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An official residence is a residence designated by an authority and assigned to an official (such as a head of state, head of government, governor, Parliament Leadership [Speaker & Vice Speaker] or other senior figures), and may be the same place where the office holder conducts their work functions or lives.[1][2][3][4]

List of official residences, by country

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Afghanistan

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Albania

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Algeria

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Angola

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Argentina

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BERJAYA
Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires

Armenia

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BERJAYA
The Government House, Yerevan

Australia

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Federal

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State

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BERJAYA
Government House, Melbourne

Territorial

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Internal territory
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External territories
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State, former
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Austria

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

Former royal residences

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Azerbaijan

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Bahamas

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BERJAYA
Government House, The Bahamas

Bahrain

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Bangladesh

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BERJAYA
Bangabhaban, Dhaka

Barbados

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Belarus

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BERJAYA
Independence Palace, residence of the president of Belarus

Belgium

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Belize

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Former

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

Benin

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  • Presidential Palace

Bhutan

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Bolivia

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BERJAYA
Palacio Quemado
  • Casa Grande del Pueblo (President)
  • 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

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BERJAYA
Building of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

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Brazil

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BERJAYA
Palácio da Alvorada, Brasília

Former

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State

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BERJAYA
Palácio Rio Branco, Salvador, Bahia

Brunei

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Bulgaria

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BERJAYA
Euxinograd palace, Bulgaria

Current

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  • The Largo (A complex of government office buildings in Sofia):
  • Boyana Residence (A complex of residential buildings outside Sofia):
    • Home No. 1 (National History Museum)
    • Home No. 2 (Residences of the members of the Cabinet)
    • Villa Kalina (The home of the President)
  • Euxinograd (former royal residence outside Varna; currently used by the President and Prime Minister)

Former royal residences

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Burundi

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  • Kiriri Presidential Palace

Cambodia

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BERJAYA
Khemarin Palace in Phnom Penh

Cameroon

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Canada

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Federal

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

Provincial

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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 governor's offices. Alberta also has a Government House, but it is used solely for official entertaining and meetings.

Cape Verde

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BERJAYA
Presidential Palace of Cape Verde

Central African Republic

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Chad

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  • Presidential Palace

Chile

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BERJAYA
Palacio de La Moneda, Santiago

Former

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China

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BERJAYA
Zhongnanhai, Beijing

Former

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Office and Residence
Residence

Special administrative regions

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Hong Kong

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BERJAYA
Government House, Hong Kong

Macau

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Former Portuguese Macau

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Former British Colony of Hong Kong

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Colombia

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BERJAYA
Casa de Nariño, Bogotá

Comoros

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  • Presidential Palace

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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Former

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Congo, Republic of the

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  • Brazzaville Presidential Palace

Costa Rica

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  • Casa Presidencial, Costa Rica (President)

Croatia

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Cuba

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BERJAYA
Palace of the Revolution

Former

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Cyprus

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Czech Republic

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BERJAYA
Prague Castle, the residence of the president of the Czech Republic

Denmark

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BERJAYA
Amalienborg Palace, Denmark

Former

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Djibouti

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  • Presidential Palace

Dominica

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Dominican Republic

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BERJAYA
Palacio Nacional, Dominican Republic

Ecuador

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BERJAYA
Palacio de Carondelet

Egypt

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El Salvador

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Equatorial Guinea

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Eritrea

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Estonia

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BERJAYA
Presidential Palace in Kadriorg, Tallinn

Former

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Eswatini

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  • Lozitha Palace (King)

Ethiopia

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Fiji

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Finland

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

Former

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France

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BERJAYA
Élysée Palace
BERJAYA
Brégançon Fort
BERJAYA
Hôtel Matignon

Former royal and imperial residences

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Territorial

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French Polynesia

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

Other

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

Gabon

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  • Presidential Palace

Gambia

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Georgia

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Germany

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BERJAYA
Villa Hammerschmidt
BERJAYA
Schloss Bellevue

Current

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BERJAYA
Bundeskanzleramt
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Palais Schaumburg

Federal

States

Former royal residences

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

BERJAYA
Sanssouci Palace
BERJAYA
Berlin Palace

Other

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Mannheim Palace

Ghana

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Greece

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Former

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Grenada

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Former

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Guatemala

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BERJAYA
National Palace, Guatemala City (built 1939–1943, renovated 2010, now used as a museum)

Former

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Guyana

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Guinea

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Former

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

Guinea-Bissau

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BERJAYA
Presidential Palace, Bissau

Haiti

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Former

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Honduras

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Hungary

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BERJAYA
Buda Castle, Budapest

Former

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Iceland

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India

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Union

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BERJAYA
The Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
BERJAYA
Rashtrapati Niwas, Shimla

State

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BERJAYA
Raj Bhavan, Vijayawada
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Raj Bhavan, Shimla
BERJAYA
Raj Bhavan, Kolkata

Union territories

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Indonesia

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BERJAYA
Istana Merdeka, Jakarta
  • Istana Negara, Jakarta (President)
  • Istana Merdeka, Jakarta (President)
  • Istana Tampaksiring, Bali (President)
  • Garuda Palace, Nusantara (President)
  • Gedung Agung, Yogyakarta (President)
  • Istana Bogor, Bogor, West Java (President, retreat)
  • Istana Cipanas, Cipanas, West Java (President, retreat)
  • Vice Presidential Palace, Jakarta (Vice President)
  • Rumah Dinas Ketua MPR RI Widya Chandra Complex (Speaker Of MPR RI)
  • Rumah Dinas Wakil Ketua MPR RI Widya Chandra Complex (Vice Speaker Of MPR RI)
  • Rumah Dinas Ketua DPR RI Widya Chandra Complex (Speaker Of DPR RI)
  • Rumah Dinas Ketua DPR RI Widya Chandra Complex (Vice Speaker Of DPR RI)
  • Rumah Dinas Ketua DPD RI Widya Chandra Complex (Speaker Of DPD RI)
  • Rumah Dinas Wakil Ketua DPD RI Widya Chandra Complex (Vice Speaker Of DPD RI)
  • Kompleks Kediaman Pimpinan MPR/DPR/DPD Plaza Legislatif IKN Nusantara (Parliamentary Leadership)
  • Rumah Jabatan Anggota (DPR RI but not used anymore and replace by Housing Allowance DPR RI)
  • Kompleks Rumah Dinas Kabinet Indonesia Wdiya Chandra (Cabinet Of Indonesia)
  • Rumah Dinas Hakim Agung & MK Kompleks Yudikatif (Judicial Of Indonesia)
  • Kompleks Yudikatif IKN Nusantara (Judicial Of Indonesia)
  • Kompleks Rumah Dinas Anggota MPR/DPR/DPD Plaza Legislatif (Member Of Parliament Of Indonesia)

Iran

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Former

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Niavaran Palace, official residence of the last Shah of Iran from 1967 to 1979

Iraq

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Ireland

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Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin

Former

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Israel

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Beit Aghion, Jerusalem.

Italy

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Palazzo del Quirinale
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Palazzo Chigi

Former residences

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Ivory Coast

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Jamaica

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Japan

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

Former

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Jordan

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  • Raghadan Palace (King)
  • Al Hummar Palace (used for state receptions)
  • Basman Palace (King)
  • Al Qasr al Sagheer (King)

Kazakhstan

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BERJAYA
Ak Orda Presidential Palace

Kenya

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Kuwait

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Former

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  • Dasman Palace (Emir, formerly)

Kyrgyzstan

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Laos

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Former

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Latvia

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Lebanon

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BERJAYA
Beiteddine Palace

Former

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Lesotho

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Liberia

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Libya

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Liechtenstein

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Lithuania

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BERJAYA
Presidential Palace, Vilnius

Former

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Luxembourg

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BERJAYA
Grand Ducal Palace

Madagascar

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Malawi

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Malaysia

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Federal

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State

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Former

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Maldives

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Former

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Mali

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  • Presidential Palace

Malta

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BERJAYA
San Anton Palace, Attard

Former

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  • 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

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Mauritius

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Mexico

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BERJAYA
National Palace in Mexico City

Former

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*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 (Emperor's summer residence, formerly; kept as a cultural centre)

States

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Querétaro

  • Casa de la Corregidora (Governor mansion)

Moldova

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Transnistria

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  • Presidential Palace, Tiraspol

Monaco

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Mongolia

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Montenegro

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  • Blue Palace (Official Residence of the President)

Morocco

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Mozambique

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Myanmar

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Former

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Namibia

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Nauru

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Netherlands

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BERJAYA
Royal Palace, Amsterdam

Former residence

BERJAYA
Binnenhof, The Hague
BERJAYA
Palace het Loo, Apeldoorn

Nepal

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New Zealand

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BERJAYA
Government House, Wellington

Former

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Realm

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Nicaragua

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Niger

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  • Presidential Palace

Nigeria

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Federal

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State

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North Korea

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Former

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North Macedonia

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Norway

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BERJAYA
Royal Palace, Oslo

Oman

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BERJAYA
Al Alam Palace
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Aiwan-e-Sadr
BERJAYA
Pakistan cavalry honor guard, Aiwan-e-Sadr

Pakistan

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Federal

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Provincial

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Palestine

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Panama

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Papua New Guinea

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Paraguay

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BERJAYA
Palacio de los López

Peru

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BERJAYA
Palacio de Gobierno, Lima

Philippines

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BERJAYA
The Malacañang Palace as viewed from the Pasig River

Former

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Poland

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BERJAYA
Presidential Palace, Warsaw
BERJAYA
Building of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister (Poland) in Warsaw

Former

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Portugal

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

Former

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Qatar

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Romania

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Russia

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BERJAYA
Grand Kremlin Palace

Former

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Republics

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BERJAYA
Kazan Kremlin

Krais

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Rwanda

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Lucia

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Samoa

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Former

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  • Villa Vailima

São Tomé and Príncipe

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BERJAYA
Presidential Palace of São Tomé e Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

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Senegal

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Serbia

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BERJAYA
Novi Dvor

Former

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Seychelles

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Sierra Leone

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Singapore

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Slovakia

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BERJAYA
Grassalkovich Palace

Slovenia

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Solomon Islands

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Somalia

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Somaliland

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South Africa

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BERJAYA
The Tuynhuys, official residence of the President in Cape Town.
BERJAYA
Palace of Justice in Pretoria

Provincial

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BERJAYA
Groote Schuur, the former Presidential residence in Cape Town

Provincial, former

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South Korea

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BERJAYA
Cheong Wa Dae, Seoul
– Cheong Wa Dae is the official presidential office and residence complex for the President of South Korea.
– 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

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  • Presidential Palace

Spain

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

Royal family

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Prime ministerial and other government residences

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  • Palace of Moncloa (Official residence and working place of the Spanish prime minister)
  • Palace of the Marismillas (holiday residence of the prime minister, in Almonte, Andalusia)
  • Quintos de Mora Estate (holiday residence of the prime minister, in Los Yébenes, Castilla–La Mancha)
  • Palace of Viana (Official residence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Madrid)

Regional

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Sri Lanka

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Sudan

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Suriname

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Sweden

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BERJAYA
The Royal Palace in Stockholm
BERJAYA
Drottningholm Palace
BERJAYA
Sager Palace (Prime Minister of Sweden)
BERJAYA
Harpsund
Former royal residences
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Prime Ministerial

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Gubernatorial

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Switzerland

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BERJAYA
Lohn Estate

Official estates of the Swiss Federal Council:

Syria

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Former

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

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BERJAYA
Presidential Building, Taipei
Workplace
Residence
Guest House

Tajikistan

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Tanzania

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Timor-Leste

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Thailand

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BERJAYA
Grand Palace, Bangkok

Former

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Togo

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Tonga

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Trinidad and Tobago

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BERJAYA
Whitehall, Port of Spain

Tunisia

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Turkey

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State

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

Former

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Turkmenistan

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Tuvalu

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Uganda

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Ukraine

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BERJAYA
Mariinskyi Palace, Kyiv

Uruguay

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BERJAYA
Parque Anchorena, Uruguay

United Arab Emirates

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United Kingdom

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BERJAYA
Buckingham Palace, London

Former

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City of London

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Religious

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Territorial

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Scotland

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BERJAYA
Bute House, official residence of the first minister of Scotland

United States

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BERJAYA
White House, Washington

State

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BERJAYA
Alabama Governor's Mansion
BERJAYA
California Governor's Mansion
BERJAYA
Colorado Governor's Mansion
BERJAYA
Hawaiʻi: ʻIolani Palace
BERJAYA
Kansas: Cedar Crest
BERJAYA
Kentucky Governor's Mansion
BERJAYA
Maryland: Government House
BERJAYA
Minnesota Governor's Residence
BERJAYA
New Jersey: Drumthwacket
BERJAYA
Ohio Governor's Mansion
BERJAYA
Texas Governor's Mansion
BERJAYA
Utah Governor's Mansion

Territorial

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BERJAYA
La Fortaleza in Old San Juan is the oldest executive residence in continuous use in the New World, the Americas

Local

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BERJAYA
Henry County Sheriff's Residence and Jail

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 2026 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.

Uzbekistan

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Vanuatu

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Vatican City

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BERJAYA
Apostolic Palace, Vatican

Former

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Venezuela

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BERJAYA
Miraflores Palace

Vietnam

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BERJAYA
Presidential Palace, Hanoi

Former

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Yemen

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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International organizations

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Caribbean Community

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Former

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Commonwealth of Nations

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International Olympic Committee

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United Nations

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See also

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