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

• El Mouradia (President)

• Presidential Palace

• State House (President)

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

• Unity Palace (President)

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

Congo, Democratic Republic of

• Kinshasa Presidential Palace
• Brazzaville Presidential Palace

• Le Palais de la Présidence (President)

• Presidential Palace

• Abdin 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)

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

• National Palace (President)

• Presidential Palace

• State House (President)

• Osu Castle (President)
• Manhyia Palace (Asantehene)

• Presidential Palace
• Villa Syli (official guest house)
• Belle Vue (demolished; former summer residence of the President)

• Presidential Palace

• State House (President)

• Royal Palace (King)

• Executive Mansion (President)

• Presidential Palace

• Sanjika Palace (President)

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

• Le Réduit (President)

• Royal Palace

• Palácio da Ponta Vermelha (President)

• State House (President)

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Complex

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

• Palai de la Republique (President)

• State House (President)

• State House (President)

• Villa Somalia (President)

• Groote Schuur (President)

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)

• Presidential Palace

• Embo State Palace (King)
• Royal Kraal (King)

• State House (President)

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

• State House (President)

• State House (President)

• State House (President)

Americas

Caribbean

• Government House (Governor General)

• Government House (Governor-General)

• Government House (Governor-General)
• Ilaro Court (Prime Minister)

• Presidential Palace

• Government House (President)

• Palacio Nacional, Dominican Republic (President)

• Government House (Governor-General)

• Presidential Palace (or National Palace)

• Government House, also King's House (Governor-General)
• Jamaica House (Prime Minister)

• Government House (Governor-General)

• Government House (Governor-General)

• Government House (Governor-General)

• President's House
• Whitehall (Prime Minister)

North America

• Belize House (Governor-General}

Former

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

Federal

• Rideau Hall (Governor General; monarch, Ottawa residence)
• Citadelle of Quebec (Governor General, Quebec City residence)
• 24 Sussex Drive (Prime Minister)
• Harrington Lake (Prime Minister, country retreat)
• Stornoway (Leader of Opposition)
• The Farm, Gatineau Park (Speaker of the House of Commons)
• 7 Rideau Gate (visiting foreign dignitaries}

=Former, federal=

• Hatley Castle (monarch, formerly; never resided in; kept as Royal Roads University)

Provincial

• British Columbia:
  Government House (Lieutenant Governor)
• 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, and Ontario no longer have official residences for their lieutenant governors, but do provide them with accommodations; in the case of Ontario, only if necessary.

=Provincial, former=

• Alberta:
  Government House (Lieutenant Governor, formerly; kept for official government functions)
• Ontario:
  Government House (Lieutenant Governor, formerly; demolished)
• Quebec:
  Government House (Lieutenant Governor, formerly; destroyed by fire)
• Saskatchewan:
  Government House (Lieutenant Governor, formerly; kept as offices of the Lieutenant Governor, and for official government functions)

• Casa Presidencial (President)

• Casa Presidencial, also called Casa Blanca (President)

• Casa Presidencial

• Palacio "José Cecilio del Valle" (President)

• Los Pinos (President)

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.

• Presidential Palace

• Palacio de las Garzas (President)

• White House (President)
• Camp David (President, retreat)
• Number One Observatory Circle (Vice President)
• Blair House (visiting foreign dignitaries)

(non-official presidential residences)

State

• Alabama:
  Governor's Mansion
• Alaska:
  Governor's Mansion
• Arkansas:
  Governor's Mansion
• Colorado:
  Governor's Mansion
• Connecticut:
  Governor's Mansion
• Delaware:
  Governor's Mansion, also Woodburn
• Florida:
  Governor's Mansion
• Georgia:
  Governor's Mansion
• Hawaii:
  Washington Place
• Idaho:
  The Idaho House
• Illinois:
  Executive Mansion (Governor)
• Indiana:
  Governor's Mansion
• Iowa:
  Terrace Hill (Governor)
• Kansas:
  Governor's Mansion, also Cedar Crest
• Kentucky:
  Governor's Mansion
• Louisiana:
  Governor's Mansion
• Maine:
  The Blaine House (Governor)
• Maryland:
  Government House (Governor)
• Massachusetts:
  Despite several proposals for establishing an official residence for the Governor of Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts does not have a Governor's Mansion.
• Michigan:
  Lansing Governor's Residence
  Mackinac Island Governor's Residence (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:
  Governor's Mansion, also Bridges House
• New Jersey:
  Drumthwacket (Governor)
• New Mexico:
  Governor's Mansion
• New York:
  Executive Mansion (Governor)
• North Carolina:
  Executive Mansion (Governor)
• North Dakota:
  Governor's Mansion
• Ohio:
  Governor's Mansion
• Oklahoma:
  Governor's Mansion
• Oregon:
  Mahonia Hall (Governor)
• Pennsylvania:
  Governor's Mansion
• South Carolina:
  Governor's Mansion
• South Dakota:
  Governor's Mansion
• Tennessee:
  Governor's Mansion
• Texas:
  Governor's Mansion
• Utah:
  Governor's Mansion
• Vermont:
  The Pavilion (Governor)
• Virginia:
  Executive Mansion (Governor)
• Washington:
  Governor's Mansion
• West Virginia:
  Executive Mansion (Governor)
• Wisconsin:
  Governor's Mansion
• Wyoming:
  Governor's Mansion

=State, former=

• California:
  California Governor's Mansion (Governor, formerly; kept for official government functions)
• Hawaii:
  Washington Place (Queen then Governor, formerly; kept as museum)
  Iolani Palace (Queen, formerly; kept for official government functions)
  Hulihee Palace (Queen, formerly; retained as museum)
• Oregon:
  Stiff-Jarman House (Governor, formerly; kept as headquarters of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality)

Territorial

• Puerto Rico:
  La Fortaleza (Governor)
• Guam:
  Government House (Governor)

South America

• Casa Rosada (President)
• Quinta de Olivos (President, summer residence)

• Palacio de Gobierno (President)

• Palácio da Alvorada (President)
• Granja do Torto (President, second residence)
• Palácio Rio Negro (President, summer residence and retreat)

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)

• Private residence (President)
• Cerro Castillo (President, retreat)

Former

• Palacio de La Moneda (President, formerly; kept as office for President)

• Palacio de Nariño (President)
• Casa de Huspedes (cartagena) (President)
• Hacienda Hato Grande (President, retreat)

• Palacio de Carondelet (President)

• State House (President)

• Palacio de López (President)

• Palacio de Gobierno (President)

• Presidential Palace

• Suarez Residence (President)
• Anchorena Park (President, retreat)

• Palacio de Miraflores (President)

Asia

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

• Rifa'a Palace (King)

• Bangabhaban (President)

• Dechenchholing Palace (King)

• Istana Nurul Iman (Sultan)

• Khemarindra Palace (King)

China, People's Republic of

• Zhongnanhai (most top Communist Party of China leaders)

Special administrative regions

• Hong Kong:
  Government House (Chief Executive)
  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, SAR

• Flagstaff House (commander of British forces in Hong Kong, formerly)
• Island House (formerly, District Officers (North), and later District Commissioners for the New Territories)

China, Republic of (Taiwan)

• Presidential Building (formerly office of Governor-General of Taiwan)

Former

• Presidential Palace in Nanjing (1927–1937, 1946–1949; kept as museum from 1998)

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)

• 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)
• 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)

Former

• Golestan Palace (Shah, formerly; kept as museum)
• Ali Qapu (Shah, formerly; kept as museum)
• Niavaran Palace Complex (Shah, formerly; kept as museum)
• Sadabad Palace (Shah, formerly; kept as museum)

Former

• Presidential Palace (President, formerly)

• President House
• Prime Minister House

• Kōkyo, also known as Imperial Palace (Emperor)

• 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)

• Raghdan Palace (King)
• Basman Palace (King)
• Al Qasr al Sagheer (King)

• Presidential Palace

Korea, North

• Pyongyang No. 15 (Chairman of National Defense Commission)

Former

• Kumsusan Memorial Palace (President, formerly; kept as mausoleum)

Korea, South

• Blue House (President)

• Sief Palace (Emir)
• Dar Salwa (Emir)

Former

• Dasman Palace (Emir, formerly)

• White House, also Government House or Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

• Baabda Palace (President)
• Beiteddine Palace (President, summer retreat)

Former

• Fakhreddine Palace (King, formerly; kept as a museum)

• Istana Negara, also called National Palace (King)
• Istana Melawati (King, retreat)
• Seri Perdana (Prime Minister)
• Seri Satria (Deputy Prime Minister)

• Theemuge (President)

• Presidential Palace

• Narayanhity Palace (King)

• Qasr al Alam Royal Palace

Federal

• Aiwan-e-Sadr (President)
• Prime Mister house

Provincial

• Balochistan:
  Governor's House
• North-West Frontier Province:
  Governor's House
• Punjab:
  Governor House
• Sindh:
  Flag Staff House (Governor)

• Malacañan Palace (President)
• Mansion House (President, summer retreat)
• Malacañan sa Sugbo (President)

• Emir's Palace (Emir)

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

• Istana Singapore (President)

• President's House
• Prime Minister's House

• Presidential Palace, also called Tesheen Palace

• Presidential Palace

• Grand Palace (monarch)
• Bang Pa-In Royal Palace (monarch, summer retreat)
• Chitralada Palace (monarch)
• Sanam Chan Palace (monarch)
• Vimanmek Palace (monarch)
• Chitralada Villa (monarch)
• Baan Phitsanulok (Prime Minister)

• Türkmenbaşy Palace (President)

• Amiti Palace (President)

• Oqsaroy (President)

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace

Europe

• Presidential Palace

• Presidential Palace, also "President House"
• #1 Government House (Prime Minister)

• Hofburg Imperial Palace (President)
• Ballhausplatz Nr. 2 (Chancellor)

• Drozdi (President)

• Royal Palace of Brussels (monarch)
• Château de Laeken (monarch)
• Rue de la Loi-Wetstraat 16 (Prime Minister)

• Presidency Building
• Konak Residence (visiting foreign dignitaries; also used for state receptions)

• Euxinograd (President)

• Predsjednički dvori (President)
• Banski dvori (Government)

• Presidential Palace

• Prague Castle (President)
• The Lány Chateau (President, summer residence)

• Gråsten Palace (monarch, summer retreat)
• Amalienborg Palace (monarch, winter retreat)
• Fredensborg Palace (monarch, spring and autumn retreat)
• Sorgenfri Palace (monarch)
• Marselisborg Palace (monarch)
• Chancellory House (crown prince)
• Schackenborg Castle (younger son of the monarch)
• Chateau de Cayx (monarch, summer retreat in France)
• Marienborg (Prime Minister, summer residence)

• Kadriorg Palace (President)
• Paslepa (President, residence)

• 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)

• 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)

• Presidential Palace

• Schloss Bellevue (President)
• Villa Hammerschmidt (President, second residence)
• Bundeskanzleramt (Chancellor)
• Palais Schaumburg (Chancellor, second residence)

• New Royal Palace (President)
• Maximos Mansion (Prime Minister)

• Government House (Lieutenant Governor)

• Sándor Palace (President)

Former

• Buda Castle (King, formerly; retained as Historical Museum of Budapest and Hungarian National Gallery)

• Bessastaðir (President)

• Áras an Uachtaráin (President)
• Farmleigh (visiting foreign dignitaries)
• Mansion House, Dublin (Lord Mayor of Dublin)

• Government House (Lieutenant Governor)

• Palazzo del Quirinale Official residence of the President of the Republic in Rome
• Castelporziano President
• Villa Rosebery President
• Palazzo Chigi Official Seat of the Italian Government and Roman residence of the Italian Prime Minister
• Villa Doria Pamphili Prime Minister
• Villa Madama Prime Minister

• Government House (Lieutenant Governor)

• Rīgas pils (President)

• Schloss Vaduz (Prince)

• Presidential Palace

Former

• Historical Presidential Palace, Kaunas (President, formerly; kept as museum)
• Royal Palace of Lithuania (formerly Grand Duke; demolished)

• Grand Ducal Palace (monarch)
• Berg Castle (monarch)

• Presidential Palace

• San Anton Palace {President)
• Verdala Palace (President, summer retreat)
• Inquisitor's Palace (Prime Minister)

• Presidential Palace

• Palais de Monaco (monarch)

• Presidential Palace

• Huis ten Bosch (monarch)
• Noordeinde Palace (monarch; kept as office for monarch)
• The Royal Palace
• Villa Eikenhorst (Crown Prince and family)
• Castle Drakensteyn (monarch, retreat; visiting foreign dignitaries)
• Catshuis (Prime Minister)

Former

• Het Loo (monarch, formerly; retreat, now kept as museum)
• Noordeinde 66 (monarch, formerly; kept as office for Prince of Orange)
• Soestdijk Palace (monarch, formerly; residence of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, now kept as museum)

• Royal Palace
• Bygdø Royal Estate (monarch)
• Gamlehaugen (monarch, summer retreat)
• Ledaal (monarch)
• Stiftsgården (monarch)
• Skaugum Estate (monarch)
• Inkognito gt. 18 (Prime Minister)
• Parkveien 45, also called Villa Parafina (visiting foreign dignitaries)

• Pałac Prezydencki (President)
• Summer Residence (President, summer retreat)

• Palácio de Belém (President)
• Palácio de São Bento (Prime Minister)
• Palácio das Necessidades (Minister of Foreign Affairs)

• Cotroceni Palace (President)

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• Kremlin (President and Prime Minister)
• 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)
• Mariinsky Palace (Tsar, formerly; kept as Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly)
• St. Michael's Castle (formerly imperial; retained as portrait gallery of Russian 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)

• Beli Dvor (Crown Prince)

Former

• Old Palace (King, formerly; kept as City Assembly of Belgrade)

• Grassalkovich Palace (President)

• Presidential Palace

• 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 miles 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 El Pardo (visiting foreign dignitaries, former dictator Francisco Francos's residence)

Autonomous communities

• Andalusia:
  Palacio de San Telmo (official residence of the President of the Junta de Andalucía)
• Basque Country:
  Ajuria Enea (official residence of the Lehendakari)
• Catalonia:
  Casa dels Canonges (official residence of the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya)
• Galicia:
  Monte Pío (official residence of the President of the Xunta de Galicia)

• Stockholm Palace (monarch)
• Drottningholm Palace (monarch)
• Strömsholm Palace (monarch)
• Rosersberg Palace (monarch)
• Ulriksdal Palace (monarch)
• Rosendal Palace (monarch)
• Tullgarn Palace (monarch)
• Gripsholm Castle (monarch)
• Sager House (Prime Minister)
• Harpsund (Prime Minister, summer retreat)

• Çankaya Köşkü (President)
• Dolmabahçe Palace (occasionally used by the Prime Minister for hosting foreign guests in Istanbul)
• Huber Köşkü Istanbul Residence of the President (President)

Former

• Topkapı Palace (Emperor, formerly; kept as museum)

• Mariyinsky Palace (President)

• Buckingham Palace (Official Residence of the Monarch)
• 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 and the Duke of Kent)
• St. James's Palace (Seat of the Royal Court and Residence of the Princess Royal)
• 10 Downing Street (First Lord of the Treasury)
• 11 Downing Street (Second Lord of the Treasury)
• Chequers Court (Country Residence of the Prime Minister)
• Carlton House Terrace (Cabinet Ministers and Senior Civil Servants)
• Admiralty House (Ministerial Flats)
• Chevening House (Country Residence of a Senior Member of the Cabinet)
• Dorneywood (Country Residence of a Senior Member of the Cabinet)
• Bute House (Scottish First Minister)
• Lambeth Palace (Archbishop of Canterbury)
• Palace of Westminster (Lord Speaker of the House of Lords and the Speaker of the House of Commons)

Former

• Bridewell Palace (King, formerly; demolished)
• Carlton House (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)

• 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

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, formerly; kept for official government functions)
• Queensland:
  Old Government House (Governor, formerly; kept as headquarters of the National Trust of Australia)
• South Australia:
  Old Government House (Governor summer residence (1860-1880), formerly)
• Victoria
  La Trobe's Cottage (Lieutenant Governor, formerly; kept as museum)
  Toorak House (Governor, formerly; currently being used as a church)
  Stonnington Mansion (Governor, formerly; currently being restored as private home)

Territorial

• Norfolk Island:
  Government House (Administrator)
• Northern Territory:
  Government House (Administrator)
• Christmas Island:
  Government House (Administrator)
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
  Government House (Administrator)

• Government House (Queen's Representative)

• Government House (President)

Former

• State House (President, formerly; kept as immigration detention center)

• Government House (Governor-General)
• Government House (Governor-General, Auckland residence)
• Premier House (Prime Minister)

Former

• Old Government House, Auckland

Territorial

• Tokelau:
  Government House (Administrator)

• Government House (Governor-General)

• Government House (Chief)

• Government House (Governor-General)

• Royal Palace (King)

• Government House (Govenror General)

• State House (President)

See also

• Presidential palace

Footnotes

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