An official residence is the residence at which a nation's head of state, head of government, governor, religious leader, leaders of international organizations, or other senior figure officially resides. It may or may not be the same location where the individual conducts work-related functions or lives.

Africa

Algeria

• Presidential Palace

Angola

• Presidential Palace

Benin

• Presidential Palace

Botswana

• State House (President)

Burundi

• Kiriri Presidential Palace

Cameroon

• Unity Palace^[1]

Cape Verde

• Palácio Presidencial

Central African Republic

• Renaissance Palace

Chad

• Presidential Palace

Comoros

• Presidential Palace

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

• Kinshasa Presidential Palace Palais de la Nation

Former

• Palais du mont Ngaliema (residence of Mobutu Sese Seko)
• Palais de Marbre (residence of Laurent-Désiré Kabila)

Congo, Republic of the

• Brazzaville Presidential Palace

Côte d'Ivoire

• Le Palais de la Présidence (President)

Djibouti

• Presidential Palace

Egypt

• Abdeen Palace
• Heliopolis Palace
• Koubbeh Palace
• Montaza Palace
• Ras el-Tin Palace

Equatorial Guinea

• Government Building

Eritrea

• Asmara President's Office

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

Kenya

• State House (President)

Lesotho

• Royal Palace (King)
• State House (Prime Minister)

Liberia

• Executive Mansion (President)

Libya

• Al-Sikka, Tripoli (Presidential Council)
• Al Nasr Convention Centre (General National Congress)
• 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

• Mechouar Essaid, Rabat (main residence)
• Dâr-al-Makhzen, Fes
• Dâr-al-Makhzen, Meknes
• Marchane Palace, Tangier
• Bahia Palace, Marrakech
• El Badi Palace, Marrakech

Mozambique

• Palácio da Ponta Vermelha (President)

Namibia

• State House (President)

Niger

• Presidential Palace

Nigeria

Federal

• Aso Villa (President)

State

• 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)

South Africa

• Mahlamba Ndlopfu, Pretoria, (President)
• Genadendal Residence, Cape Town (President)

Provincial

• Leeuwenhof (Premier of the Western Cape)

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)

South Sudan

• Presidential Palace

Sudan

• Presidential Palace

Swaziland

• Lozitha Palace (King)

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)

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda

• Government House (Governor-General)

Argentina