Official residence


An official residence is a residence designated by an authority and assigned to an official, and may be the same place where the office holder conducts their work functions or lives.

List of official residences, by country

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Federal

State

Government House
Government House
Government House
Government House
Government House
Government House

Territorial

Internal territory
Government House
External territories
Government House
Government House
Government House
State, former
Old Government House
Hillview,
Cranbrook, Bellevue Hill,
Adelaide House, formerly; now The Deanery of St. John's Anglican Cathedral
Old Government House
Old Government House
Marble Hill
La Trobe's Cottage
Toorak House
Bishopscourt
Stonnington Mansion
Old Government House

Austria

Former royal residences

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

  • Belize House

Former

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Former

State

Brunei

Bulgaria

Current

Former royal residences

Burundi

  • Kiriri Presidential Palace

Cambodia

Cameroon

  • Unity Palace

Canada

Federal

File:Official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada from the Ottawa River.jpg|thumb|View of 24 Sussex Drive from across the Ottawa River

Provincial

Government House
Government House
Old Government House
Government House
Government House
Government House
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 Governor of Saskatchewan|lieutenant governor]'s offices. Alberta also has a Government House, but it is used solely for official entertaining and meetings.

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

  • Presidential Palace

Chile

Former

China

Former

;Office and Residence
;Residence

Hong Kong

Macau

Former Portuguese Macau

Former British Colony of Hong Kong

Colombia

Comoros

  • Presidential Palace

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Former

Congo, Republic of the

  • Brazzaville Presidential Palace

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Former

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Former

Djibouti

  • Presidential Palace

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Former

Eswatini

  • Lozitha Palace

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

Former

France

Former royal and imperial residences

Territorial

French Polynesia
  • Presidence
  • Haut Commissariat

Other

The following are official residences maintained by private, nongovernmental institutions:

Gabon

  • Presidential Palace

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Current

Federal
States

Former royal residences

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

Ghana

Greece

Former

Grenada

  • Governor-General's House
  • Mount Royal

Former

Guatemala

Former

Guyana

Guinea

Former

  • Belle Vue

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Former

Honduras

Hungary

Former

Iceland

India

Union

State

Raj Bhavan, Vijayawada
Lok Bhavan, Itanagar
Lok Bhavan, Guwahati
Lok Bhavan, Patna
1, Aney Marg
Lok Bhavan, Raipur
Lok Bhavan, Panaji
Lok Bhavan, Gandhinagar
Lok Bhavan, Haryana
Lok Bhavan, Shimla
Oakover
Lok Bhavan, Ranchi
Raj Bhavan, Bangalore
Anugraha
Lok Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram
Cliff House
Lok Bhavan, Bhopal
Raj Bhavan, Pachmarhi
Lok Bhavan, Mumbai
Raj Bhavan, Nagpur
Raj Bhavan, Pune
Lok Bhavan, Mahabaleshwar
Varsha Bungalow
Lok Bhavan, Imphal
Lok Bhavan, Shillong
Lok Bhavan, Aizawl
Lok Bhavan, Kohima
Lok Bhavan, Bhubaneswar
Raj Bhavan, Puri
Lok Bhavan, Punjab
Lok Bhavan, Jaipur
Lok Bhavan, Gangtok
Lok Bhavan, Chennai
Raj Bhavan, Ooty
Lok Bhavan, Hyderabad
Praja Bhavan
Lok Bhavan, Agartala
Lok Bhavan, Lucknow
5, Kalidas Marg
Lok Bhavan, Dehradun
Raj Bhavan, Nainital
Lok Bhavan, Kolkata
Raj Bhavan, Darjeeling

Union territories

Lok Niwas, Port Blair
Lok Niwas, Delhi
Lok Bhavan, Jammu
Lok Bhavan, Srinagar
Lok Niwas, Leh
Lok Niwas, Pondicherry

Indonesia

Iran

Former

Iraq

Ireland

Former

Israel

Italy

Former residences

Ivory Coast

  • Le Palais de la Présidence

Jamaica

Japan

Former

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kuwait

Former

  • Dasman Palace

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Former

Latvia

Lebanon

Former

Lesotho

  • Royal Palace
  • State House

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Former

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Federal

State

Istana Arau
Chief Minister's Official Residence
Istana Anak Bukit
Seri Mentaloon
Seri Mutiara
Seri Teratai
Istana Iskandariah
Istana Kinta
Chief Minister's Official Residence
Istana Alam Shah
Istana Bukit Kayangan
Chief Minister's Official Residence
Istana Besar Seri Menanti
Chief Minister's Official Residence
Istana Melaka
Seri Bendahara
Istana Besar
Istana Bukit Serene
Saujana
Istana Abu Bakar
Chief Minister's Official Residence
Istana Syarqiyyah
Seri Iman
Istana Balai Besar
Istana Negeri
JKR 10
Istana Seri Kinabalu
Seri Gaya
The Astana
Satria Pertiwi Complex

Former

Suffolk House
[Governor's Museum|Old Governor's residence]

Maldives

Former

Mali

  • Presidential Palace

Malta

Former

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Former

*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.
  • Casa Borda, Cuernavaca

States

Querétaro
  • Casa de la Corregidora

Moldova

Transnistria

  • Presidential Palace, Tiraspol

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

  • Blue Palace

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Former

Namibia

Nauru

Netherlands

Former residence

Nepal

New Zealand

Former

Realm

  • Cook Islands: Government House
  • Tokelau: Government House

Nicaragua

  • Presidential Palace
  • El Carmen Residence
  • Presidential Palace

Niger

  • Presidential Palace

Nigeria

Federal

State

Lagos House
Government House

North Korea

Former

North Macedonia

Norway

Oman

File:Pakistan cavalry honor guard.jpeg|thumb|Pakistan cavalry honor guard, Aiwan-e-Sadr

Pakistan

Federal

Provincial

Governor's House
Governor's House
Governor's House
Governor's House

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

  • Government House

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Former

Poland

Former

Portugal

Former

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Former

Republics

Building of the Administration of the Republic Of Adygea, Maykop
Republic House
54 Ulitsa Lenina, Ulan-Ude
Residence of the Head of the Chechen Republic, Grozny
Government House, Cheboksary
White House, Makhachkala
14 Prospekt I. Zyazikova, Magas
Government House, Cherkessk
19 Prospekt Lenina, Petrozavodsk
Residence of the Head of the Republic of Khakassia, Abakan
9 Ulitsa Kommunisticheskaya, Syktyvkar
Dom Respubliki, Saransk
11 Ulitsa Kirova, Yakutsk
Kazan Kremlin
Palace of the Head of the Udmurt Republic, Izhevsk

Krais

35 Ulitsa Krasnaya, Krasnodar

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Government House

Samoa

  • Government House

Former

  • Villa Vailima

São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

  • Palais de la Republique

Serbia

Former

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

  • Government House

Somalia

Somaliland

South Africa

Provincial

Provincial, former

South Korea

  • Cheong Wa Dae
  • Cheong Nam Dae
  • Cheong Hae Dae
  • Gukhoeuijang Gonggwan
  • Daebeobwonjang Gonggwan
  • Heonbeopjaepansojang Gonggwan
  • Chongri Gonggwan
  • Most ministers of state and heads of administrative regions also have official residences, although they are not listed here.

South Sudan

  • Presidential Palace

Spain

Royal family

Prime ministerial and other government residences

Regional

Edificio Pignatelli
Palacio de San Telmo
Ajuria Enea
Casa dels Canonges
Monte Pío
Colegio de la Asunción

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

[Swedish royal family]

Prime Ministerial

Gubernatorial

Gävle Castle
Halmstad Castle
The Residence, Jönköping
The Residence, Malmö
Tessin Palace
Uppsala Castle
Västerås Castle
The Residence, Gothenburg
Örebro Castle
Linköping Castle

Switzerland

Official estates of the Swiss Federal Council:

Syria

Former

  • Mustapha Pasha al-Abed's Palace
  • Nazim Pashas's Palace
  • Tishreen Residence, Ar Rabwah, Damascus
  • Al-Rawda Residence, Damascus
  • Al-Muhajirin Residence, Damascus
  • Bashar al-Assad's summer house, built for security and rapid exits on the banks of the Mediterranean Sea

Taiwan

;Workplace
;Residence
;Guest House

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Timor-Leste

Thailand

Former

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

State

Former

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

  • Government House

Uganda

  • State House

Ukraine

Uruguay

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

Former

City of London

Religious

Territorial

Scotland

United States

State

Governor's Mansion
President's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
none
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
Blake House
University House
University House, Berkeley
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
Woodburn
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
Washington Place
ʻIolani Palace
Huliheʻe Palace
College Hill
none
Executive Mansion
Supreme Court Justices' apartments
University of [Illinois at Chicago] Chancellor's Residence
President's House, home of the University of Illinois' President
Governor's Mansion
Terrace Hill
Cedar Crest
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion (Frankfort, Kentucky)|Old Governor's Mansion]
Maxwell Place
Amelia Place
Governor's Mansion
Blaine House
Government House
Jennings House
none
Governor's Residence, Lansing
Governor's Summer Residence, Mackinac Island
Governor's Residence
Eastcliff
Governor's Residence
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
Bridges House
Drumthwacket
Governor's Ocean Residence
President's House
Governor's Mansion
Executive Mansion
Executive Mansion
Western Residence
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
Stiff-Jarman House
Mahonia Hall
McMorran House
Governor's Mansion
none
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion
Governor's Mansion


Governor's Mansion
The Pavilion
Executive Mansion
President's House
Governor's Mansion
Hill-Crest
West [Virginia Governor's Mansion|Executive Mansion]
Governor's Mansion
Olin House
Chancellor's Residence
Governor's Mansion

Territorial

Local

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 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.
Cableland
Manoogian Mansion
Getty House
Gracie Mansion
Henry County Sheriff's Residence and Jail

Other

The following are official residences maintained by private, nongovernmental institutions:
Blake House
1456 Edgewood Drive
Jackling House
2 Audubon Place
Elmwood
14 Webster Ave
President's House
37 Washington Square West
Beehive House
Wingspread

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

  • State House

Vatican City

Former

Venezuela

Vietnam

Former

Yemen

Zambia

  • State House

Zimbabwe

International organizations

Caribbean Community

Former

Commonwealth of Nations

International Olympic Committee

United Nations