Official residence
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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.
Africa
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
- State House (President)
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi
- Presidential Palace
The Presidential Palace is the official residence of the President of Burundi.
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
- Unity Palace (President)
File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Kinshasa Presidential Palace
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Republic of the
- Brazzaville Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
- Abdeen Palace (President)
- Ras Al-Teen Palace (President)
- Koubbeh Palace (visiting foreign dignitaries)
Former
- Montaza Palace (King, formerly; kept as a hotel)
- Ras el-Tin Palace (King, formerly)
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
- National Palace (President)
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
- Osu Castle formal (Presidential) residence
- Golden Jubilee House current (Presidential) residence
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
- Presidential Palace
- Villa Syli (official guest house)
Former
- Belle Vue (demolished; former summer residence of the President)
File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
- Royal Palace
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
- Palai de la Republique (President)
File:Flag of the Seychelles.svg Seychelles
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
- State House (President)
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Provincial
Provincial, former
- Cape Province:
Government House (Governor, formerly; kept as offices for Prime Minister) - Transvaal:
Government House (Lieutenant General, formerly) - Natal:
Government House (Lieutenant-Governor, formerly) - Orange Free State:
Government House (Governor, formerly)
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Swaziland.svg Swaziland
- Embo State Palace (King)
- Royal Kraal (King)
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
- State House (President)
File:Flag of Togo.svg Togo
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
- State House (President)
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
- State House (President)
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
- State House (President)
Americas
Caribbean
File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda
File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas
File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
File:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica
File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic
File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada
- Government House (Governor-General)
File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti
- Presidential Palace (or National Palace)
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
- King's House, also Government House (Governor-General)
- Jamaica House (Prime Minister)
- Vale Royal (Prime Minister)
File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis
File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia
- Government House (Governor-General)
File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Government House (Governor-General)
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
- President's House
- St. Anns Diplomatic Residence (Prime Minister)
- Whitehall (Prime Minister's office)
- Official residence (Chief Secretary, Tobago house of Assembly)
North America
File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize
- Belize House (Governor-General)
Former
- Government House (Governor-General, formerly; kept for official government functions, visiting foreign dignitaries, and as House of Culture Museum)
File:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
Federal
- Rideau Hall (monarch; Governor General, Ottawa residence)[1]
- Citadelle of Quebec (Governor General, Quebec City residence)[2]
- 24 Sussex Drive (Prime Minister)[3]
- Harrington Lake (Prime Minister, country retreat)[4]
- Stornoway (Leader of Opposition)[5]
- The Farm, Gatineau Park (Speaker of the House of Commons)[6]
- 7 Rideau Gate (visiting foreign dignitaries)[7]
Provincial
- British Columbia:
Government House (Lieutenant Governor)File:BC Government House Side.jpgThe southeast view of Government House in Victoria, BC - Manitoba:
Government House (Lieutenant Governor) - New
Brunswick:
Old Government House (Lieutenant Governor) - Nova
Scotia:
Government House (Lieutenant Governor) - Prince Edward Island:
Government House (Lieutenant Governor) - Newfoundland and
Labrador:
Government House (Lieutenant Governor)
*The provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, 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.
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
- Casa Presidencial, Costa Rica (President)
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
- Casa Presidencial, also called Casa Blanca (President)
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
File:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Former
- National Palace (Emperor then President, formerly; kept as seat of Federal Executive)
- Castillo de Chapultepec (Emperor then President, formerly; kept as National Museum of History)
*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
Queretaro
- Casa de la Corregidora (Governor mansion)
File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
- White House (President)
- Camp David (President, retreat)
- Number One Observatory Circle (Vice President)
- Blair House (visiting foreign dignitaries; President-elect)
State
- Alabama:
Governor's Mansion - Alaska:
Governor's Mansion - Arkansas:
Governor's Mansion - California:
California Governor's Mansion (former)
Getty House: (Los Angeles City Mayor) - Colorado:
Governor's Mansion - Connecticut:
Governor's Mansion - Delaware:
Woodburn - Florida:
Governor's Mansion - Georgia:
Governor's Mansion
- Hawaii:
Washington Place (Queen then Governor, formerly kept as museum)
ʻIolani Palace (Queen, formerly kept for official government functions)
Hulihee Palace (Queen, formerly retained as museum) - Idaho:
The Idaho House - Illinois:
Executive Mansion - Indiana:
Governor's Mansion - Iowa:
Terrace Hill - Kansas:
Cedar Crest
- Kentucky:
Governor's Mansion - Louisiana:
Governor's Mansion - Maine:
Blaine House - Maryland:
Government House
Jennings House (from 1777-1870) - Massachusetts:
none - Michigan:
Governor's Residence, Lansing
Governor's Residence, Mackinac Island (summer residence) - Minnesota:
Governor's Residence - Mississippi:
Governor's Residence - Missouri:
Governor's Mansion - Montana:
Governor's Mansion - Nebraska:
Governor's Mansion - Nevada:
Governor's Mansion - New
Hampshire:
Bridges House - New
Jersey:
Drumthwacket - New
Mexico:
Governor's Mansion - New
York:
Executive Mansion - North Carolina:
Executive Mansion - North
Dakota:
Governor's Mansion - Ohio:
Governor's Mansion - Oklahoma:
Governor's Mansion - Oregon:
Stiff-Jarman House (prior to 1988)
Mahonia Hall - Pennsylvania:
Governor's Mansion - Rhode
Island:
none - South Carolina:
Governor's Mansion - South
Dakota:
Governor's Mansion - Tennessee:
Governor's Mansion
- Texas:
Governor's Mansion
Texas Speaker's Apartment (at Texas State Capitol)
Texas Lieutenant Governor's Apartment (prior to 1983 fire) (at Texas State Capitol) - Utah:
Governor's Mansion - Vermont:
The Pavilion - Virginia:
Executive Mansion - Washington:
Governor's Mansion - West Virginia:
Executive Mansion - Wisconsin:
Governor's Mansion - Wyoming:
Governor's Mansion
Territorial
- Puerto
Rico:
La Fortaleza (Governor's Mansion) - Guam:
Government House (Governor)
City
Note that some mayors in cities with an official mayor's residence (notably Detroit and New York) choose instead to reside at their private residence, using the official residence for official functions only.
- Denver,
Colorado:
Cableland - Detroit,
Michigan:
Manoogian Mansion - Los Angeles,
California:
Getty House - New York, New
York:
Gracie Mansion
South America
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- Casa Rosada (President)
- Quinta de Olivos (President's residence)
File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
- Palacio de Gobierno (President)
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- Palácio da Alvorada (Presidential residence)
- Palácio do Planalto (Presidential office)
- Granja do Torto (President, retreat)
- Palácio Rio Negro (President, retreat)
- Palácio do Jaburu (Vice President)
Former
- Catete Palace (President, formerly; kept as Museu da República)
- Paço de São Cristóvão (King and Emperor, formerly; kept as the National Museum of Brazil)
- Palácio Imperial de Petrópolis (Emperor, summer residence, formerly; kept as Imperial Museum of Brazil)
State
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
- Private residence (President)
- Cerro Castillo (President, retreat)
Former
- Palacio de La Moneda (President, formerly; kept as office for President)
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
- Palacio de Nariño (President)
- Casa de Huspedes (Cartagena) (President)
- Hacienda Hato Grande (President, retreat)
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
- Mburuvichá Roga (President)
- Palacio de los López (Presidential office)
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru
File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
- Suarez Residence (President)
- Anchorena Park (President, retreat)
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
Former
Asia
File:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
- Government House (Chief Executive)
- Fanling Lodge (Chief Executive - Summer/alternate)
- 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)
Former British Colony of Hong Kong
- Flagstaff House (commander of British forces in Hong Kong, formerly)
- Island House (formerly, District Officers (North), and later District Commissioners for the New Territories)
- Gate Lodge (Governor of Hong Kong's summer residence 1900-1934)
File:Flag of India.svg India
National
- Rashtrapati Bhavan (President)
- Rashtrapati Nilayam (President, retreat)
- The Retreat Building (President, retreat)
- Vice President House (Vice-President)
- 7 Race Course Road (Prime Minister)
- Hyderabad House (visiting foreign dignitaries)
State
- Andhra Pradesh:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Arunachal Pradesh:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Assam:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Bihar:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Chattisgarh:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Goa:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Gujarat:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Haryana:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Himachal Pradesh:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Jammu and Kashmir:
Raj Bhavan, Jammu (Governor, winter residence)
Raj Bhavan, Srinagar (Governor, summer residence) - Jharkhand:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Karnataka:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Kerala:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Madhya Pradesh:
Raj Bhavan, Bhopal (Governor)
Raj Bhavan, Pachmarchi (Governor, summer residence)
- Maharashtra:
Raj Bhavan, Mumbai (Governor)
Raj Bhavan, Nagpur (Governor, winter residence)
Raj Bhavan, Pune (Governor, monsoon residence)
Raj Bhavan, Mahabaleshwar (Governor, summer residence) - Manipur:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Meghalaya:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Mizoram:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Nagaland:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Orissa:
Raj Bhavan (Governor)
- Punjab:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Rajasthan:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Sikkim:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Tamil
Nadu:
Raj Bhavan, Chennai (Governor)
Raj Bhavan, Ooty (Governor, summer residence) - Tripura:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Uttar Pradesh:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - Uttarakhand:
Raj Bhavan (Governor) - West
Bengal:
Raj Bhavan, Kolkata (Governor)
Raj Bhavan, Darjeeling (Governor, summer residence)
Union Territories
- Andaman and Nicobar
Islands:
Raj Niwas (Lieutenant Governor) - Chandigarh:
Raj Bhavan, Punjab (Administrator) - National Capital Territory of Delhi:
Raj Niwas (Lieutenant Governor) - Pondicherry:
Raj Niwas (Lieutenant Governor)
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
- Istana Negara (President)
- Istana Merdeka (President)
- Istana Bogor (President, retreat)
- Istana Cipanas (President, retreat)
- Villa Pelabuhan Ratu (President, seaside retreat)
- Istana Tampak Siring, Bali (President)
- Gedung Agung (President)
- Diponegoro House (Vice President)
- Wisma Negara (visiting foreign dignitaries)
Sultanates
- Yogyakarta Sultanate:
Keraton Ngayokyakarto Hadiningrat (Sultan) - Surakarta:
Keraton Surakarta Hadiningrat (Sultan) - Kasepuhan:
Keraton Kasepuhan, Cirebon (Sultan) - Kanoman:
Keraton Kanoman, Cirebon (Sultan) - Kacirebonan:
Keraton Kacirebonan, Cirebon (Sultan) - Deli:
Istana Maimun, Medan (Sultan) - Siak:
Istana Siak Seri Indera Pura (Sultan)
Provincial
- West
Sumatra:
Istana Pagaruyung (Yang di-pertuan gadih) - South Sulawesi:
Istana Luwu (Governor)
Territorial
- Aceh:
Meligoe Aceh (Governor)
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
- Primier palace (Pahlavi dynasty, now used as the Presidential Palace)
- Red Palace (Pahlavi dynasty, former residence of the Shah in 1940s-60s, now used as the official Presidential building.
Former
- Golestan Palace (Qajar and Pahlavi dynasty, formerly; kept as museum)
- Ali Qapu (Safavid dynasty, formerly; kept as museum)
- Niavaran Palace Complex (Pahlavi dynasty, formerly; kept as museum)
- Sadabad Palace (Pahlavi dynasty, formerly; Some buildings are kept as museum and some are still used by the government)
- Marmar Palace (Marble Palace) (Pahlavi dynasty, still used by the government)
- Pearl Palace (Pahlavi dynasty, Abandoned)
- Ramsar Palace (Pahlavi dynasty, formerly; kept as museum)
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Former
- Presidential Palace (President, formerly)
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
- President House
- Prime Minister House
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
- Tōgū Gosho, also known as Tōgū Palace (Crown Prince)
- Kantei (Prime Minister's Office)
- Kōtei (Official Residence of Prime Minister, adjacent to Kantei)
Former
- Kyōto Gosho, also known as Kyōto Imperial Palace (Emperor, until 1869; kept as museum)
- Edo-jō, also known as Edo Castle (Shōgun, 1603–1867; demolished, now part of Imperial Palace Gardens)
- Gaishō Kōtei, also known as Prince Asaka Residence (Prime Minister, 1947 and 48–50, now open to the public as museum)
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
- Raghdan Palace (King)
- Basman Palace (King)
- Al Qasr al Sagheer (King)
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of North Korea.svg Korea, North
Former
- Kumsusan Memorial Palace (President, formerly; kept as mausoleum)
File:Flag of South Korea.svg Korea, South
- Cheong Wa Dae (Blue House) (President)
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
- Sief Palace (Emir)
- Dar Salwa (Emir)
Former
- Dasman Palace (Emir, formerly)
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan
- White House, also Government House or Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos
- Haw Kham Palace (President)
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
- Baabda Palace (President)
- Beiteddine Palace (President, summer retreat)
Former
- Fakhreddine Palace (King, formerly; kept as a museum)
File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
- Istana Negara, also called National Palace (King)
- Istana Melawati (King, retreat)
- Seri Perdana (Prime Minister)
- Seri Satria (Deputy Prime Minister)
- Istana Iskandariah official residence of (Sultan of Perak)
- Istana Anak Bukit official residence of (Sultan of Kedah)
- Istana Bukit Serene official residence of (Sultan of Johor)
- Istana Maziah official residence of (Sultan of Terengganu)
- Astana official residence of (Head Of State Of Sarawak)
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Former
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal
- Narayanhity Palace (King, formerly)
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman
- Qasr al Alam Royal Palace
- Bait Barka- Sultans' Retreat in Barka
- Hisn Seeb- Sultans' Farm in Seeb
- Hisn Salalah- Sultans Retreat in waterfront district of Salalah
- Qasr Mamoora- Sultans official residence in Salalah
- Razat Farm- Sultans Retreat in his Farm in Salalah
- Sohar Palace- Sultans Farm in Sohar
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Federal
Provincial
- Balochistan:
Governor's House - North-West Frontier
Province:
Governor's House - Punjab:
Governor House - Sindh:
Flag Staff House (Governor)
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
- Malacañang Palace (Official Residence of the President)
- Mansion House (Presidential summer residence)
- Malacañan sa Sugbo (Office of the President in the Visayas)
Former
- Tondo, Manila - Official Residence of Katipunan on Spanish Regime in the Philippines
- Palacio del Gobernador (Governor's Palace) - Today it is the COMELEC headquarters
- Barasoain Church - Official Residence of First Philippine Republic
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
- Emir's Palace (Emir)
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
- Riyadh Qasr Malik Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (King)
- Jeddah Qasr Malik Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (King)
- Mina Royal Palace
- Makkah Royal Palace
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
- Istana Singapore (President)
- Sri Temasek (Prime Minister, never used)
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria
- Presidential Palace, also called Tesheen Palace
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Presidential Building (formerly office of Governor-General of Taiwan)
Former
- Presidential Palace in Nanjing (1927–1937, 1946–1949; kept as museum from 1998)
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
- Grand Palace (Monarch, official but not residential)
- Chitralada Palace (Monarch, Bangkok residence of the King and Queen)
- Klai Kangwon Villa (Monarch, seaside retrreat)
- Sukhothai Palace (Crown Prince)
- Srapathum Palace (Princess Royal)
Former
- Sanam Chan Palace (monarch, now a museum)
- Bang Pa-In Royal Palace (Monarch, summer retreat, now a museum)
- Dusit
Palace (Monarch)
- Vimanmek Palace (Monarch, now a museum)
- Front Palace (Vice-King, now the National Museum)
- Rear Palace (Krom Phra Rachawanglang now Siriraj Hospital)
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen
- Presidential Palace
Europe
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
- Presidential Palace, also "President House"
- #1 Government House (Prime Minister)
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
- Hofburg Imperial Palace (President)
- Ballhausplatz Nr. 2 (Chancellor)
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
- Royal Palace of Brussels (monarch)
- Château de Laeken (monarch)
- The Lambermont (Prime Minister residence)
- 16 Rue de la Loi (Prime Minister office)
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Presidency Building
- Konak Residence (visiting foreign dignitaries; also used for state receptions)
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
- Prague Castle (President)
- The Lány Chateau (President, summer residence)
- Kramářova Vila (Prime Minister)
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
- Gråsten Palace (monarch, summer residence)
- Amalienborg Palace (monarch, winter residence)
- Fredensborg Palace (monarch, spring and autumn residence)
- Marselisborg Palace (monarch, summer retreat)
- The Hermitage Palace (monarch)
- Sorgenfri Palace (monarch, currently being occupied by Count Christian of Rosenborg and family)
- Chancellory House (crown prince and family)
- Schackenborg Castle (younger son of the monarch and his family)
- Chateau de Cayx (monarch, holiday retreat in France)
- Marienborg (Prime Minister, summer residence)
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
- Kadriorg Palace (President)
- Paslepa (President, residence)
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
- Presidential Palace (President)
- Mäntyniemi, also Talludden (President)
- Kultaranta, also Gullranda (President, summer residence)
- Kesäranta, also Villa Bjälbo (Prime Minister)
Former
- Tamminiemi (President, formerly; kept as Urho Kekkonen Museum)
File:Flag of France.svg France
- Palais de l'Élysée (President)
- Château de Rambouillet (President)
- Fort de Brégançon (President, summer residence)
- Domaine National de Marly (President)
- Domaine de Souzy-la-Biche (President)
- Hôtel Matignon (Prime Minister)
- Hôtel de Lassay (President of the French National Assembly)
- Hôtel de Marigny (visiting foreign dignitaries)
Territorial
- French Polynesia:
Presidence (President of French Polynesia)
Haut Commissariat (High Commissioner of French Polynesia)
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- Schloss Bellevue (President)
- Villa Hammerschmidt (President, second residence)
- Bundeskanzleramt (Chancellor)
- Palais Schaumburg (Chancellor, second residence)
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
- Presidential Mansion (President, formerly the Crown Prince)
- Maximos Mansion (Prime Minister)
Former
- Palace of Dekeleia (monarch, now planned to be kept as a museum and a national park
- Mon Repos (monarch, retreat on Corfu, now kept as a museum)
- Psychiko Mansion (used by Queen-Mother Fredericka, now a private residence)
- Polydendri Pavilion (monarch, retreat, now a national park)
File:Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey
- Government House (Lieutenant Governor)
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Former
- Buda Castle (King, formerly; retained as Historical Museum of Budapest and Hungarian National Gallery)
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
- Áras an Uachtaráin (President)
- Steward's Lodge, Farmleigh (for Taoiseach but not used)
- Farmleigh (visiting foreign dignitaries)
- Mansion House, Dublin (Lord Mayor of Dublin)
File:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
- Quirinal Palace, Rome (President of the Republic, official residence)
- Castelporziano (President of the Republic, country residence)
- Villa Rosebery, Naples (President of the Republic, summer residence)
- Palazzo Chigi, Rome (the Italian Government)
- Villa Madama (Prime Minister)
File:Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey
- Government House (Lieutenant Governor)
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
Former
- Historical Presidential Palace, Kaunas (President, formerly; kept as museum)
- Royal Palace of Lithuania (formerly Grand Duke; demolished)
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
- Grand Ducal Palace (monarch)
- Berg Castle (monarch)
- Fischbach Castle (Hereditary Grand Duke and family)
File:Flag of Macedonia.svg Macedonia
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta
- San Anton Palace (Official Residence of the President)
- Verdala Palace (Summer Residence of the President)
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
- The Royal Palace (Official reception palace for foreign dignitaries)
- Huis ten Bosch (official residence of the Queen)
- Noordeinde Palace (official working palace of Queen)
- Soestdijk Palace (former royal residence of Queen Juliana)
- Villa Eikenhorst (official residence of Crown Prince and his family)
- Catshuis (official residence of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands)
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
- Royal Palace (Oslo)
- Bygdøy Royal Estate (monarch, summer retreat)
- Oscarshall Castle
- Akershus Castle
- Gamlehaugen (monarch, Bergen)
- Ledaal (monarch, Stavanger)
- Stiftsgården (monarch, Trondheim)
- Skaugum Estate (crown prince)
- Inkognitogata 18 (Prime Minister), (visiting foreign dignitaries)
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
- Presidential Palace in Warsaw (President)
- Belweder in Warsaw (President's residence until 1994; since then kept for official government functions and visiting foreign dignitaries)
- Presidential Castle in Wisła
- Presidential Manor House in Ciechocinek
- Presidential Residence in Hel
- Presidential Residence in Lucień
- Presidential Residence in Ruda Tarnowska
- Presidential Villa in Klarysew part of Konstancin-Jeziorna
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
- Belém Palace (President)
- Palace of São Bento (Prime Minister)
- Palace of Necessidades (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- Kremlin (President)
- Zavidovo (President)
- Novo-Ogaryovo (President)
Former
- Alexander Palace (Tsar, formerly; kept as museum)
- Anichkov Palace (Tsar, formerly; kept as Pioneers Palace)
- Catherine Palace (Tsar, summer retreat, formerly; kept as museum)
- Nicholas Palace (Tsar, formerly; kept as commercial offices)
- Oraniembaum (Tsar, formerly; kept as museum)
- Pavlovsk (Tsar, formerly; kept as museum)
- Peterhof (Tsar, formerly; kept as museum)
- Pella Palace (Tsar, summer retreat, formerly; demolished)
- Summer Palace (Tsar, summer retreat, formerly; demolished)
- Tauride Palace (Tsar, formerly; kept as offices for Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States)
- Vladimir Palace (Tsar, formerly; kept as Academics' House)
- Winter Palace (Tsar, winter retreat, formerly; kept as museum)
- Yelagin Palace (Tsar, summer retreat, formerly; kept as museum)
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
- Novi Dvor (New Palace) (President of Serbia)
- Beli Dvor (White Palace) (Crown Prince)
Former
- Old Palace (King, formerly; kept as City Assembly of Belgrade)
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
- Presidential Palace
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
- Palacio Real de Madrid (Official residence of Spanish Monarchs, but used only for state ceremonies. In Madrid's city center)
- Palacio de la Zarzuela (De facto residence of the Monarch. Also his office. A few kilometers outside of Madrid)
- Palacio de Marivent (Summer retreat of the Monarch. In Majorca, Balearic Islands)
- Reales Alcázares de Sevilla (official residence of the Monarch in Andalusia)
- Palacio de Albéniz (official residence of the Monarch in Catalonia. In Barcelona)
- Palacio de la Moncloa (President of the Government. Also his office)
- Palacio de Viana [1] (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
- Palacio de El Pardo (visiting foreign dignitaries, former Head of State Francisco Franco's residence)
Autonomous communities
- Andalusia:
Palacio de San Telmo (President of the Junta) - Basque
Country:
Ajuria Enea (Lehendakari) - Catalonia:
Casa dels Canonges (President of the Generalitat) - Galicia:
Monte Pío (President of the Xunta)
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
- Royal Palace (Monarch, used for formal entertaining)
- Drottningholm Palace (Official residence of the Monarch)
- Solliden Palace (Official summer residence of the Monarch)
- Haga Palace (Official residence of The Crown Princess and The Duke of Västergötland)
- Villa Beylon (Official residence of The Duke and Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland)
- Sager House (Official residence of the Prime Minister)
- Harpsund (Retreat for the Prime Minister)
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
- Çankaya Köşkü (President)
- Dolmabahçe Palace (occasionally used by the President for hosting foreign guests in Istanbul)
- Huber Köşkü Istanbul Residence of the President (President)
Former
- Topkapı Palace (Emperor, formerly; kept as museum)
- Yıldız Palace (Emperor, formerly; kept as museum)
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
- Mariyinsky Palace (President)
- House with Chimaeras (President)
- House of the Weeping Widow (President)
- Massandra Palace (President)
- Potocki Palace, Lviv (President)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
- Buckingham Palace (Official London Residence of the Monarch, residence of the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex)
- Windsor Castle (Official Residence of the Monarch)
- Holyrood Palace (Residence of the Monarch in Scotland)
- Hillsborough Castle (Residence of the Monarch in Northern Ireland)
- Clarence House (Official Residence of the Prince of Wales)
- Kensington Palace (Residence of the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Prince Michael of Kent)
- St. James's Palace (Seat of the Royal Court and Senior Palace of the Sovereign, Residence of the Princess Royal and Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy)
- 10 Downing Street (Prime Minister, in his or her capacity as First Lord of the Treasury)
- 11 Downing Street (Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his or her capacity as Second Lord of the Treasury)
- 12 Downing Street (Government Chief Whip, currently houses the Office of the Prime Minister)
- Chequers Court (Country Residence of the Prime Minister)
- Carlton House Terrace (Cabinet Ministers and Senior Civil Servants, with Number 1 reserved exclusively for the Foreign Secretary)
- Admiralty House (Three Ministerial Flats for use by Ministers of the Crown)
- Chevening House (The official country residence of the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom although it may be given by the discretion of the Prime Minister to a Cabinet Minister)
- Dorneywood (Country Residence for the use by a Minister of the Crown nominated by the Prime Minister, by tradition usually given to the Second Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Bute House (Scottish First Minister)
- Lambeth Palace (Archbishop of Canterbury)
- Bishopthorpe Palace (Archbishop of York)
- Palace of Westminster (Grand State apartments for the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords and the Speaker of the House of Commons)
Former
- Bridewell Palace (King, formerly; demolished)
- Carlton House, London (Prince, formerly; demolished)
- Cumberland House (Prince, formerly; demolished)
- Hampton Court Palace (King, formerly; kept as museum)
- Kew Palace (Queen, formerly; kept as museum)
- Marlborough House (Queen, formerly; kept for headquarters for Commonwealth Secretariat)
- Palace of Placentia (King, formerly; demolished)
- Queen's House (Queen, formerly; kept as museum)
- Richmond Palace (King, formerly; demolished)
- Tower of London (King, formerly; kept as barracks and vault)
- Palace of Westminster (King, formerly; kept as houses of parliament)
- Palace of Whitehall (King, formerly; demolished)
Territorial
- Anguilla:
Government House (Governor) - Bermuda:
Government House (Governor) - British Virgin Islands:
Government House (Governor) - Cayman Islands:
Government House (Governor) - Falkland Islands:
Government House (Governor) - Gibraltar:
The Convent (Governor)
6 Convent Place (Chief Minister) - Montserrat:
Government House (Governor) - Pitcairn Islands:
Government House (Governor) - Saint
Helena:
Government House (Governor) - Turks and Caicos Islands:
Government House (Governor)
File:Flag of the Vatican City.svg Vatican City
- Apostolic Palace (Pope)
- Castel Gandolfo (Pope, retreat)
Former
- Lateran Palace (Pope, formerly; kept as Pontifical Museum of Christian Antiquities)
- Castel Sant'Angelo (Pope, formerly; kept as Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo)
Oceania
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
Federal
- Government House (Governor-General)
- Admiralty House (Governor-General, Sydney residence)
- The Lodge (Prime Minister)
- Kirribilli House (Prime Minister, Sydney residence)
State
- Queensland:
Government House (Governor) - South Australia:
Government House (Governor) - Tasmania:
Government House (Governor) - Victoria:
Government House (Governor) - Western Australia:
Government House (Governor)
State, former
- New South Wales:
Government House (Governor residence (1845-1996) formerly; kept for official government functions)
Old Government House (Governor country residence at Parramatta (1790-1855) formerly)
Hillview, (Governor summer residence at Sutton Forest (1882-1958), formerly) - Queensland:
Adelaide House, (Governor residence (1859-1862) formerly; now The Deanery of St. John's Anglican Cathedral
Old Government House (Governor residence (1862-1909) formerly; kept as headquarters of the National Trust of Australia) - South Australia:
Old Government House (Governor summer residence (1860-1880), formerly)[8]
Marble Hill (Governor summer residence (1880-1955), formerly; destroyed in the Black Sunday Bushfire of 1955) - Victoria
La Trobe's Cottage (Lieutenant Governor, residence (1840-1854) formerly; kept as museum)[9]
Toorak House (Governor residence (1854-1874), formerly; currently being used as a church)[10]
Bishopscourt (Governor residence (1874-1876), formerly.
Stonnington Mansion (Governor residence (1901-1931) formerly; currently being restored as private home)[11]
Territorial
- Norfolk Island:
Government House (Administrator) - Northern Territory:
Government House (Administrator) - Christmas Island:
Government House (Administrator) - Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
Government House (Administrator)
File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands
- Government House (Queen's Representative)
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
File:Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru
Former
- State House (President, formerly; kept as immigration detention center)
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
- Government House (Governor-General)
- Government House (Governor-General, Auckland residence)
- Premier House (Prime Minister)
Former
Territorial
- Tokelau:
Government House (Administrator)
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea
- Government House (Governor-General)
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
- Government House (Chief)
File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands
- Government House (Governor-General)
File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga
File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu
- Government House (Governor General)
File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu
- State House (President)
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Governor General of Canada: Rideau Hall. Galbraith, William; Canadian Parliamentary Review: Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1939 Royal Visit; Vol. 12, No. 3, 1989. Lanctot, Gustave; Royal Tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Canada and the United States of America 1939; E.P. Taylor Foundation; 1964. Aimers, John; Monarchy Canada: The Palace on the Rideau; April 1996
- ^ Governor General of Canada: La Citadelle
- ^ Prime Minister of Canada: 24 Sussex Drive
- ^ National Capital Commission: Harrington Lake
- ^ National Capital Commission: Stornoway
- ^ National Capital Commission: The Farm
- ^ National Capital Commission: 7 Rideau Gate
- ^ Belair National Park - Visiting the Park
- ^ National Trust of Australia: La Trobe's Cottage
- ^ Toorak House
- ^ Melbourne Buildings: Stonnington
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