Presidential palace

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 during those states' transition into republics. Some other presidential palaces were once the official residencies of governors in former colonies or subnational divisions that were preserved during their transition to independent states.^[1]

List

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Africa

UN member states

Country	Building	Notes	Image
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
Cameroon	The Unity Palace, Yaoundé
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]
Djibouti	Presidential Palace, Djibouti City	[6]
Egypt	Abdeen Palace, Cairo
	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
Ethiopia	National Palace, Addis Ababa
Gabon	Presidential Palace, Libreville	[7]
The Gambia	State House of the Gambia, Banjul
Ghana	Jubilee House, Accra
Guinea	Presidential Palace, Conakry
Guinea-Bissau	Presidential Palace, Bissau	[8]
Ivory Coast	Presidential Palace, Abidjan
	Presidential Palace, Yamoussoukro
Kenya	State House, Nairobi
Liberia	Executive Mansion, Monrovia	[9]
Madagascar	Iavoloha Palace, Antananarivo
	Ambohitsorohitra Palace, Antananarivo	Ceremonial residence
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]
Senegal	Presidential Palace, Dakar	[12]
Seychelles	State House, Victoria
Sierra Leone	State House, Freetown
Somalia	Villa Somalia, Mogadishu
Somaliland	Somaliland Presidential Palace, Hargeisa
South Africa	Mahlamba Ndlopfu, Pretoria	[13]
	King's House, Durban
	Genadendal Residence, Cape Town
South Sudan	Presidential Palace, Juba	[14]
Sudan	Presidential Palace, Khartoum
Tanzania	Ikulu, Dar es Salaam
Togo	Palace of the Governors, Lomé
Tunisia	Carthage Palace, Tunis
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, Harare	Former residence

Americas

Country	Building	Notes	Image
Argentina	Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires	Government office
	Quinta de Olivos, Buenos Aires Province	Official residence
Barbados	State House, Bridgetown	Official residence
Bolivia	Casa Grande del Pueblo, La Paz
Brazil	Palácio da Alvorada, Brasília	Official residence
	Palácio do Planalto, Brasília	Official workplace
Chile	La Moneda Palace, Santiago	Official office
	Palacio Presidencial de Cerro Castillo, Viña del Mar	Summer residence
Colombia	Casa de Nariño, Bogotá	Official residence
Costa Rica	Casa Presidencial, San José	[17]
Cuba	Presidential Palace, Havana	Has been a museum since 1959
	Palacio de la Revolucion, Havana
Dominica	Government House, Roseau
Dominican Republic	National Palace, Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Carondelet Palace, Quito
El Salvador	Casa Presidencial, San Salvador
Guatemala	National Palace, Guatemala City
Guyana	State House, Georgetown
Haiti	National Palace, Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Presidential Palace, Tegucigalpa	[18]
Mexico	National Palace, Mexico City	Official residence
Nicaragua	Presidential Palace, Managua	[19]
	House of Peoples, Managua
Panama	Palacio de las Garzas, Panama City
Paraguay	Palacio de los López, Asunción
Peru	Government Palace, Lima
Suriname	Gouvernementsgebouw, Paramaribo
Trinidad and Tobago	President's House, Port of Spain
United States	White House, Washington, D.C.	Official residence
Uruguay	Executive Tower, Montevideo	Government office
	Residencia de Suárez, Montevideo	Official residence
Venezuela	Miraflores Palace, Caracas	Government office
	La Casona	Official residence

Asia

Country	Building	Notes	Image
Afghanistan	Arg, Kabul	Meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan[20]
Armenia	President's House, Yerevan
Azerbaijan	Zagulba Presidential Residence, Baku	Built in 2008
Bangladesh	Bangabhaban, Dhaka	Built in 1905
China	Zhongnanhai, Beijing	Headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party
	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
Cyprus	Presidential Palace, Nicosia
East Timor	Nicolau Lobato Presidential Palace, Dili
India	Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi	Official residence
	Rashtrapati Nilayam, Hyderabad	Winter retreat
	Rashtrapati Niwas, Shimla	Summer retreat
	The Retreat Building, Shimla
Indonesia	Istana Merdeka, Jakarta
	Istana Negara, Jakarta
	Istana Cipanas, Cipanas
	Istana Bogor, Bogor
	Gedung Agung, Yogyakarta
	Istana Tampaksiring, Bali
Iran	Sa'dabad Palace, Tehran; Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran
Iraq	Radwaniyah Palace, Baghdad
Israel	Beit HaNassi, Jerusalem
Kazakhstan	Ak Orda Presidential Palace, Astana
North Korea	Ryongsong Residence, Pyongyang	Current residence
	Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, Pyongyang	Former residence
South Korea	Presidential Residence of South Korea, Seoul	Current residence
	Blue House, Seoul	Former residence
Kyrgyzstan	White House, Bishkek
	Ala Archa State Residence, Bishkek	Current residence
Laos	Presidential Palace, Vientiane
Lebanon	Baabda Palace, Beirut
Maldives	Muliaage, Malé	Built in 1914, as the royal palace for Crown Prince Izzuddin
Mongolia	Government Palace, Ulan Bator	Also seat of government
Myanmar	Presidential Palace, Naypyidaw	Presidential residence and office
Nepal	Rastrapati Bhawan, Kathmandu
Pakistan	Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad
State of Palestine	Mukataa
Philippines	Malacañang Palace, Manila	Official residence and workplace
Singapore	Istana, Singapore
Sri Lanka	President's House, Colombo
	President's Pavilion, Kandy
Syria	Presidential Palace, Damascus
	Tishreen Palace, Damascus
Taiwan	Presidential Office Building, Taipei
Tajikistan	Palace of Nations, Dushanbe	[21]
Turkey	Presidential Compound (Turkey)
Turkmenistan	Oguzkhan Palace, Ashgabat
Uzbekistan	Ok Saroy Presidential Palace, Tashkent	Former residence[22]
	Durmen	Former residence
	Kuksaroy Presidential Palace, Tashkent	Current residence
United Arab Emirates	Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi	Seat of government[23]
Vietnam	Presidential Palace, Hanoi
Yemen	Presidential Palace, Sanaa

Europe

Country	Building	Notes	Image
Albania	Presidential Palace of Tirana
Austria	Hofburg Palace, Vienna
Belarus	Presidential Palace, Minsk
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Presidency Building, Sarajevo
Bulgaria	Presidential Palace, Sofia
Croatia	Presidential Palace, Zagreb
Czech Republic	Prague Castle, Prague	Main residence
	Lány Castle, Lány	Secondary residence
Estonia	Presidential Palace, Tallinn
Finland	Presidential Palace, Helsinki
France	Élysée Palace, Paris
Germany	Bellevue Palace, Berlin	Primary residence
	Villa Hammerschmidt, Bonn	Secondary residence
Georgia	Orbeliani Presidential Palace, Tbilisi
Greece	Presidential Mansion, Athens
Hungary	Sándor Palace, Budapest
Iceland	Bessastaðir, Álftanes
Republic of Ireland	Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin	Formerly the seat of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (British viceroy)
Italy	Quirinal Palace, Rome
Latvia	Riga Castle, Riga
Lithuania	Presidential Palace, Vilnius
North Macedonia	Villa Vodno, Skopje
Malta	San Anton Palace, Attard	Official residence
	Verdala Palace, Siġġiewi	Summer residence
Moldova	Presidential Palace, Chișinău	[24]
Montenegro	Blue Palace, Cetinje
Poland	Presidential Palace, Warsaw	Official workplace
	Belweder, Warsaw	Official residence
Portugal	Belém Palace, Lisbon
Romania	Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest
Russia	Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow	Ceremonial residence
	Kremlin Senate, Moscow	Working residence
Serbia	Novi Dvor, Belgrade
Slovakia	Grassalkovich Palace, Bratislava	Official workplace
	Hohenlohe Hunting Lodge	Recreational residence
Slovenia	Presidential Palace, Ljubljana	Also seat of government
Switzerland	No official presidential residence.	Seat of the government in the Federal Palace of Switzerland
Ukraine	Mariinskyi Palace, Kyiv

Oceania

Country	Building	Notes	Image
Fiji	Government House, Suva	[25]
Palau	Capitol of Palau Executive Building

See also

• Government House

• Government Palace

• Prime ministerial residences