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.
List of official residences, by country
Africa
Algeria El Mouradia Presidential Palace
Angola Presidential Palace
Benin Presidential Palace
Botswana State House (President)
Burundi Kiriri Presidential Palace
Cameroon Unity Palace
Cape Verde
Palácio Presidencial
Central African Republic Renaissance Palace
Chad Presidential Palace
Comoros Presidential Palace
Congo-Kinshasa Palais de la Nation
Former Palais du mont Ngaliema (residence of Mobutu Sese Seko) Palais de Marbre (residence of Laurent-Désiré Kabila)
Congo-Brazzaville Brazzaville Presidential Palace
Djibouti Presidential Palace
Egypt Abdeen Palace Heliopolis Palace Koubbeh Palace Montaza Palace Ras el-Tin Palace
Equatorial Guinea Malabo Government Building
Eritrea Asmara President's Office
Eswatini Lozitha Palace (King)
Ethiopia National Palace (President) Imperial Palace (Prime Minister)
Gabon Presidential Palace
Gambia State House (President)
Ghana Osu Castle formal (Presidential) residence Golden Jubilee House current (Presidential) residence Peduase Lodge (Presidential) retreat
Guinea Presidential Palace Villa Syli (official guest house)
Former Belle Vue (demolished; former summer residence of the President)
Guinea-Bissau
Presidential Palace
Ivory Coast Le Palais de la Présidence (President)
Kenya State House (President)
Lesotho Royal Palace (King) State House (Prime Minister)
Liberia Executive Mansion (President)
Libya Al-Sikka, Tripoli (Government of National Unity) Al Nasr Convention Centre (General National Congress, formerly) Dar al-Salam Hotel (House of Representatives) Abusita Navy Base (Presidential Council) Royal Palace of Tripoli (King, formerly) Bab al-Azizia (Leader and Guide of the Revolution, formerly)
Madagascar Iavoloha Ambohitsorohitra
Malawi Sanjika Palace (President) New State House (President)
Mali Presidential Palace
Mauritania Presidential Palace
Mauritius State House (President) Clarisse House (Prime Ministers)
Morocco Dar al-Makhzen, Rabat (main residence) Dar al-Makhzen, Fez Dar al-Makhzen, Marrakesh Dar al-Makhzen, Meknes Marchane Palace, Tangier Bahia Palace, Marrakesh
Mozambique Palácio da Ponta Vermelha (President)
Namibia State House (President)
Niger Presidential Palace
Nigeria Federal Aso Villa (President)
State Lagos State:Lagos House (Governor) Rivers State:Government House (Governor)
Rwanda Urugwiro
São Tomé and Príncipe
Presidential Palace
Senegal Palais de la Republique (President)
Seychelles State House (President)
Sierra Leone State House (President)
Somalia Villa Somalia (President)
Somaliland
Presidential palace (President)
South Africa
Mahlamba Ndlopfu (Libertas), Pretoria (President) Genadendal Residence, Cape Town (President) Tuynhuys, Cape Town (President)
Provincial Free State: Free State House (Premier) Gauteng: Bryanston Mansion (Premier) Oliver Tambo House (Deputy President) Palace of Justice (Parliament) KwaZulu-Natal: King's House (President and Deputy President) Western Cape: Leeuwenhof (Premier) Highstead (Deputy President)
Provincial, former Cape Province: Government House (Governor, formerly; kept as offices for Prime Minister) Groote Schuur (President, formerly, also as residence to Prime Minister) Transvaal: Government House (Lieutenant General, formerly) Natal: Government House (Lieutenant-Governor, formerly) Orange Free State: Government House (Governor, formerly) Old Presidency (President of the Orange Free State)
South Sudan Presidential Palace
Sudan Republican Palace
Tanzania State House (President)
Togo The Palace of the Governors
Tunisia Carthage Palace
Uganda State House (President)
Zambia State House (President)
Zimbabwe State House (President)
Asia
Afghanistan Arg (Cabinet)
Bahrain Rifa'a Palace (King) Al-Sakhir Palace (King) Shaikh Isa Palace (King) Al Rawda Palace (King) Al-Qudaibiya Palace (Prime Minister)
Bangladesh Bangabhaban (President)
Bhutan Dechencholing Palace (King) Brunei Istana Nurul Iman (Sultan)
Cambodia
Royal Palace (King, official; the formal name of the building within the palace compound in which the King resides in is called Khemarin Palace) The Royal Residence (King, secondary) Peace Palace (Prime Minister, official workplace; the Prime Minister lives at his own private residence)
China Zhongnanhai (General Secretary, Communist Party and State Council) Jade Spring Hill (Villa area of the Central Military Commission) Beidaihe District (Communist Party's summer retreat place) Diaoyutai State Guesthouse (visiting dignitaries)
Former Office and Residence Presidential Palace in Nanjing (1912, 1927–1937, 1946–1949; kept as museum from 1998) Qing army and the naval department in Beijing (1912–1928) Fortress Park and the Prince Chun Mansion of Zhongnanhai (1912–1928) Guangzhou Guanyinshan (now Yuexiu Shan) Yuexiu Building (1917–1922, the building destroyed in 1922, today this site for the Guangzhou Zhongshan Memorial Hall) Republic of China Lu Haijun Grand Marshal base camp was established in Guangzhou, was established in the original Guangdong Shi Min soil factory (1923–1925；now Sun Yat-sen Marshal House Memorial Hall) Wuhan Nanyang Building (1926–1927) Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China Headquarters in Nanjing (1940–1945) Residence of Wang Jingwei in Nanjing (1940–1945) Chongqing Nationalist Government Building (1937–1945) Huangshan official residence (1938–1945, Chiang Kai-shek's residence in Chongqing) Huangpu Road official residence (1929–1937, 1945–1949; also called Qi Ru, Chiang Kai-shek's residence in Nanjing) Shuangqing Villa in Beijing (former residence of Mao Zedong at 1949) Residence Forbidden City (Emperor) Zhongnanhai in Beijing (Emperor, family) Old Summer Palace (Emperor, retreat) Mukden Palace (Emperor, summer residence) Chengde Mountain Resort (Emperor, summer residence) Summer Palace (Emperor, retreat) Imperial Palace of the Manchu State (Emperor of Manchukuo) Manchukuo General Affairs State Council building (Prime Minister of Manchukuo) Manchukuo Prime Minister's residence (residence of Zhang Jinghui)
Special administrative regions Hong Kong
Government House (Chief Executive) Fanling Lodge (Chief Executive – Summer) Victoria House and Victoria Flats (15 Barker Road, The Peak) (Chief Secretary) Residence of the Financial Secretary (45 Shouson Hill Road, Deep Water Bay) (Financial Secretary) Residence of Secretary for Justice (19 Severn Road, The Peak) (Secretary for Justice) Chief Justice's House (19 Gough Hill Road, The Peak) (Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal) Also Known as Clavadel Headquarters House (11 Barker Road, The Peak) (Commanding Officer of PLA in Hong Kong) Grenville House (Residence for Tung Chee Hwa during his time as Chief Executive 1997–2006)
Macau Government House (Chief Executive)
Former Portuguese Macau Macau Government Headquarters was both the official residence and office for the Governor of Macau until 1999.
Former British Colony of Hong Kong Flagstaff House (commander of British forces in Hong Kong, formerly until 1978) 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) Mountain Lodge (summer residence 1867–1897) Beaconsfield House
India
Union
Rashtrapati Bhavan (President) Rashtrapati Niketan (Presidential retreat) Rashtrapati Nilayam (Presidential retreat) Rastrapati Niwas (Presidential retreat) Vice President's Enclave (Vice President) 7, Race Course Road (Prime Minister) Teen Murti Bhavan (Prime Minister 1947–1964 formerly)
State
Andhra Pradesh: Lok Bhavan, Vijayawada (Governor) Arunachal Pradesh:Lok Bhavan, Itanagar (Governor) Assam:Lok Bhavan, Guwahati (Governor) Bihar:Lok Bhavan, Patna (Governor) 1, Aney Marg (Chief Minister) Chhattisgarh:Lok Bhavan, Raipur (Governor) Goa:Lok Bhavan, Panaji (Governor) Gujarat:Lok Bhavan, Gandhinagar (Governor) Haryana:Lok Bhavan, Haryana (Governor) Himachal Pradesh:Lok Bhavan, Shimla (Governor) Oakover (Chief Minister) Jharkhand:Lok Bhavan, Ranchi (Governor) Karnataka:Lok Bhavan, Bangalore (Governor) Anugraha (Chief Minister) Kerala:Lok Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram (Governor) Cliff House (Chief Minister) Madhya Pradesh:Lok Bhavan, Bhopal (Governor)Lok Bhavan, Pachmarhi (Governor, summer residence) Maharashtra:Lok Bhavan, Mumbai (Governor)Lok Bhavan, Nagpur (Governor, winter residence)Lok Bhavan, Pune (Governor, monsoon residence)Lok Bhavan, Mahabaleshwar (Governor, summer residence)Varsha Bungalow (Chief Minister) Manipur:Lok Bhavan, Imphal (Governor) Meghalaya:Lok Bhavan, Shillong (Governor) Mizoram:Lok Bhavan, Aizawl (Governor) Nagaland:Lok Bhavan, Kohima (Governor) Odisha:Lok Bhavan, Bhubaneswar (Governor) Raj Bhavan, Puri (Governor, summer residence) Punjab:Lok Bhavan, Punjab (Governor) Rajasthan:Lok Bhavan, Jaipur (Governor) Sikkim:Lok Bhavan, Gangtok (Governor) Tamil Nadu:Lok Bhavan, Chennai (Governor)Raj Bhavan, Ooty (Governor, summer residence) Telangana:Lok Bhavan, Hyderabad (Governor) Praja Bhavan (Chief Minister) Tripura:Lok Bhavan, Agartala (Governor) Uttar Pradesh:Lok Bhavan, Lucknow (Governor) 5, Kalidas Marg (Chief Minister) Uttarakhand:Lok Bhavan, Dehradun (Governor)Lok Bhavan, Nainital (Governor, summer residence) West Bengal:Lok Bhavan, Kolkata (Governor)Lok Bhavan, Darjeeling (Governor, summer residence)
Union territories Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Lok Niwas, Port Blair (Lieutenant Governor) Delhi: Lok Niwas, Delhi (Lieutenant Governor) Jammu and Kashmir:Lok Bhavan, Jammu (Lieutenant Governor, winter residence)Lok Bhavan, Srinagar (Lieutenant Governor, summer residence) Ladakh: Lok Niwas, Leh (Lieutenant Governor) Puducherry: Lok Niwas, Pondicherry (Lieutenant Governor)
Indonesia
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 Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran (Supreme Leader) Sa'dabad Complex (President)
Former
Ali Qapu (Safavid dynasty, formerly; kept as museum) Golestan Palace (Qajar dynasty, formerly; kept as museum) Marble Palace (Pahlavi dynasty, kept as museum) Niavaran Complex (Qajar and Pahlavi dynasties, formerly; kept as museum) Ramsar Palace (Pahlavi dynasty, kept as museum)