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Republic of Bulgaria

Last modified: 2025-11-16 by rob raeside
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• National Symbols
• Historical Flags
• Flags of the Armed Forces
• Naval Flags
• Governmental Flags
• Subdivisions and Municipalities of Bulgaria
• Political Flags
• University Flags
• Other Flags
• Flags of Neighbouring Countries
• Clickable Map of Bulgaria
• Subdivisons of Bulgaria
• Principal Sources of Bulgarian Flag Images

National Symbols

• National Flag
• Constitutional Specifications
• Use of the flag
• Origin of Bulgarian Colours
• New Coat of Arms
• Summary of History of Bulgarian Coats of Arms
• Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society

Historical Flags

• Flags in the National Museum of Military History
• Bulgaria in Book of All Nations
• 19th Century Nationalist Flag
• Bulgarian Volunteers in First Serbian-Turkish War (1876-1877)
• 4th Panagyurishte Revolutionary District chief flag
• Principality of Bulgaria, 1878-1908
  • Prince's Standard
  • Naval Ensign
  • Commander-in-Chief of the Navy
  • Merchant Ensign
  • Pilot Requesting Signal
  • Masthead Pennant
  • Jack
  • Eastern Rumelia, 1878-1908
• Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1908-1944
  • Introduction
  • King's Standard
  • King's Pennant
  • Queen's Standard
  • Queen's Pennant
  • Crown-Prince's Standard
  • Crown-Prince's Pennant
  • Crown-Princess' Standard
  • Other Male Members of the Royal Family
  • Other Female Members of the Royal Family
  • Coat of Arms
• Bulgaria - WW1 Proposal
• Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1944-1946
  • Changes During 1937-1944
  • Bulgarian Flag of 1944
• People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1946-1967
  • Coat of Arms (1946?-1948)
  • Possible Flag Using Pre-1948 Coat of Arms
  • Coat of Arms (1948)
  • Civil Ensign
  • Chairman of the Council of Ministers
  • Chairman of the Presidium
• People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1967-1971
  • Coat of Arms (1967)
  • Civil Ensign
  • Chairman of the Council of Ministers
  • Chairman of the Presidium
  • International Workers' Movement
• People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1971-1990
  • Coat of Arms (1971)
  • Civil Ensign
  • Chairman of the Council of Ministers
  • Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly
  • Chairman of the State Council
  • International Workers' Movement
• Historical Constitutional Specifications
• Republic of Bulgaria Since 1990
  • Constitutional Specifications
  • Historical Constitutional Specifications
  • Origin of Bulgarian Colours
  • Roundels

Flags of the Armed Forces

• Military Flags
  • Naval Ensign
  • Naval Jack
  • Auxiliary Vessels and Coast Guard Ensign
  • Commander in Chief of the Navy
  • Navy Chief of Staff
  • Naval Group Commander
  • Rank Flags of 1949
    • Background
    • Chairman Minister (ministyr-predsedatel)
    • Navy Commander (komandir na VMS)
    • Brigade Commander
    • Commander of Coastal Defence Region
    • Fleet Commander
    • Detachment Commander
• Day of Flag Rescue
• Roundels and fin flashes
• Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1908-1944: Army and Government Flags
  • Minister of the Army
  • Chief of Staff of the Army
  • Chief of the Third and Fourth Inspections of the Army 
  • Minister of Railways
• Macedonian-Andrinopolitan Volunteer Corps (1912-1913)
• Ivan Tsonchev's Detachment (1895-1903)
• OSO (Organization Defense Assistance)
• Border Police

Naval Flags

• Naval Flags of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1908-1944
  • Naval Ensign
  • Jack
  • Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet
  • Commander in Chief of the Fleet Pennant
  • Commander of a Division
  • Chief of the Naval Fleet
  • Chief of a Flotilla
  • Captain Commanding a Flotilla or a Division
  • Commander Commanding a Flotilla or a Division
  • Group Commander
  • Group Commander Pennant
  • Masthead Pennant
  • Standard of the Chief of the Outside Service of the Port Administration
  • Standard of the Chief of the Central Service of the Port Administration
  • Service Ensign of the Port Vehicles Without Autonomous Propulsion
  • Service Ensign of the Port Vehicles with Autonomous Propulsion
  • Pilot's Ensign
  • Rank Flags
    • Admiral's Ensign and Pennant
    • Vice-Admiral's Ensign and Pennant
    • Rear-Admiral's Ensign and Pennant
• Naval Flags of the People's Republic, 1949-1955
  • Naval Ensign
  • Minister-Chairman
  • Minister of People's Defence
  • Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian People's Army
  • Naval Force Commander, Commander of the Army, Commander of Corps
  • Naval Fleet Chief of the Staff
  • Commander of Brigade
  • Commander of Military District, Commander of Regiment ("polk"), Deputy Commander of Division
  • Commander of Flotilla, Commander of Groups and Deputy Commander of Group
  • Commander of Squadron, Commander of "rot"
  • Commander of Vessel
  • Jack
• Naval flags of the People's Republic, 1955-1990
  • Naval Ensign
  • Guard Naval Ensign
  • Naval Ensign with Red Banner Order
  • Guard Naval Ensign with Red Banner Order
  • 1955 Jack
  • 1963 Jack
  • Ensign of Auxiliary Vessels
  • Ensign of Hydrographic and Pilot Service
  • Ministry of Interior Ensign
  • DOSO Ensign
  • Commander of Naval Force
  • Senior Flag Officer
  • Junior Flag Officer
  • Naval Masthead Pennant
  • Naval Division Commander Pennant
  • Auxiliary Vessels Division Commander Pennant
  • Naval Group Commander Pennant
  • DOSO Flags, 1955-1990
    • DOSO Ensign
    • DOSO Chairman
    • DOSO Vice-Chairman
    • DOSO "UMS" Chief
    • DOSO Group Commander
    • DOSO Vessels Pennant
  • Naval flags, 1975
    • Deputy Minister of the People's Defence, 1975-1990
    • Chief of Staff of the Naval Fleet, 1975-1990
    • Naval Ship Group Commander, 1975-1990
    • Naval Rescue Vessels Ensign, 1975-1990
• Government Flags of the People's Republic, 1955-1990
  • Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly
  • Chairman of the Ministry Council
  • Minister of People's Defence
  • Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian People's Army
  • Commander of the Border Army
  • Chief of Staff of the Border Army
• Bulgarian Naval Flags (since 1990)
  • Naval Ensign
  • Naval Jack
  • Auxiliary Vessels
  • Commander in Chief of the Navy
  • Navy Chief of Staff
  • Naval Group Commander
• Coast Guard

Governmental Flags

• President of the Republic
• Prime Minister
• Minister of Defence
• Minister of Interior

Subdivisions and Municipalities of Bulgaria

The advertising company TANGRAM displays flags for Bulgarian municipalities. On its website the company is showing images of the flags of 162 municipalities (if I counted them correctly): http://tangram.bg
Valentin Poposki, 15 June 2011

• Clickable Map of Bulgaria
  

Avren Bakat Banite Bansko Belitsa Beloslav Belovo Blagoevgrad Bolyarovo Borino Bov Bozhurishte Bratzigovo Breznik Brezovo Byala (Town)

Gabrovo Garmen Gramada Hadzhidimovo Harmanli Ivaylovgrad Kaloyanovo Kavarna Kresna Krushari Lukovit Lyubimets Madzharovo Mineralni Bani Panagyurishte Petrich Plovdiv Rakitovo Razlog Ruse

Sandanski Satovcha Septemvri Sevlievo Simeonovgrad Simitli Stambolovo Strelcha Strumyani Svilengrad Topolovgrad Tryavna Troyan Valchi Dol Varna Velingrad Vidin Yakoruda

Political Flags

• Ataka
• Anti-Corruption Movement
• BNS Bulgarian National Alliance
• Bulgarian Communist Party
• DPS Bulgarian Turks
• BSP Bulgarian Socialist Party
• BEL Bulgarian Euro Left
• NDSV National Movement Simeon II
• Novoto Vreme (New Age) Party
• OMO Ilinden PIRIN
• SDS Union of Democratic Forces
• VMRO Inner Macedonian Revolutionary Organization

University Flags

• Sofia University
• Technical University of Sofia
• University of National and World Economy

Other Flags

• Political Organisations
• Ethnic Minorities
• Bulgarian Ethnic Minorities in Hungary
• Shipping Lines
• Bulgarian Posts
• Bulgarian Red Cross
• Bulgarian Football Union
• Flags on Stamps Issued by Bulgaria
• Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria
• Dimitrovist Pioneer Organization "Septemberists"
• Award flags

Flags of Neighbouring Countries

• Romania
• Serbia
• Macedonia
• Greece
• Turkey

Principal Sources

• Ivanov (1998) Български войни знамена и флагове | Bulgarski voĭni znamena i flagove | Bulgarian military flags and ensigns
• Album des Pavillons (2000)

 

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