This flag is a former version of Myanmar.
Independence flag designed and adopted
Maung Win designed the red flag with a blue canton and white stars, which the Constituent Assembly adopted in August 1947.
Socialist-era flag adoptedThis flag
The new flag kept the red field and blue canton but replaced the stars with a cogwheel, rice stalks, and 14 stars.
Current design prescribed in constitution
Article 437 of the 2008 Constitution prescribed the current yellow, green, and red flag with a centered white star.
Current flag adopted
The Union Flag Law adopted the current flag on 21 October 2010 and repealed the 1974 State Flag Law.
