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

Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Proportion	1:2
Adopted	1977
Relinquished	2011, 34 years of use
Design	A green field
Designed by	Muammar 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.

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  Flag of Libya (1969–1972)
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  Flag of Libya (1972–1977)

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