List of Tunisian flags

This is a list of flags, banners and standards used in Tunisia.

National Flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1999–Present	Flag of Tunisia	A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent.
	1999–Present	Flag of Tunisia (vertical)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1987–2011	Presidential Flag of Tunisia (Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali)	A purple backgroun, in white Tughra calligraphy, a Jim and a Ta superimposed. The letter Jim in Arabic which is the first letter of the word Jumhuriyya and the letter Ta in Arabic which is the first letter of the name Tounes. In translation Tunisian Republic.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Flag of The Berbers in Tunisia	A vertical tricolour of green, yellow and red with a red Tifinagh script in the center.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Flag of The City of Sousse	A horizontal bicolour of blue and yellow with the emblem of the city in the center.

Date	Use	Description
1229–1337	Flag of The Hafsid dynasty	A red field with a white crescent moon in the center and 3 sestiere on the fly.
1424–1550	Flag of The Hafsid dynasty	A yellow field with a white crescent moon and a 5–pointed star in the center.
1550–1574	Flag of The Hafsid dynasty	A white field with a blue crescent moon in the center and a vertical blue stripe off–centered toward the hoist.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1535–1570 1573–1574	Flag of Habsburg Spain	A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly–pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.

Date	Use	Description
1570–1573 1574–1793	Flag of the Ottoman Empire	Red field with a green disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc.
1793–1837	Flag of the Ottoman Empire	A red field with a white crescent moon and a 8–pointed star.
1574–1705	Flag of the Ottoman Tunisia	A red field with 3 golden crescent moons off–centered towards the hoist.
1705–1827	Flag of the Ottoman Tunisia	A 5 horizontal striped banner with 2 blue strip, 2 red and 1 green. The right edge of the flag is partially scalloped.
1827–1881	Flag of the Beylik of Tunis	A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent.
1827–1881	Flag of the Bey of Tunis	A 7 horizontal striped banner with 4 red strips, 2 golden and 1 green with 31 6–pointed stars, 24 discs and a 2 pointed sword in the center.

Date	Use	Description
1881–1956	Flag of the French Third Republic, the Provisional Government of the French Republic and the French Fourth Republic.	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1940–1942	Flag of Vichy France	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with an axe and 7 golden stars in the center.
1942–1944	Flag of Free France	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with a red Cross of Lorraine in the center.
1881–1885	Unofficial flag of the French protectorate of Tunisia	A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent with the french tricolour in the canton.
1885–1956	Flag of the French protectorate of Tunisia	A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1956–1957	Flag of the Kingdom of Tunisia	A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent.

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