List of Argentine flags

This is a list of flags used in or otherwise associated with Argentina.

National flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1861–present[1]National and state flag A triband, composed of three equal horizontal bands colored light blue, white, and light blue with a yellow Sun of May in the center.[2][3]
1861–present Optional civil flag The flag of Argentina without the Sun of May.[4]
1818–present Flag of Argentina (vertical) A vertical triband, composed of three equal vertical bands coloured light blue, white, and light blue with a yellow Sun of May in the center.

Presidential standard

FlagDateUseDescription
?–present Presidential standard of Argentina The national flag of Argentina, with the text "Argentine Republic" inscribed in the top stripe, and "Presidency of the Nation" inscribed in the bottom stripe.

Military

Army

FlagDateRankDescription
Current
1940s–present Commanding Officer of Infantry of the General Staff
1940s–present Commanding Officer of an Army
1940s–present Commanding Officer of the Infantry Branch
1940s–present Commanding Officer of the Cavalry Corps
1940s–present Commanding Officer of the Cavalry Corps Branch
1940s–present Commanding Officer of the Mechanized Corps
1940s–present Commanding Officer of the Mechanized Infantry Corps
1940s–present Director General of the Military Institutions of the Argentine Land Force
1940s–present Army Division Commander
1940s–present Cavalry Division Commander
1940s–present Commander of an engineering regiment or a communications regiment
1940s–present Officer in command of the unit
1940s–present Commander of an armored division
1940s–present Commander of an armored group
1940s–present Command of an Argentine battalion
Former
1894–? Lieutenant General
Major General
Brigadier general
Superior Commander
1835–1850 Example of a Federalist military flag
1813 In May 1813, the Auxiliary Army of Potosí departed from Potosí, and used a flag with three stripes with the text "To arms for the independence of South America in the Army of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, under the protection of its General Our Lady of Mercedes", this being the first instance of an Argentine flag with three stripes.[5]

Argentine Navy

FlagDateUseDescription
Former
1852–1861 Naval ensign of the State of Buenos Aires
1840s–1852 Naval ensign of Unitarian Party
1840s–1852 Naval ensign of Argentine Confederation
1818–1820 Naval ensign of United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Similar to the national flag, but with a wider top stripe.

Jack

FlagDateUseDescription
Current
?–present Jack of the Argentine Navy[6] A white square with the Sun of May on a light blue field.
Former
1818 Jack of United Provinces of the Río de la Plata The national flag with eight stars encircling the Sun of May.

Rank flags

FlagDateRankDescription
Current
Fleet
1920s–present President of Argentina
Minister of the Navy
1930s–present Supreme Commander of the Navy
Admiral of the fleet
Admiral
Vice admiral
Rear admiral
Captain commanding a Naval or Naval Air Force
Commander of a Fleet, Naval or Naval Air Force
Commander of a Task Force, Naval or Naval Air Force
Commander of a Fleet Naval Division
Squadron Commander of Naval Air Force
Senior Officer
Naval infantry
1930s–present Admiral
Vice admiral
Rear admiral
Captain
Commander in charge
Commander of the armed unit
Officer without Command
Former
1894–1920s President of Argentina
Minister of the Navy
Minister in Chief of the General Staff
Ministers of State
1894–1930s Admiral
Vice admiral
Rear admiral
Captain Adjutant-General
Captain in Command
19th century Commander-in-Chief of the Navy
Rear admiral in command of a subordinate naval force
Vice admiral in command of a subordinate naval force
Captain in command of a subordinate naval force
Admiral Chief of Arsenal
Vice admiral Chief of Arsenal
Rear admiral Chief of Arsenal
Captain Chief of Arsenal

Other

FlagDateUseDescription
Current
?–present War pennant
Flag of excellent readiness to battle award
Former
1826 Admiral William Brown's private flag given to him by the women after the Battle of Los Pozos.
1815–1820 Flag of the privateers in the service of the League of the Free Peoples

Air force

FlagDateRankDescription
Current
1940s–present Commander of Aeronautical Establishments
1940s–present Commander-in-Chief
1940s–present Quartermaster general
1940s–present Commander of the Strategic Air Force
1940s–present Commander of the Tactical Air Force
1940s–present Air Defense commander
1940s–present Air Transport commander
1940s–present Air Group commander
1940s–present Air Group commander at the base
1940s–present Commander of the Aviation Technical Group at the base
1940s–present Squadron commander
Former
1945–1958 Minister of Aeronautics

Military schools

FlagDateUseDescription
Current
?–present Director of the National Military College
?–present Director of the "Sgt. Cabral" N.C.O.'s School
?–present Director of the "General Lemos" School for Professional Corps
?–present Director of the "Luis Beltran" School for Engineer Mechanics
?–present Director of the Advanced War Training School
?–present Director of a Military Academy
?–present Director of the Infantry School
?–present Director of the Advanced Technical School
?–present Director of the Air Force School
?–present Director of the Air Force War Operations School
?–present Director of the Military Aviation School

Veterans

FlagDateUseDescription
2013–present Flag of veterans of the Malvinas War Vertically fringed cloth loaded in its center by a radiant sun, similar to that of the National Flag behind this two lines of equal size of upper red and lower black, symbolizing the blood spilled in the operation theater and the black line the footprint of the ground forces (Argentine Army). On the upper end three broken lines is a symbol of the winds representing the Argentine Air Force. Lower edge wavy movement of lines is a symbol of the Argentine Navy. Thus leaving the veterans' flag with the three weapons that defended our area of honor and remembering the fallen in the line of duty. The contrasting colors indicate that absolutely not everything is won in victory and nothing is definitely lost in defeat: this vertical cut flag recalls one of the original ones given by General Manuel Belgrano to this land on February 27, 1812, in the Barrancas del Rio Parana, the first flag of Argentina.
?–2013 Argentine triband with a black profile of the Malvinas islands in the center instead of the Sun of May.

Argentine Naval Prefecture

FlagDateUseDescription
Current
1930s–present Argentine Naval Prefecture
Former
1924–1930s Argentine Naval Prefecture

National Gendarmerie

FlagDateUseDescription
Current
1938–present Argentine National Gendarmerie

Police

FlagDateUseDescription
Current
1943–present Argentine Federal Police

Government

FlagDateUseDescription
Former
?–? Ministry of Finance
?–? Ministry of Health

Civil ensign

FlagDateUseDescription
Current
?–present Civil ensign
?–present Pilot flag
Former
1852–1861 Merchant flag of the State of Buenos Aires
19th century Pilot flag Buenos Aires

First-level administrative divisions

FlagDateAdministrative divisionDescription
1995–present Buenos Aires City
1997–present Buenos Aires Province
2011–present Catamarca Province
2007–present Chaco Province
2004–present Chubut Province
2014–present Córdoba Province
1986–present Corrientes Province
1987–present Entre Ríos Province
1991–present Formosa Province
1994–present Jujuy Province
1993–present La Pampa Province
1986–present La Rioja Province
1992–present Mendoza Province
1992–present Misiones Province
1989–present Neuquén Province
2009–present Río Negro Province
1997–present Salta Province
2018–present San Juan Province
1988–present San Luis Province
2000–present Santa Cruz Province
1986–present
1822–1880		 Santa Fe Province
1985–present Santiago del Estero Province
1999–present Tierra del Fuego Province
2010–present Tucumán Province

Historical flags

National flags

FlagDateUseDescription
National flags
1850–1861 Flag of the Argentine Confederation Three equal horizontal bands, the upper and lower bands are dark blue, and the middle band is white. A red Sun of May is depicted on the white band. Four red Phrygian caps are placed in the corners.
1835–1852 Three equal horizontal bands, the upper and lower bands are dark blue, and the middle band is white. A red Sun of May is depicted on the white band. Four red Phrygian caps mounted on pikes are placed in the corners.
1831–1835
1815–1820 Flag of League of the Free Peoples
1815
1818 Flag of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
1816–1818
1810–1816
Local national flags
1860–1862 Flag of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia
1852–1861 Flag of the State of Buenos Aires

Other historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1836 Flag of the Argentine Confederation used by several nationalists with the text "Viva la Confederación Argentina!", "Mueran los Salvajes Unitarios!" (Long live the Argentine Confederation! Death to the savage Unitarians!)
(Unclear, either 1876 or 1882) Unofficial flag of the Republic of La Boca, a recurrent micronation consisting of the neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires. The blue, white, and blue triband of Argentina, with the coat of arms of Savoy crowned with a Phrygian cap in the center.
1890s Flag of the Selk'nam Genocide survivors
1817–1820 Flag of the Army of the Andes
1813 Flag of the Civil Freedom of Argentina
1820s Revolutionary flags used by Facundo Quiroga
1812–? Flags used by Army of the North

British Invasion-era flags preserved by Argentina

FlagDateUseDescription
1806 1st Battalion, 71st Regiment of Foot Flags captured from the British military during the British invasions of the River Plate
2nd Battalion, 71st Regiment of Foot
Royal Marines Battalion
Flag of the United Kingdom
71st Regiment of Foot Guidon
1807 Saint Helena Regiment or Rifle Corps of the 95th Infantry Regiment
British Red Ensign

Proposed flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1931 Proposed civil flag
Flag proposal for Argentine Patagonia

Ethnic groups flags

FlagDateEthnic groupDescription
2016–present Comechingón
2000s–present Guaraní Flag of the Guarani in Argentina.
Lule
1991–present Mapuche Flag of the Mapuches in Argentina. Once represented also Tehuelche people.
2009–present Mocoví
Pilagá
1990s–present Selkʼnam
2012–present Tehuelche
Toba
Tonocoté
Wichí
19th century – Y Wladfa Reconstruction of the flag used in the 19th century, at least in 1865. Has gained popularity in recent years.[7]
Flag of Puerto Madryn. Argentina flag with Welsh Dragon.

Political flags

FlagDatePartyDescription
Current
1997–present Communist Party – Extraordinary Congress
1946–present Justicialist Party
1896–present Socialist Party
1893–present Radical Civic Union
Former
1990–2009 New Triumph Party
1965–1980 Workers' Revolutionary Party
1957–1966 Tacuara Nationalist Movement
1931–1958 National Democratic Party
1919–1939 Argentine Patriotic League, National Fascist Union, and Nationalist Liberation Alliance
1890–1891 Civic Union
Other
1977–present Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
1912–present Argentine Agrarian Federation

Rebel groups flags

FlagDateOrganizationDescription
Former
1973–1974 People's Revolutionary Army of 22 August
1973–1974 Popular Liberation Commandses
1973–1975 Workers Power Communist Organizationes
1970–1981 Montoneros
1970–1976 People's Revolutionary Army Two horizontal stripes (light blue and white) symbolizing the "first independence", with an additional red star symbolizing the "second and final independence.[8]
1970–1975 People's Revolutionary Army - Monte Ramón Rosa Jiménez Company
1968–1972 Guerrilla of the Liberation Armyes
1963–1964 People's Guerrilla Armyes
1955–1973 Uturuncoses

Argentine Red Cross

FlagDateUseDescription
Current
?–present Argentine Red Cross
Former
?–? Argentine Red Cross

Scouts de Argentina

FlagDateUseDescription
?–present Scouts de Argentina

Sporting flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Current
?–present Argentine Olympic Committee
Former
1912–? Argentine Football Association

Vexillology Association flags

FlagDateUseDescription
?–present Argentina Vexillology Association
?–present Foundation Interdisciplinary Center for Cultural Studies

Argentine shipping company

FlagDateCompanyDescription
Former
1960–1996 Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas
1949–1960 Argentine Overseas Shipping Fleetes
1951–1992 Fiscal Oilfieldses
1943–1950 State Merchant Fleetes
1943–1950 Río de La Plata S.A.es
1908–? Patagonian Importer and Exporter Corporation
?–1951 Argentine Navigation Company Dodero

Burgees of Argentina

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ARGENTINA 1862-1944". Angelfire. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Símbolos Nacionales" [National Symbols] (in Spanish). Presidency of the Argentine Nation. Retrieved 29 December 2012. La Bandera Oficial de la Nación tiene sus colores distribuidos en tres fajas horizontales, dos celestes y una blanca en el medio, en cuyo centro se reproduce el Sol figurado de la moneda de oro de ocho escudos y de la de plata de ocho reales que se encuentra grabado en la primera moneda argentina. El color del sol es el amarillo del oro.
  3. ↑ "Decreto 1650/2010" (in Spanish). Argentina: Poder Ejecutivo Nacional. 23 November 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "La Bandera Nacional" [The National Flag] (in Spanish). Belgranian National Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2012. Día 16 de marzo de 1818: el Soberano Congreso dispuso "que la Bandera de Guerra Nacional se componga de tres tiras horizontales; la de en medio blanca, ocupando la mitad, y la alta y baja azules iguales, esto es del quinto de anchura, con un sol en la lista de en medio; y la de los buques mercantes lo mismo sin sol", según lo que participó el Comandante General de Marina, Don Matías de Aldao, al Capitán del Puerto de Buenos Aires.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ María Grazia Mainero, ed. (2011). "Chapter three: Testimonies and traditions around the first flag". La bandera nacional de la República Argentina [The national flag of the Argentine Republic] (PDF). Belgraniano National Institute. p. 29. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Navy jack". Flags of the World. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Welsh Community (Chubut Province, Argentina)".
  8. ↑ Kohan, Néstor (2006). Fidel para principiantes (1ª ed.). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Era Naciente. p. 136. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
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