Flag of Mauritius

Republic of Mauritius

The Four Bands, Les Quatre Bandes
Use	National flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	March 12, 1968; 56 years ago (1968-03-12)
Design	Four horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green.
Designed by	Gurudutt Moher
Use	Civil ensign
Proportion	1:2
Design	A red field with the national flag in and the coat of arms in a white circle on the fly side.
Use	State ensign
Proportion	1:2
Design	A navy blue field with the national flag in the canton corner, with the coat of arms on the fly side of the flag.
Use	Naval ensign
Proportion	26:57
Design	A white field with a blue band on each side, followed by two red stripes with the middle red stripe being thinner, charged with an anchor with a gold five-pointed star above it.
Use	Presidential standard
Proportion	2:3
Design	The national flag with a white circle, within it the coat of arms, below it, a golden wreath and the letters RM.

The national flag of Mauritius, also known as the Four Bands and Les Quatre Bandes (French for "the four bands"), was adopted upon independence, 12 March 1968. It consists of four horizontal bands of equal width, coloured (from top to bottom) red, blue, yellow, and green. The flag was recorded at the College of Arms in London on 9 January 1968.

The flag was designed by Gurudutt Moher whose contribution was recognised posthumously in March 2018 in the form of the national title Member of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (MSK).^[1] Moher, who was a retired school teacher, died of a heart attack on 7 October 2017, at the age of 93.^[2]

The civil ensign (for private vessels) and government ensign (for state vessels) are red and blue flags, respectively, each with the national flag in the canton and the coat of arms of Mauritius in the fly.

The naval ensign (used by coast guard vessels) is an unusual design consisting of red, white, and blue vertical stripes of unequal widths defaced by a central anchor/key emblem.