A blue, white, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 6:2:2. Three yellow stars (15/100 of flag-width) on the blue stripe, forming an equilateral triangle with the base at hoist. Ratio: 1:2
A red, green, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 3:2:3. In the canton the hammer and sickle in yellow and red star bordered yellow (1/5 of flag-width). Reverse w/o hammer and sickle. Ratio: 1:2
Governmental flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
?—present
Border Guard Service flag
Ratio: 2:3
1997—present
Customs flag on land
Ratio: 2:3
1997—present
Customs ensign
Ratio: 2:3
?—present
The Moldovan Department of Civil Defence
Ratio: 2:3
Military flag
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1998—Present
Flag of the Armed Forces
A blue cloth, charged with a red cross bordered yellow. On obverse, the Emblem of the National Army in the middle. On reverse, instead of the emblem, with golden letters, the motto in Romanian: Pentru Onoare! Pentru Patrie! Pentru Tricolor! ("For Honor! For Country! For the Tricolor!"). Ratio: 2:3
Historical flags
For flags of Moldova as part of Romania (southern 1856 - 1878; all 1918 - 1940 and 1941 - 1944) see List of flags of Romania.
Flag
Date
Use
Description
April 27, 1990-August 27, 1991
State flag of the Moldavian SSR, later known as SSR Moldova and Republic of Moldova.
Blue, yellow, red horizontal tricolor, proportions: 1:1:1. Coat of arms in the middle of yellow and red stripes and the parliament's name on the blue stripe. Ratio: 2:3.