms in center of blue band.
	1990 on	Flag of Kuala Lumpur	blue with six equal horizontal stripes of red (top), and white in upper and lower, there is a yellow crescent and yellow fourteen-pointed stars in left within blue band.
	1990 on	Flag of Labuan	three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue, there is a yellow crescent and yellow fourteen-pointed stars in white band.
	2001 on	Flag of Putrajaya	three equal vertical bands of blue (top, double width), and yellow, there is a Malaysian coat of arms in yellow band.

Historical

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1511 – 1641	Flag of Portuguese Malacca, a colony in the Portuguese Empire	White rectangle centrally charged with the coat of arms bearing five castles on an ogival or heater-shaped shield and surmounted by an open royal crown.
	1641 – 1795	Flag of the VOC in Dutch Malacca	Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white and blue (bottom), in the center there is a small logo of the VOC.
	1795 – 1801	Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Used by British Forces during the intermittent British occupation during the Napoleonic Wars.	The Flags of England and Scotland superimposed.
	1801 – 1818	Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire .
	1818 – 1825	Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. After the occupation and restoration of Dutch rule in Malacca the VOC had since gone bankrupt and all assets had transferred to the Batavian Republic which in turn turned into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Resulting in the use of the plain Dutch flag in Dutch Malacca.	A horizontal tricolour of red (Bright Vermilion), white, and blue (Cobalt Blue).
	1826 – 1895	Flag of the East India Company. With the establishment of the Straits Settlement, the East India Company ruled Malaya until it was designated a Crown Colony in 1867. Its design elements of the Union Jack in the canton and the red and white stripes is purportedly the reference behind the current Flag of Malaysia.	Numerous white and red stripes with the Union Flag of the United Kingdom in the canton.
	1826 – 1946	Flag of the Straits Settlements	A blue ensign defaced with a white disc containing three gold crown; separated with a red inverted pall, which looks like an inverted Y.
	1896 – 1949	Flag of the Federated Malay States	Four equal horizontal bands of white (top), red, yellow, and black, there is a small ellipse disc in center the red and yellow band, bearing a tiger running in white path.
	1895 – 1946	Naval ensign of the Federated Malay States	Diagonally quartered white, red, black and yellow.
	1942 – 1945	Flag of the Empire of Japan. Used in Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak were under Japanese military governing, and also used in Singapore (was renamed to Shōnantō).	Centered sun disc on a white field
		War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army	Centered sun disc with 16 rays on a white field
	1949 – 1963	Flag of the Federation of Malaya	The Flag consists of a Yellow Crescent with a 11 point star in a dark blue background, and 11 alternating Red and White Stripes.
	1870 – 1946, 1963 – 1973	Flag of the Kingdom of Sarawak and later Flag of the state of Sarawak	A red and black cross in the style of St. George's Cross. The Black symbolises the ruling class, and the Red the people. The Crown in the centre is the symbolises the Rajah. This flag was reintroduced upon independence.
	1946 – 1963	Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak	A blue ensign defaced with the former Kingdom Badge.
	1973 – 1988	Flag of the state of Sarawak (1973-1988). The 'Trisakti' Flag introduced to replace the colonial era flag.	A horizontal bicolor of red and white with a blue triangle on the hoist.
	1882 – 1963	Flag of North Borneo.	A blue ensign defaced with the badge of North Borneo.
	1963 – 1981	Flag of the state of Sabah	Four equal horizontal bar of red, white, yellow and blue, with the brown silhoutte of Mount Kinabalu in a green canton.
	1982 – 1988		A horizontal bicolor of blue and white with a red triangle on the hoist.
	1959 – 1965	Flag of the state of Singapore (Negeri Singapura). When Singapore exited the federation, the flag was maintained as the National flag of the Republic of Singapore.	A horizontal bicolor of red over white, charged in white in the canton with a crescent facing, towards the fly, a pentagon of five stars.

See also

• List of Malaysian coats of arms

External links

• Malaysia at Flags of the World
• Information on the Flag of Malaysia at the Malaysian Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture - Department of Information (Malay)