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A presidential palace is the official residence of the president in some countries. Some presidential palaces were once the official residences to monarchs in former monarchies that were preserved as those states transitioned into republics. Some other presidential palaces were once the official residencies of governors in former colonies or subnational divisions that were preserved as these gained full independence. [1]

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Africa

UN member states
CountryBuildingNotesImage
Algeria El Mouradia, Algiers
Angola Presidential Palace, Luanda [2]
Benin Palais de la Marina, Cotonou [3]
Botswana State House, Gaborone [4]
Cape Verde Palácio Presidencial, Praia Praia-Palacio Presidencial (1).jpg
Cameroon The Unity Palace, Yaoundé YaoundeUnityPalace.png
Chad Pink Palace  [ fr ], N'Djamena
Republic of the Congo Palais du Peuple  [ fr ], Brazzaville
Democratic Republic of the Congo Palais de la Nation, Kinshasa [5] Palais de la nation.jpg
Djibouti Presidential Palace, Djibouti City [6] Djibouti presidential palace.jpg
Egypt Abdeen Palace, Cairo Abdeen Palace.jpg
Heliopolis Palace, Cairo
Koubbeh Palace, Cairo
Montaza Palace, Alexandria
Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria
Equatorial Guinea Malabo Government Building, Malabo
Eritrea Asmara President's Office, Asmara Asmarapalazzodelgovernatore.png
Ethiopia National Palace, Addis Ababa
Gabon Presidential Palace, Libreville [7]
The Gambia State House of the Gambia, Banjul
Ghana Jubilee House, Accra Golden Jubilee House.jpg
Guinea Presidential Palace, Conakry
Guinea-Bissau Presidential Palace, Bissau [8] Palacio da Republica (fundos).jpg
Ivory Coast Presidential Palace, Abidjan
Presidential Palace, Yamoussoukro
Kenya State House, Nairobi State House Nairobi.jpg
Liberia Executive Mansion, Monrovia [9]
Madagascar Iavoloha Palace, Antananarivo Iavoloha palace.jpg
Ambohitsorohitra Palace, Antananarivo Ceremonial residence Ambohitsorohitra Palace Antananarivo Madagascar.jpg
Malawi Kamuzu Palace, Lilongwe
Mali Presidential Palace, Bamako [10]
Mauritania Presidential Palace, Nouakchott
Mauritius State House, Reduit
Mozambique Palácio da Ponta Vermelha, Maputo
Namibia State House of Namibia, Windhoek
Niger Presidential Palace, Niamey
Nigeria Nigerian Presidential Complex, Abuja
Rwanda Urugwiro, Kigali
São Tomé and Príncipe Presidential Palace, São Tomé [11] Palais presidentiel a Sao Tome (6).jpg
Senegal Presidential Palace, Dakar [12]
Seychelles State House, Victoria State House Seychelles.jpg
Sierra Leone State House, Freetown Freetown 06 10 (13).jpg
Somalia Villa Somalia, Mogadishu
Somaliland Somaliland Presidential Palace, Hargeisa Somaliland Presidential Palace - Qasriga Madaxtooyada JSL.jpg
South Africa Mahlamba Ndlopfu, Pretoria [13] Libertas, since 1994 known as Mahlamba Ndlopfu, in 1934 by Gerard Moerdijk designed as official residence in Pretoria for the state of the Union of South Africa. - panoramio.jpg
King's House, Durban
Genadendal Residence, Cape Town
South Sudan Presidential Palace, Juba [14]
Sudan Presidential Palace, Khartoum Government House - Khartoum.jpg
Tanzania Ikulu, Dar es Salaam President Bush and President Kikwete sign the Millennium Challenge Compact.jpg
Togo Palace of the Governors, Lomé
Tunisia Carthage Palace, Tunis PalaisCarthageMai2010.jpg
Uganda State House, Kampala
State House, Entebbe [15]
Zambia State House, Lusaka [16]
Zimbabwe State House, Harare, State House, Bulawayo Current residence
Zimbabwe House, Harare
Blue Roof, HarareFormer residence

Americas

CountryBuildingNotesImage
Argentina Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires Government office Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentina.jpg
Quinta de Olivos, Buenos Aires Province Official residence
Barbados State House, Bridgetown Official residence Government House, Government Hill, Barbados-001.jpg
Bolivia Casa Grande del Pueblo, La Paz Plaza Murillo .jpg
Brazil Palácio da Alvorada, Brasília Official residence Palacio da Alvorada Exterior.JPG
Palácio do Planalto, Brasília Official workplace PalacioPlanalto.jpg
Chile La Moneda Palace, Santiago Official office Palacio de LaMoneda02.png
Palacio Presidencial de Cerro Castillo, Viña del Mar Summer residence Palacio Presidencial del Cerro Castillo - Escorzo 01.jpeg
Colombia Casa de Nariño, Bogotá Official residence Casa-narino-1-fachada.jpg
Costa Rica Casa Presidencial, San José [17] Casa Presidencial 2015 - LMM (9).JPG
Cuba Presidential Palace, Havana Has been a museum since 1959 Museum of Revolution Cuba.jpg
Palacio de la Revolucion, Havana Comite Central PCC.jpg
Dominica Government House, Roseau Roseau - State House (8760066984).jpg
Dominican Republic National Palace, Santo Domingo Santo Domingo National Palace.jpg
Ecuador Carondelet Palace, Quito Carondelet - Quito.JPG
El Salvador Casa Presidencial, San Salvador Visita Oficial-Presidente de Colombia. (25653454063).jpg
Guatemala National Palace, Guatemala City Guatemala National Palace of Culture.jpg
Guyana State House, Georgetown State house guyana.jpg
Haiti National Palace, Port-au-Prince Palacio presidencial de Haiti.jpg
Honduras Presidential Palace, Tegucigalpa [18]
Mexico National Palace, Mexico City Official residence El Palacio Nacional.JPG
Nicaragua Presidential Palace, Managua [19]
House of Peoples, Managua Casa Mamon.jpg
Panama Palacio de las Garzas, Panama City Palacio de las Garzas.jpg
Paraguay Palacio de los López, Asunción Palacio de los Lopez.jpg
Peru Government Palace, Lima PalacioEjecutivodelPeru.jpg
Suriname Gouvernementsgebouw, Paramaribo Presidential palace, Paramaribo, Suriname.jpg
Trinidad and Tobago President's House, Port of Spain The President's House Trinidad.jpg
United States White House, Washington, D.C. Official residence WhiteHouseSouthFacade.JPG
Uruguay Executive Tower, Montevideo Government office Torre Ejecutiva (Montevideo).jpg
Residencia de Suárez, Montevideo Official residence Residencia presidencial en el Prado.JPG
Venezuela Miraflores Palace, Caracas Government office Entrada Miraflores.JPG
La Casona Official residence Residencia presidencial la casona.jpg

Asia

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Afghanistan Arg, Kabul Meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan [20] 200229-D-AP390-1529 (49603221753).jpg
Armenia President's House, Yerevan 2014 Erywan, Rezydencja Prezydenta Republiki Armenii.jpg
Azerbaijan Zagulba Presidential Residence, Baku Built in 2008 Zughulba Residence.jpg
Bangladesh Bangabhaban, Dhaka Built in 1905 Bangabhaban.jpg
China Zhongnanhai, Beijing Headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party Zhongnanhai06.jpg
Presidential Palace, Guangzhou Destroyed in 1922, rebuilt as Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Presidential Palace, Nanjing Former residence from 1927 to 1949, now a museum Zhong Hua Min Guo Zong Tong Fu *Nan Jing *Hang Pai .jpg
Cyprus Presidential Palace, Nicosia The Cypriot Presidential Palace 3.jpg
East Timor Nicolau Lobato Presidential Palace, Dili Prasidentenpalast 17-05-2015.jpg
India Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi Official residence Forecourt, Rashtrapati Bhavan - 1.jpg
Rashtrapati Nilayam, Hyderabad Winter retreat Rashtrapati Nilayam.jpg
Rashtrapati Niwas, Shimla Summer retreat Rashtrapati Niwas.jpg
The Retreat Building, Shimla Retreat Building.jpg
Indonesia Istana Merdeka, Jakarta Istana-Merdeka.jpg
Istana Negara, Jakarta Istana Negara, 2023 (Istana Kepresidenan Republik Indonesia).jpg
Istana Cipanas, Cipanas Palace Cipanas.JPG
Istana Bogor, Bogor Istana Bogor.jpg
Gedung Agung, Yogyakarta Gedung Agung May 12 2025.jpg
Istana Tampaksiring, Bali Holy Water Temple Ubud, Bali, indonesia - panoramio (9).jpg
Iran Sa'dabad Palace, Tehran; Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran Sadabad Palace.jpg
Iraq Radwaniyah Palace, Baghdad
Israel Beit HaNassi, Jerusalem Beit Hanassi P4110091.JPG
Kazakhstan Ak Orda Presidential Palace, Astana Ak Orda Presidential Palace.jpg
North Korea Ryongsong Residence, Pyongyang Current residence
Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, PyongyangFormer residence Dprk pyongyang kim mausoley view 05.jpg
South Korea Presidential Residence of South Korea, Seoul Current residence
Blue House, SeoulFormer residence Korea-Seoul-Blue House (Cheongwadae) Reception Center 0688&9-07 cropped.jpg
Kyrgyzstan White House, Bishkek
Ala Archa State Residence, Bishkek Current residence
Laos Presidential Palace, Vientiane 2013 Presidential palace Vientiane.jpg
Lebanon Baabda Palace, Beirut
Maldives Muliaage, Malé Built in 1914, as the royal palace for Crown Prince Izzuddin Muliaage palace.jpg
Mongolia Government Palace, Ulan Bator Also seat of government
Myanmar Presidential Palace, Naypyidaw Presidential residence and office Myanmar Presidential Palace.jpg
Nepal Rashtrapati Bhavan, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Shital Nivas.jpg
Pakistan Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad.jpg
State of Palestine Mukataa Ramallah Muqata'a 2013.jpg
Philippines Malacañang Palace, Manila Official residence and workplace Malacanang Palace (local img).jpg
Singapore Istana, Singapore Istana 24, Singapore, Jan 06.JPG
Sri Lanka President's House, Colombo
President's Pavilion, Kandy President's House Kandy (39926074165).jpg
Syria Presidential Palace, Damascus
Tishreen Palace, Damascus
Taiwan Presidential Office Building, Taipei Presidential-Palace-(Taipei).png
Tajikistan Palace of Nations, Dushanbe [21] Dushanbe Presidential Palace 01.jpg
Turkey Presidential Compound (Turkey) Presidential Palace Main.jpg
Turkmenistan Oguzkhan Palace, Ashgabat
Uzbekistan Ok Saroy Presidential Palace, Tashkent Former residence [22] Stamps of Uzbekistan, 2010-23.jpg
DurmenFormer residence
Kuksaroy Presidential Palace, TashkentCurrent residence
United Arab Emirates Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi Seat of government [23]
Vietnam Presidential Palace, Hanoi Presidential Palace of Vietnam.jpg
Yemen Presidential Palace, Sanaa

Europe

CountryBuildingNotesImage
Albania Presidential Palace of Tirana Facade of Presidential Palace of Tirana.jpg
Austria Hofburg Palace, Vienna Wien Hofburg Neue Burg Heldenplatz.jpg
Belarus Presidential Palace, Minsk Minsk Prasidentenpalast 1.JPG
Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Building, Sarajevo Predsjednistvo BiH.JPG
Bulgaria Presidential Palace, Sofia Presidents Administration Building Sofia 20090405 003.JPG
Croatia Presidential Palace, Zagreb Predsjednicki dvori Zagreb glavni kolni ulaz.jpg
Czech Republic Prague Castle, Prague Main residence Prague - New Royal Palace 3.jpg
Lány Castle, Lány Secondary residence Peter Stehlik 2011.07.30 007.JPG
Estonia Presidential Palace, Tallinn Presidential Palace in Tallinn, Estonia.jpg
Finland Presidential Palace, Helsinki Finnish Presidential Palace.jpg
France Élysée Palace, Paris PalaisDeL'Elysee.jpg
Germany Bellevue Palace, Berlin Primary residence Schloss Bellevue - Berlin - 2013.jpg
Villa Hammerschmidt, Bonn Secondary residence Villa Hammerschmidt - Frontansicht.jpg
Georgia Orbeliani Presidential Palace, Tbilisi Orbeliani Palace.jpg
Greece Presidential Mansion, Athens Palais presidentiel d'Athenes.jpg
Hungary Sándor Palace, Budapest Sandor-palota-01.JPG
Iceland Bessastaðir, Álftanes OB090126b-3049 Bessastadir.JPG
Ireland Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin Formerly the seat of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (British viceroy) Aras an Uachtarain 2010.jpg
Italy Quirinal Palace, Rome Quirinale palazzo e obelisco con dioscuri Roma.jpg
Latvia Riga Castle, Riga 2006 09 14-17 RigaFortress054.jpg
Lithuania Presidential Palace, Vilnius Lithuania Vilnius Presidential Palace 1.jpg
North Macedonia Villa Vodno, Skopje
Malta San Anton Palace, Attard Official residence Malta Attard San Anton Palace BW 2011-10-09 10-06-16.jpg
Verdala Palace, Siġġiewi Summer residence Building Malta.jpg
Moldova Presidential Palace, Chișinău [24] Prezidentskii Dvorets, Kishinev, Respublika Moldova Palatul Prezidential, Chisinau, Republica Moldova Presidential Palace, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova (50757528072).jpg
Montenegro Blue Palace, Cetinje Blue palace.jpg
Poland Presidential Palace, Warsaw Official workplace Warszawa Palac Prezydencki 2011.jpg
Belweder, Warsaw Official residence 5 Warszawa 083.jpg
Portugal Belém Palace, Lisbon Palacio Belem Lisboa.JPG
Romania Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest Cotroceni Palace Garden - Bucharest 07.jpg
Russia Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow Ceremonial residence Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow.jpg
Kremlin Senate, MoscowWorking residence Kremlin Senate-1.jpg
Serbia Novi Dvor, Belgrade Novi Dvor (1).JPG
Slovakia Grassalkovich Palace, Bratislava Official workplace Grasalkovicov palac bratislava Slovakia.jpg
Hohenlohe Hunting Lodge Recreational residence
Javorina 318.jpg
Slovenia Presidential Palace, Ljubljana Also seat of government Presidential palace Ljubljana.jpg
Spain Palacio de la Moncloa Complex, Madrid Official Residence and workplace

of the Prime Minister

Moncloa 011 (cropped).jpg
Switzerland No official presidential residence.Seat of the government in the Federal Palace of Switzerland
Ukraine Mariinskyi Palace, Kyiv Maryinsky Palace, residence of the Ukrainian President.JPG


Oceania

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Fiji Government House, Suva [25] The Government House, Suva.jpg
Palau Capitol of Palau Executive Building Palau Capitol Complex, Exective Building.JPG

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Turkey's president moves into world's biggest palace costing £384 million". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  2. ↑ "Palace (in Angola)". Roctest Group. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Palace (in Benin)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  4. ↑ "Entrance to the Presidential Palace, Gaborone, Botswana". www.agefotostock.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Photo of Palais de la Nation, Kinshasa, DRC". Panoramio. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Presidential Palaces Djibouti, Kenya iyo Somalia" (in Somali). somalinet. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Landmarks in Gabon, Africa". USA Today. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Guinea-Bissau Opens China-Funded Presidential Palace". Fox News . 6 July 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  9. ↑ Executive Mansion in 'Terrible Condition' - Gongloe Raises Alarms, Heritage via AllAfrica.com, 2013-08-29. Accessed 2014-01-29.
  10. ↑ "The Presidential Palace, Bamako, Mali". www.myspace.com. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  11. ↑ "Presidential Palace - Picture of Sao Tome Island". tripadvisor.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Presidential Palace Senegal". Wordpress. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "Presidential Buildings".
  14. ↑ "New Office of the President Opens in Juba". gurtong.net. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "State House of Uganda - History". statehouse.go.ug. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  16. ↑ "State House of the Republic of Zambia". statehouse.gov.zm. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  17. ↑ "Official website of the Casa Presidencial, Costa Rica" (in Spanish). www.presidencia.go.cr. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  18. ↑ "Presidential palace from the hotel - Tegucigalpa". tripadvisor.com. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  19. ↑ "Presidential Palace, Managua, Nicaragua - Tripomatic". tripomatic.com. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  20. ↑ "3-Day Cabinet Meeting Held in Kandahar". TOLOnews . 24 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  21. ↑ "The Tajik Presidential Palace in Dushanbe, Tajikistan". photobucket.com. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  22. ↑ "Upmarket houses along road- Karimov to feel safer". www.uznews.net. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  23. ↑ "Qasr Al Watan". Qasr Al Watan. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  24. ↑ "Presidential Palace, Chisinau". www.virtualtourist.com. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  25. ↑ "Guards at the Presidential Palace, Suva". beautifulpacific.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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