Tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands—coloured red (top), white (middle) and black (bottom)—with the golden Eagle of Saladin centered in the white band.[1]
Throughout the republican era, the standard of the president of Egypt has been identical to the national flag, with the addition of the coat of arms (eagle or hawk) in the upper-left corner.[1] Even though the Constitution of Egypt states that the President is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces (article 150), the flag of the Supreme Commander differs from the Presidential Standard. It is identical to the national flag, with the addition in the upper-left corner of a white Eagle of Saladin contained between two crossed swords. The Supreme Commander also has his own naval ensign, air force flag and air defence flag. Military ordinances state that the flags of the Supreme Commander must be hoisted during the President's visits to each military unit. The national flag must be hoisted in the middle, with the Presidential Standard on its right side, and the flag of the Supreme Commander on its left side.[2]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1984–present
Current presidential standard
Identical to the current national flag—tricolour featuring the golden Eagle of Saladin—with a second Eagle of Saladin added in the upper-left corner of the red band.[2]
1972–1984
Federation of Arab Republics presidential standard
Identical to Federation of Arab Republics' flag—tricolour featuring the golden Eagle of Quraish on the upper-left corner of red band.[2]
Tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands—coloured red (top), white (middle) and black (bottom)—with the golden Hawk of Quraysh centered in the white band.[1]
1958–1972
Flag of Egypt as part of the United Arab Republic due to the unity between Egypt and Syria, under the rule of President Gamal Abd El Nasser. (adopted by Law by Resolution No. 12 of 1958)
Tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands—coloured red (top), white (middle) and black (bottom)—with two five-pointed green stars in the white band, symbolizing Egypt and Syria.[7]
Following the Revolution of 1952, the Free Officers retained the flag of the Kingdom, but also introduced the former Republic of Egypt flag colors of red, white, and black horizontal bands, with the emblem of the Revolution, the Eagle of Saladin, in the center band, with a green escutcheon with a white crescent and five stars.
Green flag with a white crescent and a white cross symbolizing the common struggle of Egyptian Muslims and Egyptian Christians against the British occupation.[8] Associated with the Wafd Party.
Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features the entire flag of the Kingdom of Egypt in the canton of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution tricolour (i.e. the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag without the Eagle of Saladin).
Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features the 1952 Egyptian Revolution tricolour in the canton of the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, the latter modified with the white crescent and stars re-positioned to the right to accommodate the tricolour in the canton.
Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt - white crescent and stars on a green field - inverted horizontally on the left, and the 1952 Egyptian Revolution tricolour as an elongated chevron on the right.
Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features the Arab Liberation tricolour, with the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt inverted horizontally as a chevron on the right.
Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features the white crescent and stars on a green field of the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt rotated 90° crowned by a white representation of the three Pyramids of Giza all appearing on the left, and the Arab Liberation tricolour on the right.
Egypt became a republic in 1953, the year after King Farouk was toppled in the revolution, and several proposals for a new national flag were made combining elements of the old flag of the kingdom with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution Flag. This design features a white representation of the River Nile on the green field of the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, with the 1952 Egyptian Revolution symbolic tricolour in a right-hand side canton onto which the crescent and three stars of the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt are placed and rendered in gold.
el Ansary, Nasser (2001). "Évolution du drapeau égyptien" [Evolution of the Egyptian flag]. L'Encyclopédie des souverains d'Égypte des pharaons à nos jours [The Encyclopedia of rulers of Egypt from the Pharaohs until today] (in French). Alleur: Éditions du Perron. pp. 142–147. ISBN 978-2-87114-173-0. OCLC48965345.