Official residence

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An official residence is the residence of a head of state, head of government, governor, religious leader, leaders of international organizations, or other senior figure. It may be the same place where they conduct their work-related functions.

List of official residences, by country[edit]

Afghanistan[edit]

Albania[edit]

Algeria[edit]

Angola[edit]

  • Presidential Palace

Antigua and Barbuda[edit]

Argentina[edit]

Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires

Armenia[edit]

The Government House, Yerevan

Australia[edit]

Federal[edit]

State[edit]

Government House, Melbourne

Territorial[edit]

Internal territory[edit]
External territories[edit]
State, former[edit]

Austria[edit]

Hofburg Neue Burg section, seen from Heldenplatz.
Ballhausplatz Nr. 2

Former royal residences[edit]

Azerbaijan[edit]

Bahamas[edit]

Bahrain[edit]

Bangladesh[edit]

Bangabhaban, Dhaka

Barbados[edit]

Belarus[edit]

Independence Palace, residence of the president of Belarus

Belgium[edit]

Belize[edit]

Former[edit]

  • Government House (Governor-General, formerly; kept for official government functions, state guest house for visiting foreign dignitaries, and as House of Culture Museum)

Benin[edit]

  • Presidential Palace

Bhutan[edit]

Bolivia[edit]

  • Palacio Quemado (President's office)
  • Palace of Calacoto (Official residence of the President)
  • Castillo blanco (Winter residence of the President)
  • Principado de la Glorieta (Summer residence of the President)
  • Villa Albina (Summer residence of the President)
  • Mercado street (Office prime minister)
  • Casa Verde (Official residence of the prime minister)

Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

Building of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana[edit]

Brazil[edit]

Palácio da Alvorada, Brasília

Former[edit]

State[edit]

Palácio Rio Branco, Salvador, Bahia

Brunei[edit]

Bulgaria[edit]

Euxinograd palace, Bulgaria

Current[edit]

Former royal residences[edit]

Burundi[edit]

  • Kiriri Presidential Palace

Cambodia[edit]

Royal Palace of Cambodia

Cameroon[edit]

  • Unity Palace[8]

Canada[edit]

See also: Government Houses of Canada

Federal[edit]

Rideau Hall in Ottawa
View of 24 Sussex Drive from across the Ottawa River

Provincial[edit]

The provinces of Ontario and Quebec no longer have official residences for their lieutenant governors, but do provide them with accommodations; in the case of Ontario, only if necessary. There is a Government House in Regina, Saskatchewan, though it does not serve as a residence, containing only the lieutenant govenror's offices. Alberta also has a Government House, but it is used solely for official entertaining and meetings.

Cape Verde[edit]

Central African Republic[edit]

Chad[edit]

  • Presidential Palace

Chile[edit]

Palacio de La Moneda, Santiago

Former[edit]

China[edit]

Zhongnanhai, Beijing

Former[edit]

Office and Residence
Residence

Special administrative regions[edit]

Hong Kong[edit]

Government House, Hong Kong

Macau[edit]

Former Portuguese Macau[edit]

Former British Colony of Hong Kong[edit]

Colombia[edit]

Casa de Nariño, Bogota

Comoros[edit]

  • Presidential Palace

Congo, Democratic Republic of the[edit]

Former[edit]

Congo, Republic of the[edit]

  • Brazzaville Presidential Palace

Costa Rica[edit]

  • Casa Presidencial, Costa Rica (President)

Côte d'Ivoire[edit]

Croatia[edit]

Cuba[edit]

Former[edit]

Cyprus[edit]

Czech Republic[edit]

Prague Castle is the residence of the President of the Czech Republic

Denmark[edit]

Amalienborg Palace, Denmark

Former[edit]

Djibouti[edit]

  • Presidential Palace

Dominica[edit]

Dominican Republic[edit]

East Timor[edit]

Ecuador[edit]

Egypt[edit]

El Salvador[edit]

Equatorial Guinea[edit]

Eritrea[edit]

Estonia[edit]

Presidential Palace in Kadriorg, Tallinn.

Former[edit]

Eswatini[edit]

  • Lozitha Palace (King)

Ethiopia[edit]

Fiji[edit]

Finland[edit]

The Presidential Palace, the official residence of the president of Finland.

Former[edit]

France[edit]

Élysée Palace
Brégançon Fort
Hôtel Matignon

Former royal residences[edit]

Territorial[edit]

French Polynesia

  • Presidence (President of French Polynesia)
  • Haut Commissariat (High Commissioner of French Polynesia)

Gabon[edit]

  • Presidential Palace

Gambia[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Germany[edit]

Villa Hammerschmidt
Schloss Bellevue

Current[edit]

Bundeskanzleramt
Palais Schaumburg

Federal

States

Former royal residences[edit]

Brandenburg/Prussia/Imperial/East Germany/Former West Germany

Sanssouci Palace

Other

Mannheim Palace

Ghana[edit]

Greece[edit]

Former[edit]

Grenada[edit]

Guatemala[edit]

  • Casa Presidencial

Former[edit]

Guyana[edit]

Guinea[edit]

Former[edit]

  • Belle Vue (demolished; former summer residence of the President)

Guinea-Bissau[edit]

Haiti[edit]

Former[edit]

Honduras[edit]

Hungary[edit]

Buda Castle, Budapest

Former[edit]

Iceland[edit]

India[edit]

Main article: List of official residences of India

Union[edit]

The Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi

State[edit]

Union territories[edit]

Indonesia[edit]

Istana Merdeka, Jakarta

Provincial[edit]

Iran[edit]

Former[edit]

Iraq[edit]

Ireland[edit]

Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin

Former[edit]

Israel[edit]

Beit Aghion, Jerusalem.

Italy[edit]

Palazzo del Quirinale
Palazzo Chigi

Former residences[edit]

Jamaica[edit]

Japan[edit]

The Tokyo Imperial Palace, the official residence of the emperor of Japan.
Kantei, Tokyo

Former[edit]

Jordan[edit]

Kazakhstan[edit]

Ak Orda Presidential Palace

Kenya[edit]

Kosovo[edit]

Government of the Republic of Kosovo building in Pristina

Kuwait[edit]

Former[edit]

Kyrgyzstan[edit]

Laos[edit]

Former[edit]

Latvia[edit]

Lebanon[edit]

Beiteddine Palace

Former[edit]

Lesotho[edit]

Liberia[edit]

Libya[edit]

Liechtenstein[edit]

Lithuania[edit]

Presidential Palace, Vilnius

Presidential Palace

Former[edit]

Luxembourg[edit]

Grand Ducal Palace

Madagascar[edit]

Malawi[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Federal[edit]

State[edit]

Former[edit]

Maldives[edit]

Former[edit]

Mali[edit]

  • Presidential Palace

Malta[edit]

San Anton Palace, Attard

Former[edit]

  • Fort St. Angelo (former residence of the Grand Master, now restored)
  • Grandmaster's Palace (former residence of the Grand Master and the Governor, now housing the Office of the President and a museum)
  • Palazzo Vilhena (former residence of the Grand Master, now a museum)
  • Aħrax Tower (former summer residence of the Governor, now abandoned)
  • Casa Leoni (former residence of the Governor, now housing a government ministry)

Mauritania[edit]

Mauritius[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Former[edit]

*In every state of the Mexico the Palacio de Gobierno, or Government Palace, was the official residence the governor, they are now maintained solely as the relevant governor's offices.

States[edit]

Querétaro

  • Casa de la Corregidora (Governor mansion)

Moldova[edit]

Transnistria[edit]

  • Presidential Palace, Tiraspol

Monaco[edit]

Mongolia[edit]

Montenegro[edit]

  • Blue Palace (Official Residence of the President)

Morocco[edit]

Mozambique[edit]

Myanmar[edit]

Former[edit]

Namibia[edit]

Nauru[edit]

Netherlands[edit]

Royal Palace, Amsterdam

Nepal[edit]

New Zealand[edit]

Former[edit]

Realm[edit]

Nicaragua[edit]

Niger[edit]

  • Presidential Palace

Nigeria[edit]

Federal[edit]

State[edit]

North Korea[edit]

Main article: North Korean leader's residences

Former[edit]

North Macedonia[edit]

Norway[edit]

Royal Palace, Oslo

Oman[edit]

Pakistan[edit]

Federal[edit]

Provincial[edit]

Palestine[edit]

Panama[edit]

Papua New Guinea[edit]

Paraguay[edit]

Peru[edit]

Palacio de Gobierno, Lima

Philippines[edit]

The Malacañang Palace as viewed from the Pasig River

Former[edit]

Poland[edit]

Presidential Palace, Warsaw

Former[edit]

Portugal[edit]

Belém National Palace, Lisbon.
Queluz National Palace, Queluz.

Former[edit]

Qatar[edit]

Romania[edit]

Russia[edit]

Grand Kremlin Palace

Former[edit]

Republics[edit]

Kazan Kremlin

Krais[edit]

Rwanda[edit]

Saint Kitts and Nevis[edit]

Saint Lucia[edit]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[edit]

Samoa[edit]

Former[edit]

  • Villa Vailima

São Tomé and Príncipe[edit]

Saudi Arabia[edit]

  • Palace of Yamamah (King)
  • Riyadh Qasr Malik Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (King)
  • Jeddah Qasr Malik Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (King)
  • Mina Royal Palace
  • Makkah Royal Palace

Senegal[edit]

Serbia[edit]

Novi dvor (New Court)

Former[edit]

Seychelles[edit]

Sierra Leone[edit]

Singapore[edit]

Slovakia[edit]

Grassalkovich Palace

Slovenia[edit]

Solomon Islands[edit]

Somalia[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Provincial[edit]

Provincial, former[edit]

South Korea[edit]

Cheong Wa Dae, Seoul
– Cheong Wa Dae was the official presidential office and residence complex for the President of South Korea before Yoon Suk-yeol.
– It is located next to Gyeongbokgung, the main palace during the Joseon dynasty.
  • Cheong Nam Dae ("Cheong Wa Dae in the South") (President; no longer used)
– Cheong Nam Dae used to be one of the two vacation residences for the President of Republic of Korea. It was returned to public in 2003.
– It is located in Cheongwon-gun, North Chungcheong Province.
  • Cheong Hae Dae ("Cheong Wa Dae on the Seashore") (President; no longer used)
– Cheong Hae Dae used to be one of the two vacation residences for the President of Republic of Korea. Although the president no longer uses this facility this compound is still under the administration of the Republic of Korea Navy, and thus is not open to public access.
– It is located on one of the islands of Geoje-shi, South Gyeongsang Province.
– This is the official residence for the Speaker of the National Assembly of Republic of Korea. The Speaker, also, does not work here.
– It is located in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, where many foreign missions to Korea are located.
– This is the official residence for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea. The Chief Justice, also, does not work here.
– It is also located in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.
– This is the official residence for the President of the Constitutional Court of Korea. The President of the Court, also, does not work here.
– It is located close to Cheong Wa Dae.
  • Chongri Gonggwan ("Official Residence of the Prime Minister") (Prime Minister)
– This is the official residence for the Prime Minister of Republic of Korea. The Prime Minister, however, does not work here.
– It is located close to Cheong Wa Dae.
  • Most ministers of state and heads of administrative regions also have official residences, although they are not listed here.

South Sudan[edit]

  • Presidential Palace

Spain[edit]

Royal Palace of Madrid, the official residence of the king of Spain.

Autonomous communities[edit]

Sri Lanka[edit]

Sudan[edit]

  • Presidential Palace

Suriname[edit]

Sweden[edit]

Royal[edit]

The Royal Palace in Stockholm
Drottningholm Palace
Sager Palace
Harpsund
Former royal residences[edit]

Prime Ministerial[edit]

Gubernatorial[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

Lohn Estate

Official estates of the Swiss Federal Council:

Syria[edit]

Former[edit]

  • Mustapha Pasha al-Abed's Palace (President)
  • Nazim Pashas's Palace (President)

Taiwan[edit]

Presidential Building, Taipei
Workplace
Residence
Guest House

Tajikistan[edit]

Tanzania[edit]

Thailand[edit]

Grand Palace, Bangkok

Former[edit]

Togo[edit]

Tonga[edit]

Trinidad and Tobago[edit]

Whitehall, Port of Spain

Tunisia[edit]

Turkey[edit]

State[edit]

The Presidential Complex, The Official Residence of the President of Turkey.

Former[edit]

Turkmenistan[edit]

Tuvalu[edit]

Uganda[edit]

Ukraine[edit]

Mariinskyi Palace, Kyiv

Uruguay[edit]

Parque Anchorena, Uruguay

United Arab Emirates[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

Buckingham Palace, London
See also: List of British royal residences

Former[edit]

Local[edit]

Religious[edit]

Territorial[edit]

United States[edit]

White House, Washington
See also: List of United States presidential residences, Western White House, and List of governors' mansions in the United States

State[edit]

Alabama Governor's Mansion
California Governor's Mansion
Colorado Governor's Mansion
Hawaiʻi: ʻIolani Palace
Kansas: Cedar Crest
Kentucky Governor's Mansion
Maryland: Government House
Minnesota Governor's Residence
New Jersey: Drumthwacket
Ohio Governor's Mansion
Texas Governor's Mansion
Utah Governor's Mansion
See also: List of governors' mansions in the United States

Territorial[edit]

Puerto Rico

  • La Fortaleza (Governor's Mansion)
  • Playa El Convento (Governor's Beach Retreat)

Guam

Local[edit]

Henry County Sheriff's Residence and Jail

Note that some mayors in cities with an official mayor's residence choose instead to reside at their private residence, using the official residence for official functions only. This has occurred in the 21st century in Detroit and New York City, although as of 2016 the mayors of both cities live in the official residences. In the case of Denver, no mayor has ever lived in the official residence; the city instead makes it available to certain non-profit groups for special functions.

Other[edit]

Walter Lowrie House, Princeton, New Jersey

This section is reserved for official residences maintained by private, nongovernmental institutions.

Uzbekistan[edit]

Vanuatu[edit]

Vatican City[edit]

Apostolic Palace, Vatican

Former[edit]

Venezuela[edit]

Vietnam[edit]

Presidential Palace, Hanoi

Former[edit]

Yemen[edit]

Zambia[edit]

Zimbabwe[edit]

International organizations[edit]

United Nations[edit]

See also[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

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  16. ^ "Min Aung Hlaing's Mania for the Presidency Is Alive and Well—and May Soon Bear Fruit". The Irrawaddy. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Right after the coup, [Min Aung Hlaing] moved straight into the Presidential Residence.
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