List of Malaysian flags

This is a list of flags used in Malaysia.

1 National flags
2 Monarch
3 Military
4 Historical
5 Administrative divisions
- 5.1 States
- 5.2 Federal territories
6 See also
7 References

National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1963–present	Flag of Malaysia	14 equal horizontal stripes of red (top) alternating with white (bottom); there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a yellow crescent and a yellow 14-pointed star; the crescent and the star are traditional symbols of Islam; the design was based on the flag of the US
		Civil Ensign of Malaysia

Monarch

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong

Military

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Malaysian Army
		Flag of the Royal Malaysian Air Force
		Naval ensign of the Royal Malaysian Navy
		Naval ensign of the Royal Malaysian Navy (1963–1968)
		Naval ensign of the Royal Malayan Navy (1957–1963)

Historical

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.
1801–1818	Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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.
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.
1826–1946	Flag of the Straits Settlements	A Red Diamond divided into 3 parts to represent the three Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca, and Singapore.
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.
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. The Colony flag, follows the standard British Colony Template, with the former Kingdom Badge. The 'Trisakti' Flag introduced to replace the colonial era flag.
1946–1963	Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak
1973–1988	Flag of the state of Sarawak (1973-1988)
1882–1963	Flag of North Borneo	The flag of the British Colony of North Borneo which in 1963 Joined the Federation of Malaysia under the name of Sabah. The colony flag follows the standard template used by British Colonies, namely a dark blue solid with the Union Jack in the top left, and the colony's symbol in the bottom right. Upon Independence the flag was changed to a 4 striped standard with a brown Mount Kinabalu against a green background, and later changed again to the 'Trisakti', similar to that of Sarawak.
1963–1981	Flag of the state of Sabah
1982–1988	Flag of the state of Sabah
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.

Administrative divisions

States

Apart from the flags of Selangor, Sarawak and Sabah, these flags are the same flags still in use from Independence.

Date	Use	Description
	Flag of the state of Perlis.	three equal horizontal bands of yellow, (top) and blue.
	Flag of the state of Kedah.	red field with Kedah coat of arms in hoist-side upper left corner.
1949	Flag of the state of Penang.	three equal vertical bands of blue (left), white and yellow, there is a beetle nut tree in center the white band.
	Flag of the state of Perak.	three equal horizontal bands of white (top), yellow and black.
	Flag of the state of Kelantan.	red field with a canton feautered two arrows are tied in two hands with five-pointed stars flanked with crescent in center.
	Flag of the state of Terengganu.	white bordered with black field bearing crescent and five-pointed stars in center.
	Flag of the state of Pahang.	two equal horizontal bands of white (top), and black.
1965	Flag of the state of Selangor.	four corner bands of red (upper left, lower right) and yellow (upper right, lower left), there is a crescent and five-pointed stars in upper left red corner.
	Flag of the state of Negeri Sembilan.	yellow field with a two diagonal bands of red and black in hoist-side upper left corner.
	Flag of the state of Malacca.	two corner bands of blue (corner), and red or one equal horizontal band of white (top).
1865	Flag of the state of Johor.	blue field with a red hoist-side upper left corner bearing an arranged crescent and five-pointed stars.
1988	Flag of the state of Sarawak.	yellow with two diagonal bands of red (top), and black, there is a yellow nine-pointed stars in center the two bands.
1988	Flag of the state of Sabah.	three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and red, there is a mountain in hoist-side upper left corner.

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 for the participations in national sporting events, the unified contingent of the territories would be under this common flag. Just like in other states, where the national flag is almost always flown the state flag, federal territories too fly the flag, however, in Kuala Lumpur, many have concluded that the flag looks too much like the national flag, and as such, it is more common to see the federal territory flag with the national flag instead of the Kuala Lumpur flag

Date	Use	Description
2006	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	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	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	Flag of Putrajaya	three equal vertical bands of blue (top, double width), and yellow, there is a Malaysian coat of arms in yellow band.

References

Flags of Malaysia

National	Flag of Malaysia

States	Johor • Kedah • Kelantan • Malacca • Negeri Sembilan • Pahang • Perak • Perlis • Penang • Sabah • Sarawak • Selangor • Terengganu

Federal territories	Federal Territory • (Kuala Lumpur • Labuan • Putrajaya)

Lists of flags

Master list · Reference list

Mobile military	Armed Forces · Army Forces · Air Forces · Air Forces Roundels · Air Forces Fin Flashes · Border & Coast Guard Forces · Maritime · Military war flag · Naval Forces ensigns · Naval Forces jack · War Flag ·

Mobile civilian	Civil air · Civil and Merchant Navy · Civil ensign · Pilot boat flags and ensigns · Yacht flags and ensigns