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 to viceroys in former colonies that were preserved during their transition to independent states. The Rastrapati Bhavan in India is the world's largest Presidential Palace. [1]
List[]
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Africa[]
| Country | Building | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria
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El Mouradia, Algiers | ||
 Angola
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, Luanda | [2] | |
 Benin
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, Cotonou | [3] | |
 Botswana
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State House, Gaborone | [4] | |
 Cape Verde
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Palácio Presidencial, Praia | 
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 Cameroon
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The Unity Palace, Yaoundé | 
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 Republic of the Congo
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, Brazzaville | [5] | |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Palais de la Nation, Kinshasa | [6] | 
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 Côte d'Ivoire
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Presidential Palace, Abidjan | ||
| Presidential Palace, Yamoussoukro | |||
 Djibouti
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, Djibouti City | [7] | 
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 Egypt
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Abdeen Palace, Cairo Heliopolis Palace, Cairo Koubbeh Palace, Cairo Montaza Palace, Alexandria Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria |
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 Equatorial Guinea
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Malabo Government Building, Malabo | ||
 Eritrea
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Asmara President's Office, Asmara | 
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 Ethiopia
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National Palace, Addis Ababa | ||
 Gabon
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Presidential Palace, Libreville | [8] | |
 Gambia
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State House of the Gambia, Banjul | ||
 Ghana
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Jubilee House, Accra | 
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 Guinea
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, Conakry | ||
 Guinea-Bissau
|
Presidential Palace, Bissau | [9] |  |
 Kenya
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State House, Nairobi | 
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 Liberia
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Executive Mansion, Monrovia | [10] | |
 Madagascar
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Iavoloha Palace, Antananarivo | 
| |
| Ambohitsorohitra Palace, Antananarivo | Ceremonial residence | 
| |
 Malawi
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, Lilongwe | ||
 Mali
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Presidential Palace, Bamako | [11] | |
 Mauritania
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Presidential Palace, Nouakchott | ||
 Mauritius
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State House (Mauritius), Reduit | ||
 Mozambique
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Palácio da Ponta Vermelha, Maputo | ||
 Namibia
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State House of Namibia, Windhoek | ||
 Nigeria
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Nigerian Presidential Complex, Abuja | ||
 Rwanda
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Urugwiro, Kigali | ||
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Presidential Palace, São Tomé | [12] | 
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 Senegal
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, Dakar | [13] | |
 Seychelles
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State House, Victoria | 
| |
 Sierra Leone
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State House, Freetown | 
| |
 Somalia
|
Villa Somalia, Mogadishu | ||
 Somaliland
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, Hargeisa | 
| |
 South Africa
|
Mahlamba Ndlopfu, Pretoria | 
| |
 South Sudan
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, Juba | [14] | |
 Sudan
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, Khartoum | 
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 Tanzania
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Ikulu, Dar es Salaam | 
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 Togo
|
Palace of the Governors, Lomé | ||
 Tunisia
|
Carthage Palace, Tunis | 
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 Uganda
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State House, Kampala | ||
| State House, Entebbe | [15] | ||
 Zambia
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, Lusaka | [16] | |
 Zimbabwe
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(former) Presidential Palace, Harare |
Americas[]
| Country | Building | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
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Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires | Government Office | 
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| Quinta de Olivos, Buenos Aires Province | Official Residence | 
| |
 Bolivia
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Casa Grande del Pueblo, La Paz | 
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 Brazil
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Palácio da Alvorada, Brasilia | Official residence | 
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| Palácio do Planalto, Brasilia | Official workplace | 
| |
 Chile
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La Moneda Palace, Santiago de Chile | Official office | 
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| Palacio Presidencial de Cerro Castillo, Viña del Mar | Summer residence | 
| |
 Colombia
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Casa(Palacio) de Nariño, Bogotá | 
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 Costa Rica
|
, San José | [17] | 
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 Cuba
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Presidential Palace (former), Havana | Has been a museum since 1959 | 
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| Palacio de la Revolucion, Havana | |||
 Dominica
|
Government House, Roseau | 
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 Dominican Republic
|
National Palace in Santo Domingo | 
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 Ecuador
|
Carondelet Palace, Quito | 
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 El Salvador
|
Casa Presidencial, San Salvador | 
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 Guatemala
|
National Palace, Guatemala City | 
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 Guyana
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State House, Georgetown | 
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 Haiti
|
National Palace, Port-au-Prince | 
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 Honduras
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Presidential Palace, Tegucigalpa | [18] | |
 Mexico
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National Palace | Official office and official residence of the president | 
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 Nicaragua
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, Managua | [19] | |
 Panama
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Palacio de las Garzas, Panama City | 
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 Paraguay
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Palacio de los López, Asunción | 
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 Peru
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Government Palace, Lima | 
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 Suriname
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Gouvernementsgebouw, Paramaribo | 
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 Trinidad and Tobago
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President's House, Port of Spain | 
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 United States
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White House, Washington, D.C. | Official Residence | 
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 Uruguay
|
Executive Tower, Montevideo | Government Office | 
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| Residencia de Suárez, Montevideo | Official Residence | 
| |
 Venezuela
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Miraflores Palace, Caracas | Government Office | 
|
| La Casona | Official Residence | 
|
Asia[]
| Country | Building | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan
|
Arg, Kabul | 
| |
 Armenia
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President's House, Yerevan | 
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 Azerbaijan
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Presidential Palace, Baku | Built in 1970s | 
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 Bangladesh
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Bangabhaban, Dhaka | Built in 1905 | 
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 People's Republic of China
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Zhongnanhai, Beijing | Headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party Government office |
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 Cyprus
|
Presidential Palace, Nicosia | ||
 East Timor
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Nicolau Lobato Presidential Palace, Dili | ||
 India
|
Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi | 
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| Rashtrapati Nilayam, Hyderabad | Winter Retreat | 
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| The Retreat Building, Shimla | Summer Retreat | ||
 Indonesia
|
Istana Merdeka, Jakarta | 
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| Istana Negara, Jakarta | |||
| Istana Cipanas, Bogor | 
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| Istana Bogor, Bogor | 
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| Gedung Agung, Yogyakarta | 
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| Istana Tampaksiring, Bali | 
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 Iran
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Sa'dabad Palace, Tehran; Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran | 
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 Iraq
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Radwaniyah Palace, Baghdad | ||
 Israel
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Beit HaNassi, Jerusalem | 
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 Kazakhstan
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Ak Orda Presidential Palace, Nur-Sultan | 
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 South Korea
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Blue House, Seoul | 
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 North Korea
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Ryongsong Residence, Pyongyang | Current residence | |
| Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, Pyongyang | Former residence | 
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 Kyrgyzstan
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White House, Bishkek | Former Residence | |
| Ala Archa State Residence, Bishkek | Current residence | ||
 Laos
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Presidential Palace, Vientiane | 
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 Lebanon
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Baabda Palace, Beirut | ||
 Maldives
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Muliaage, Malé | Former residence | 
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 Mongolia
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Government Palace, Ulan Bator | Also seat of government | |
 Myanmar
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Presidential Palace, Naypyidaw | Presidential Residence and Office | 
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 Nepal
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Rastrapati Bhawan, Kathmandu | 
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 Pakistan
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Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad | 
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 Palestine
|
Mukataa | Presidential Palace and Compound | 
|
 Philippines
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Malacañang Palace, Manila | Presidential Residence and Office | 
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 Singapore
|
Istana, Singapore | 
| |
 Sri Lanka
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President's House, Colombo | ||
| President's Pavilion, Kandy | 
| ||
 Syria
|
Presidential Palace, Damascus | ||
| Tishreen Palace, Damascus | |||
 Taiwan (Republic of China)
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Presidential Office Building, Taipei | 
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| Presidential Palace, Guangzhou | 1921–1922; destroyed by mortar fire on 16 June 1922, now Guangzhou's Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall | ||
| Presidential Palace, Nanjing | 1927–1949; now Nanjing's China Modern History Museum | ||
 Tajikistan
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Palace of Nations, Dushanbe | [20] | 
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 Turkey
|
Presidential Compound (Turkey) | 
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 Turkmenistan
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Oguzkhan Palace, Ashgabat | ||
 Uzbekistan
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Ok Saroy Presidential Palace, Tashkent[21] | Former Residence | 
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| Durmen | Former residence | ||
| Kuksaroy Presidential Palace, Tashkent | Current residence | ||
 United Arab Emirates
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Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi | Seat of government[22] | |
 Vietnam
|
Presidential Palace, Hanoi | 
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 Yemen
|
Presidential Palace, Sanaa |
Europe[]
| Country | Building | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
 Albania
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Presidential Palace of Tirana | 
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 Austria
|
Hofburg Palace, Vienna | 
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 Belarus
|
Presidential Palace, Minsk | 
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Presidency Building, Sarajevo | 
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 Bulgaria
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Presidential Palace, Sofia | 
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 Croatia
|
Presidential Palace, Zagreb | 
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 Czech Republic
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Prague Castle, Prague | 
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 Estonia
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Presidential Palace, Tallinn | 
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 Finland
|
Presidential Palace, Helsinki | 
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 France
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Élysée Palace, Paris | 
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 Germany
|
Bellevue Palace, Berlin | Primary residence | 
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| Villa Hammerschmidt, Bonn | Secondary residence | 
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 Georgia
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Presidential Palace, Tbilisi | 
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 Greece
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Presidential Mansion, Athens | 
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 Hungary
|
Sándor Palace, Buda | 
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 Iceland
|
Bessastaðir, Álftanes | 
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 Ireland
|
Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin | 
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 Italy
|
Quirinal Palace, Rome | 
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 Latvia
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Riga Castle, Riga | 
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 Lithuania
|
Presidential Palace, Vilnius | 
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 North Macedonia
|
Villa Vodno, Skopje | ||
 Malta
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San Anton Palace, Attard | Official residence | 
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| Verdala Palace, Siġġiewi | Summer residence | 
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 Moldova
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Presidential Palace, Chișinau | [23] | 
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 Montenegro
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Blue Palace, Cetinje | 
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 Poland
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Presidential Palace, Warsaw | Official workplace | 
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| Belweder Palace, Warsaw | Official residence | 
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 Portugal
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Belém Palace, Lisbon | 
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 Romania
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Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest | 
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 Russia
|
Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow Kremlin | Ceremonial residence | 
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| Kremlin Senate, Moscow Kremlin |
Working residence | 
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 Serbia
|
Novi Dvor, Belgrade | [24] | 
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 Slovakia
|
Grassalkovich Palace, Bratislava | 
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 Slovenia
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Presidential Palace, Ljubljana | Also seat of government | 
|
 Switzerland
|
No official presidential residence. | Seat of the government in the Federal Palace of Switzerland. | |
| Turkey
|
Presidential Complex | 
| |
 Ukraine
|
Mariinskyi Palace, Kyiv | 
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Oceania[]
| Country | Building | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
 Fiji
|
Government House, Suva | [25] | 
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See also[]
- Prime ministerial residences
References[]
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- ^ "Palace (in Benin)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ "Entrance to the Presidential Palace, Gaborone, Botswana". www.agefotostock.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Clin d'œil historique" (in French). Presidency of the Republic of Congo. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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- ^ "Landmarks in Gabon, Africa". USA Today. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Guinea-Bissau Opens China-Funded Presidential Palace". Fox News. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
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- ^ "The Presidential Palace, Bamako, Mali". www.myspace.com. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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- ^ "Presidential Palace Senegal". Wordpress. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "New Office of the President Opens in Juba". gurtong.net. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "State House of Uganda - History". statehouse.go.ug. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ "State House of the Republic of Zambia". statehouse.gov.zm. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Official website of the Casa Presidencial, Costa Rica" (in Spanish). www.presidencia.go.cr. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ^ "Presidential palace from the hotel - Tegucigalpa". tripadvisor.com. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Presidential Palace, Managua, Nicaragua - Tripomatic". tripomatic.com. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "The Tajik Presidential Palace in Dushanbe, Tajikistan". photobucket.com. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Upmarket houses along road- Karimov to feel safer". www.uznews.net. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Qasr Al Watan". Qasr Al Watan. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ "Presidential Palace, Chisinau". www.virtualtourist.com. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Turistička Organisacija Beograda - Novi Dvor" (in Serbo-Croatian). www.tob.rs. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Guards at the Presidential Palace, Suva". beautifulpacific.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
External links[]
- World's Most Stunning Presidential Palaces - slideshow by The Huffington Post
Categories:
- Presidential residences
- Official residences