Flag of Libya (1977–2011) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Proportion1:2
Adopted1977
Relinquished2011, 34 years of use
DesignA green field
Designed byMuammar Gaddafi

The flag of Libya from 1977 to 2011 was the flag of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 1986[a] and the flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to 2011. The design is a green field in 1:2 ratio.

In 2011, after the collapse of Gaddafi's government, the 1951–1969 flag from the Kingdom of Libya was re-adopted.

Before 1977, the country was called the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and used a red-white-black flag.

  1. In 1986, the "Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" was renamed to the "Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya", with the word "Great" added after the 1986 United States bombing of Libya.