Official residence
An official residence is the residence at which heads of state, heads of government, gubernatorial or other senior figures officially reside. They may or may not be the same location where they conduct their work-related functions.
Afghanistan
- Presidential Palace
Algeria
- El Mouradia (President)
Angola
- Presidential Palace
Anguilla
- Government House (Governor Residence)
Antigua and Barbuda
- Government House - Governor GeneralResidence
Argentina
- Casa Rosada (presidential)
- Quinta de Olivos (Summer Residence)
Armenia
- Presidential Palace also called as "President House"
- #1 Government House (Prime Minister residence)
Australia
- Government House, Canberra, Governor General
- Admiralty House (Sydney), (Governor-General's Sydney residence)
- The Lodge, Canberra, Prime Minister
- Kirribilli House, Sydney, (Prime Minister's Sydney residence)
State Governor's Residences
- Government House, Sydney, NSW, Governor of New South Wales
- Government House, Darwin, NT, Administrator of the Northern Territory
- Government House, Brisbane, QLD, Governor of Queensland
- Government House, Adelaide, SA, Governor of South Australia
- Government House, Hobart, TAS, Governor of Tasmania
- Government House, Melbourne, VIC, Governor of Victoria
- Government House, Perth, WA, Governor of Western Australia
Austria
- Hofburg Palace (presidential)
Azerbaijan
- Presidential Palace
Bahamas, The
Bahrain
- Rifa'a Palace (royal)
Bangladesh
- Bangabhaban (Presidential Palaces)
Barbados
- Government House (Governor-General)
- Ilaro Court (Prime Minister)
Belarus
- Krupenino (President Residence)
Belgium
- Palais de Bruxelles (royal, official)
- Château de Laeken (royal, at present receptions but not residential)
- Rue de la Loi-Wetstraat 16 (Prime Minister)
Belize
- Belize House (Governor General)
Benin
- Presidential Palace
Bermuda
- Government House, Bermuda (Governor Residence)
Bhutan
- Dechenchholing Palace (royal)
Bolivia
- Presidential Palace
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Presidency Building
- Konak Residence (State Receptions and Guest House for foreign dignitaries)
Brazil
- Palácio do Planalto - (Presidential office)
- Palácio da Alvorada - (Presidential residence)
- Granja do Torto - (Presidential/second residence)
- Palácio Rio Negro - (Presidential/summer residence/retreat)
Former residences
- Catete Palace - (Presidential office and residence from 1897 to 1960)
- Paço de São Cristóvão - (Royal and Imperial Palace from 1808 to 1896)
- Palácio Imperial de Petrópolis - (Imperial summer residence from 1862 to 1889)
Brunei Darussalam
- Istana Nurul Iman (sultan)
Bulgaria
- Presidential Palace
Burkina Faso
- Presidential Palace
Burundi
- Presidential Palace
Cambodia
- Khemarindra Palace (royal)
Cameroon
- Unity Palace (Presidential Palace)
Canada
- Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Governor General
- La Citadelle, Quebec City (governor general)
- 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Prime Minister
- Harrington Lake, Gatineau Park (prime minister's retreat)
- Stornoway, Ottawa, Leader of the Opposition
- The Farm, Gatineau Park, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
- 7 Rideau Gate (foreign dignitaries visiting Canada)
Lieutenant-Governor's Residences
- Government House, Victoria, British Columbia, Lieutenant-governors of British Columbia
- Government House, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Lieutenant-governors of Manitoba
- Old Government House, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Lieutenant-governors of New Brunswick
- Government House, St.John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Lieutenant-governors of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Government House, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Lieutenant-governors of Nova Scotia
- Government House, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Lieutenant-governors of Prince Edward Island
- Government House, Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Lieutenant-governors of Saskatchewan (former residence of lieutenant-governor of North-West Territories and later Saskatchewan),
Cape Verde
- Presidential Palace
Cayman Islands
- Government House (Governor residence)
Central African Republic
- Presidential Palace
Chad
- Presidential Palace
Chile
- Palacio de la Moneda (presidential workplace)
- Private residence (president's home)
- Cerro Castillo (retreat, in Viña del Mar)
China, People's Republic of
- Zhongnanhai (most top Communist Party of China leaders)
Colombia
- Palacio de Nariño (President)
- Casa Republicana (President)
- Hacienda Llanogrande (President's Retreat)
Comoros
- Presidential Palace
Congo, Democratic Republic of
- Presidential Palace, Kinshasa
Congo, Republic of
- Presidential Palace , Brazzaville
Cook Islands
- Government House (Queen's Representative residence)
Costa Rica
- Casa Presidencial
Côte d'Ivoire
- Le Palais de la Présidence (President)
Croatia
- Predsjednički dvori (en. Presidential palace) - presidential workplace on the Pantovčak (street and elite part of city of Zagreb)
- Banski dvori - main government building in the Old town in Zagreb
Cuba
- Presidential Palace
Cyprus
- Presidential Palace (President)
Czech Republic
- Prague Castle
- The Lány Chateau (the official summer residence of the presidents of the Czech Republic.)
Denmark
- Amalienborg Palace (royal)
- Fredensborg Palace (royal)
- Graasten Palace (royal)
- Marselisborg Palace (royal)
- Marienborg (summer residence of Prime Minister)
Dominica
- Government House (President Residence)
Dominican Republic
- Palacio Nacional, Dominican Republic (President)
Ecuador
- Palacio de Carondelet
Egypt
- Abdin Palace (President)
- Ras Al-Teen Palace (President)
El Salvador
- Casa Presidencial (El Salvador) or "Casa Blanca" (President)
Equatorial Guinea
- Presidential Palace
Eritrea
- Presidential Palace
Estonia
- Kadriorg Palace (President)
- Paslepa (President)
Ethiopia
- National Palace formerly known as the Jubilee Palace (President residence)
Falkland Islands
- Government House (Governor Residence)
Fiji
- Government House (President Residence)
Finland
- Presidential Palace, Helsinki (President of Finland)
- Mäntyniemi (Talluden) (President)
- Kultaranta (Gullranda) (President's summer residence)
- Tamminiemi, Former residence of President Urho Kekkonen, now the Urho Kekkonen Museum
- Kesäranta (Villa Bjälbo) (Prime Minister of Finland)
France
- Palais de l'Élysée (President of France)
- Hôtel de Marigny official residence for State visitors
- Château de Rambouillet (President of France)
- Fort de Brégançon (Summer residence of the President)
- Domaine National de Marly (President of France)
- Domaine de Souzy-la-Biche (President of France)
- Hôtel Matignon (Prime Minister of France)
- Hôtel de Lassay (president [speaker] of the French National Assembly)
French Polynesia
- Haut Commissariat (Residence & Office of the High Commissioner of French Polynesia)
- Presidence (Residence of the President of French Polynesia)
Gabon
- Presidential Palace
Gambia, The
- State House (President)
Germany
- Schloss Bellevue, Berlin (presidential)
- Villa Hammerschmidt (Second Residence of the Bundespräsident of Germany in Bonn and former residence of the West German president)
- Bundeskanzleramt (chancellor)
- Palais Schaumburg (Second Residence/Seat of the Chancellor of Germany in Bonn)
Ghana
- Osu Castle (presidential)
Gibraltar
- 6 Convent Place (Chief Minister)
Greece
- Presidential Mansion (New Royal Palace) (President, formally Crown Prince and then Royal Palace)
- Maximos Mansion (Prime Minister)
Grenada
- Government House (Governor-General Residence)
Guam
- Government House (Governor residence)
Guatemala
- Casa Presidencial (presidential)
Guernsey
- Government House (Lieutenant Governor Residence)
Guinea
- Presidential Palace
Guinea-Bissau
- Presidential Palace
Guyana
- State House (President Residence)
Haiti
- Presidential Palace/National Palace
Honduras
- Palacio "José Cecilio del Valle"
Hong Kong
- Government House (Chief Executive, formerly the Governor)
- Victoria House (15 Barker Road) (Chief Secretary)
- 45 Shouson Hill Road (Financial Secretary)
- Residence of Secretary for Justice (19 Severn Road) (Secretary for Justice)
- Chief Justice's House (Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal)
- Headquarters House (11 Barker Road) (Commander-in-Chief)
- Flagstaff House (formerly the residence of the commander of British forces in Hong Kong)
- Island House (formerly the residence of the District Officers (North) and later the District Commissioners for the New Territories)
Hungary
- Sándor Palace (presidential)
Iceland
- Bessastaðir (presidential)
India
- Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential; in colonial days the residence of the British Governor-General, known as 'Viceroy's House')
- Rashtrapati Nilayam (Presidential Retreats, The Building was taken over from the Nizam of Hyderabad after India attained independence)
- The Retreat Building (Presidential Retreats, The Building was taken over during 1895 by the Viceroy of India)
- 7 Race Course Road (Prime Minister)
- Hyderabad House (State Guest House for important foreign dignitaries.)
see also List of the State Governor's Residences
Indonesia
- Istana Negara, Jakarta (presidential)
- Istana Merdeka (presidential)
- Istana Bogor (president's retreat palace)
- Istana Cipanas,Puncak (president's retreat palace)
- Istana Tampak Siring, Bali (presidential)
- Gedung Agung, Jogjakarta (presidential)
- Wisma Negara (guest house of foreign dignitaries)
- Diponegoro House, Jakarta (vice president's official residence)
- Istana Wakil Presiden (vice president's office)
- Meligoe Aceh (Aceh' governor palace)
- Keraton Ngayokyakarto Hadiningrat (sultan of Jogja royal palace)
- Keraton Surakarta Hadiningrat (sunan of Surakarta royal palace)
- Keraton Kasepuhan, Cirebon (sultan of Kasepuhan royal palace)
- Keraton Kanoman, Cirebon (sultan of Kanoman royal palace)
- Istana Maimun, Medan (sultan of Deli royal palace)
- Istana Siak Seri Indera Pura (sultan of Siak royal palace)
- Istana Pagaruyung, West Sumatra (yang di-pertuan gadih of Pagaruyung palace)
- Istana Kadariyah
- Istana Amantubillah
- Istana Kutai Kertanegara
Ireland
- Áras an Uachtaráin (presidential)
- Farmleigh (Visiting dignitaries residence)
Isle of Man
- Government House (Lieutenant Governor Residence)
Israel
- President House
Italy
- Palazzo del Quirinale (presidential official building; former official residence of the king of Italy; still earlier, and originally, the papal residence in the Papal States)
- Castelporziano (presidential)
- Villa Rosebery (presidential)
- Villa Madama (prime minister)
- Palazzo Chigi (prime minister official building)
Jamaica
- Government House "King's House" (Governor-General Residence)
- Jamaica House (Prime Minister Residence)
Japan
Jersey
- Government House (Lieutenant Governor Residence)
Jordan
- Raghdan Palace (royal)
- Basman Palace (royal)
- Al Qasr al Sagheer (royal)
Kazakhstan
- Presidential Palace
Kenya
- State House (President)
Korea, North
- Kumsusan Memorial Palace (possible former residence of Kim Il Sung)
- Pyongyang No. 15 (residence of Kim Jong Il?)
Korea, South
- Blue House (President)
Kuwait
- Sief Palace (Amiri)
- Dar Salwa (Amiri)
- Dasman Palace (Former)
Kyrgyzstan
- Government House also called as Presidential Palace
Laos
- Presidential Palace
Latvia
- Riga Castle (presidential)
Lebanon
- Baabda Palace (President)
- Beit ed-Dine Palace (Summer residence of President)
Lesotho
- Royal Palace (royal)
Liberia
- Executive Mansion (President Residence)
Liechtenstein
- Schloss Vaduz (princely)
Lithuania
- Presidential Palace (President)
Luxembourg
- Grand Ducal Palace Official Residence of Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- Berg Castle Principal residence of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Macedonia
- Presidential Palace
Madagascar
- Presidential Palace
Malawi
- Sanjika Palace (President)
Malaysia
- Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur (DYMM Yang di Pertuan Agung)
- Istana Melawati, Putrajaya (DYMM Yang di Pertuan Agung)
- Seri Perdana, Putrajaya (Prime Minister)
- Seri Satria,Putrajaya (Deputy Prime Minister)
Maldives
- Theemuge (presidential)
Mali
- Presidential Palace
Malta
- The Palace - President's Palace
Mauritius
- Le Réduit (President)
Mexico
- Los Pinos (President)
Monaco
- Palais de Monaco (princely)
Mozambique
- Palácio da Ponta Vermelha (presidential)
Nauru
- State House (former presidential residence; site now an immigration detention center)
Nepal
- Narayanhity Royal Palace (royal)
Netherlands
- Huis ten Bosch, The Hague (Residential Royal)
- The Royal Palace, Amsterdam (Not Residential Royal)
- Noordeinde Palace, The Hague (Not Residential Royal)
- Noordeinde 66, The Hague (Former Residence and current Office of The Prince of Orange)
- Villa Eikenhorst, Wassenaar (Residence of The Prince of Orange)
- Castle Drakensteyn, Baarn (Guest house and Royal retreat)
- Het Oude Loo, Apeldoorn (Dutch Royal Family Retreat)
- Catshuis, The Hague (Prime Minister)
New Zealand
- Government House, Wellington (Governor-General)
- Government House, Auckland (Governor-General)
- Premier House (Prime Minister)
- Turongo House, Turangawaewae, Ngaruawahia (Tuheitia Paki, paramount chief of the Tainui tribe)
Nigeria
- Aso Rock Villa, Abuja
Norfolk Island
- Government House (the official residence of the Administrator)
Norway
- Royal Palace, Oslo
- Bygdø Royal Estate (royal summer residence), Oslo
- Gamlehaugen (royal residence), Bergen
- Ledaal (royal residence), Stavanger
- Stiftsgården (royal residence), Trondheim
- Skaugum Estate (residence of the Crown Prince), Asker
- Parkveien 45 (foreign dignitary guest house), Oslo
Pakistan
- Aiwan-e-Sadr (presidential)
Panama
- Palacio de las Garzas (presidential)
Paraguay
- Palacio de López (presidential)
Peru
- Palacio de Gobierno (Presidential Palace)
Philippines
- Malacañan Palace (Official Presidential Residence)
- Mansion House, Baguio City (Summer Presidential Residence)
Poland
- Pałac Namiestnikowski (presidential)
Portugal
- Palácio de Belém (presidential)
- Palácio de São Bento (prime minister)
Puerto Rico
Romania
- Cotroceni Palace (presidential)
Russia
- the Moscow Kremlin (presidential and prime ministerial)
Saint Lucia
- Government House (Governor General)
Samoa
- Government House (chiefly)
Senegal
- Palai de la Republique (Presidential Palace)
Serbia
- The New Court (Office of President of Serbia)
- The Old Court (one of the official residences in the time of monarchy, now Belgrade City Hall)
- Beli Dvor (a part of former residential complex of the Royal House of Yugoslavia)
Seychelles
- State House (President)
Singapore
- Istana Singapore (President and Prime Minister)
Slovakia
- Presidential Palace, Bratislava (the official Residence of the President of Slovakia)
Solomon Islands
- Government House (Governor-General Residence)
South Africa
- Groote Schuur (President of South Africa)
Spain
- Palacio Real de Madrid (Royal official residence)
- Palacio de la Moncloa (Prime Minister's official residence)
- Palacio de la Zarzuela (Royal home residence)
- Palacio Real de la Almudaina (Royal summer official residence in Palma de Mallorca)
- Palacio Real de El Pardo (Guest residence for visiting Heads of state)
- Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Royal burial site and residence)
- Palacio Real de Aranjuez (Royal residence)
- Palacio Real de la Granja de San Ildefonso (Royal residence)
- Palacio Real de Riofrío (Royal residence)
President's of Autonomous Communities Residence
- Palace of Ajuria Enea, official residence of the Lehendakari (President) of the Basque Country
- Residence of Monte Pio, official residence of the President of Galicia The official bureau of the President is at the Pazo de Raxoi in the town square of the capital, Santiago the Compostela.
- Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, official seat of the Catalan Government. Its President resides at the adjacent Casa dels Canonges.
Swaziland
- The Embo State Palace and the Royal Kraal are in Lobamba, the absolute Ngwenyama's royal and legislative capital, while the government resides in Mbabane
Sweden
- The Royal Palace, Stockholm (The monarch's official residence)
- Drottningholm Palace (The Royal Family's home residence)
- Strömsholm Palace (royal)
- Rosersberg Palace (royal)
- Ulriksdal Palace (royal)
- Rosendal Palace (royal)
- Tullgarn Palace (royal)
- Gripsholm Castle (royal)
- Sager House (The Prime Minister's official residence)
- Harpsund (The Prime Minister's summer residence)
Switzerland
- No official residence. The government's country estate is Lohn.
Thailand
- Chitralada Villa (royal)
- Baan Phitsanulok (Prime Minister)
Tonga
- Royal Palace (royal)
Trinidad and Tobago
- President's House (President)
- Whitehall (Prime Minister)
Turkey / Ottoman empire
- Çankaya Köşkü (Presidential), Ankara
- Under the Ottoman dynasty, the Sultan resided in Topkapi palace, but his chief minister, the Grand Vizier, in another palace, also in the then capital Istanbul, which became proverbial for the Ottoman government: The Sublime Porte
Turkmenistan
- Turkmenbashi Palace (President, also known as Turkmenbashi 'head of the Turkmen')
United Arab Emirates
- Amiti Palace (presidential)
United Kingdom
- Buckingham Palace, London (royal official residence)
- Windsor Castle (royal historic residence)
- Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh (royal official residence in Scotland)
- Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland (royal and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland)
- Sandringham Estate (Royal private residence in England)
- Balmoral Castle (Royal private residence in Scotland)
- 10 Downing Street (Prime Minister's official residence)
- 11 Downing Street (Chancellor of the Exchequer's official residence)
- Chequers Court (Prime Minister)
- Chevening House (Foreign Secretary home)
- Carlton House Terrace (Foreign Secretary, or President of the Council)
- Dorneywood (in the gift of the Prime Minister; typically used by the Chancellor or Deputy Prime Minister)
- The Government House at Pimlico (shared by various senior ministers, including the Home Secretary)
- Admiralty House (shared by various senior ministers)
- Bute House, Edinburgh (First Minister of Scotland; before devolution, Secretary of State for Scotland)
- Lambeth Palace (Archbishop of Canterbury's London home)
- Palace of Westminster (contains the houses of the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House of Commons)
- See also: List of British Royal Residences
United States
- The White House, Washington, D.C. (President's official residence)
- Camp David (President's retreat)
- Number One Observatory Circle (Vice President)
- Blair House (guest house for visiting foreign dignitaries)
- See also: List of United States presidential residences and Western White House (non-official presidential residences)
Uruguay
- Liberty Building (Edificio Libertad) (Uruguay)
Uzbekistan
- Oqsaroy (Uzbekistan)
Vatican City
- Apostolic Palace (Papal residence. The Papal Apartments and office are locate in the building called "Palace of Sixtus V")
- Castel Gandolfo (summer residence of the Popes, located outside Vatican City proper as an exclave in Italian territory)
- Lateran Palace (former Papal residence, now home of the Pontifical Museum of Christian Antiquities)
- Castel Sant'Angelo (former Papal residence, refuge of Pope Clement VII from the siege of Charles V Landsknecht during the Sack of Rome (1527), later used as a prison for the Papal state, currently hosts a museum, "Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo")
Venezuela
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