In the Netherlands the Catshuis (Catshouse) is the official residence for our prime-minister.
I don't know if he actually lives there, because it has just been renovated:)

http://www.rijksbouwmeester.nl/upload/175558_Arch-catshuis-bestaand-300.jpg

http://www.minaz.nl/ministerie/vr_rondleiding/html/catshuis_nieuw/images/achterzijde.jpg

during the renovation:

http://www.walinco.nl/foto/catshuis.jpg

Show us your PM's/presidents/Dictators cribs:)

PERU'S GOVERNMENT PALACE, the CASA DE PIZARRO

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/bjblockdlb/175507685FQSdQE_ph.jpg

BTW: The flag on the left is the Cusco flag, not the Gay flag.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/bjblockdlb/161663523KeMQtB_ph.jpg
Side view

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/bjblockdlb/27158225.jpg
The Casa de Pizarro and the Plaza Mayor at night.

Bundeshaus Bern (for Brazilians - has sometimes something to do with Bunda :))

After Inauguration:
http://www.g26.ch/abb_bern_bundeshaus_11.jpg

And 100 years later today:
http://www.pani.com/referenzen/event/bilder/bundeshaus.jpg

Mostly the Bundesplatz (the square in front) looks like this :)
http://www.digitalpodium.ch/anlaesse/demo03/bundeshaus/bund7375.jpghttp://www.digitalpodium.ch/anlaesse/demo03/bundeshaus/bund7378.jpg
http://www.digitalpodium.ch/anlaesse/demo03/bundeshaus/bund7387.jpghttp://www.digitalpodium.ch/anlaesse/demo03/bundeshaus/bund7397.jpg

Three Official Reidences at Orchard Road:
The Istana, the official residence of the President of Singapore:
http://www.crescent.edu.sg/ipw/select/2000/17g10-istana/Website/lwf6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v401/pjccuk/Singapore/Istana01.jpg

Before renovation:
http://www.istana.gov.sg/jpeg/main3-l.jpg

Middle Gate with guard house.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/huaiwei/Istana/DSC06112.jpg

Entrance:
http://www.crescent.edu.sg/ipw/select/2000/17g10-istana/Website/entrance.jpg

West Drawing Room:
http://www.crescent.edu.sg/ipw/select/2000/17g10-istana/Website/west%20drawing%20room.jpg



Sri Temasek, official residence of the Prime Minister:
http://www.istana.gov.sg/jpeg/temasek-l.jpg



A house called The Villa, the official residence of the Attorney-General:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/huaiwei/Istana/DSC06118.jpg


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Command House, official residence to the Chief of Army:
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990000210-8269-3262-1167/img0113.jpg

Number Ten Downing Street, the UK's Prime Minister's official residence, has to be the most boring-looking official residence of a head of government in the world. It is an ordinary terraced house, with the brickwork blackened by soot from Victorian times. Number eleven, next door, is the official residence of the number two guy, and it is bigger than number ten!

It used to be possible to go right up to the front door of the place, but when Margaret Thatcher was PM, a fence was built across the street for security, so the place is virtually invisible now. Apparently, fencing off a public thoroughfare is illegal in English law, but no-one seems to have challenged the government's right to build this particular fence.

The Malacanang Palace, official residence of the President of the Republic of the Philippines.

http://www.cityofmanila.com.ph/image/malacanang.jpg

Palais de l'Elysée , official residence of the President of the French Republic
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/civ/etat/elysee.jpg
http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00025.jpg
http://photoenligne.free.fr/ParisVIII/Elysee/D14570.jpg
http://photoenligne.free.fr/ParisVIII/Elysee/D14571.jpg
http://www.chez.com/ramsesteam/paris/lieux/elysee%20neige.jpg
http://www.lycee-rascol.net/journal/informations/14_07_99/images/lustre.jpg
http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00010.jpg http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00011.jpg http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00015.jpg
http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00016.jpg http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00023.jpg

Hôtel de Matignon : official residence of the Prime Minister
http://www.archives.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/juppe_version1/VIRT/images/MATIGN1.JPG
http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/lamarlec/f306/hotel.matignon.jpeg
http://www.archives.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/juppe_version1/VIRT/images/MATIGN3.JPG
http://clinton4.nara.gov/media/jpg/bcandjospinwave.jpg

New York's Governor's Mansion:

http://www.postcardpost.com/st148.jpg

Oh, yeah... and that other house...

http://www.frank-voi.de/frank/washington/white%20house.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/ringil_sthlm/rosenbad.jpg
Rosenbad to the left is the goverments head quarter

Wow
The French one is really magnificent

Τhe Greek Presidential Mansion
in Hrodou Attikou Street.


http://www.presidency.gr/images/topo81.jpg


Central entrance
http://www.presidency.gr/images/ARCHITEKTONIKA_STOIXIA_1.jpg


Inside
http://www.presidency.gr/images/KENTRIKI_EISODOS_3.jpg

http://www.presidency.gr/images/DIAPISTEUTIRIA_2.jpg

http://www.presidency.gr/images/DEKSIOSEON_3.jpg

http://www.presidency.gr/images/SALONI_2.jpg


The president's office
http://www.presidency.gr/images/GRAFEIO_PROEDROU_2.jpg




The Prime minister's office (in the same street)
Maximou Mansion

http://www.thkarayannis.gr/photos/PRESIDENTS-HOUSE-03.jpg

http://www.thkarayannis.gr/photos/presidents-home.jpg

http://www.thkarayannis.gr/photos/maximou.jpg

Chile's La Moneda Palace (built between 1784 and 1799).

where the president usually lives, now they usually stay at their real homes:

http://www.adrejas.com/Fotos%20de%20Chile/004)%2002-10-30%20Palacio%20de%20la%20Moneda%20(Santiago).jpg

http://icarito.latercera.cl/especiales/patrimonio_nac/moneda/img/fachada2.jpg

A few years ago...
http://www.zocalo.cl/fonda/imagenes/moneda1870.jpg

Being bombarded by Pinochet to oust the socialist president:

http://mazinger.sisib.uchile.cl/repositorio/lb/filosofia_y_humanidades/vitale/obras/images/gal01/Historia%20Social%20Comparada%20de%20Am%E9rica%20Latina/images/Bombardeo%20en%20la%20Moneda.jpg

http://iescasablancas.xtec.es/~mgonzalez/graphics/palaciom.jpg

http://icarito.latercera.cl/enc_virtual/historia/civica/img/moneda.gif

http://www.timshome.com/chile/images/2003/003.jpg

http://www.aftersleep.com/album/south_america/patagonia/026_santiago/01_downtown/11280076_palacio_de_la_moneda.jpg

the building was supposed to become the "the mint" but was later adapted to become the presidential palace, hence the name "La Moneda" which means "The Coin" (the last coin to be mint there was in 1922)
http://www.artehistoria.com/historia/jpg/CDP12446.jpg

very simple interiors, for a presidential palace
http://www2.redenlaces.cl/webeducativos/patrimonio/img/fotos/la-moneda3.gif

http://icarito.latercera.cl/especiales/patrimonio_nac/moneda/img/comedor.jpg

http://icarito.latercera.cl/especiales/patrimonio_nac/moneda/img/oficina.jpg

http://icarito.latercera.cl/especiales/patrimonio_nac/moneda/img/salon.jpg

the Patio de los Naranjos or Orangeries Patio (unlike in France, they can stay out in the open year-round...)
http://icarito.latercera.cl/especiales/patrimonio_nac/moneda/img/p_naranjos1.jpg

http://icarito.latercera.cl/especiales/patrimonio_nac/moneda/img/p_naranjos2.jpg

the Patio de los Naranjos or Orangeries Patio (unlike in France, they can stay out in the open year-round...)
It depends on where. In southern France they got them everywhere. I actually got one to in my garden in Sweden.

Wow I like the Peru one a lot.

It depends on where. In southern France they got them everywhere. I actually got one to in my garden in Sweden.

Wow that's awesome. I've actually heard that there are palm trees in Sweden, out in the open. Of course they need extra care...

Wow that's awesome. I've actually heard that there are palm trees in Sweden, out in the open. Of course they need extra care...

it depends on where you are. In the most southern part or on islands in the sea they dont need any protection but more north they do.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/Ringil_swe/Bild014.jpg
Falsterbo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/Ringil_swe/Bild004.jpg
Trelleborg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/Ringil_swe/Bild002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/Ringil_swe/Bild171.jpg
a bad picture.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/Ringil_swe/Bild213.jpg
Simrishamn

Polish president's residence:

http://arbiter.pl/files/g/2_162_103_0359.jpg

president's room:

http://www.prezydent.pl/gal/GAB1d.jpg

the Prime Minister of Québec has an official appartment at the 16th and 17th floors of the Price Building, located in the walled city.

http://www.veq.qc.ca/images/Chalmers.JPG

it's more like a luxury condo than an official residence.

http://www.siq.gouv.qc.ca/projets/ed_price/Vestibule.jpg

http://www.siq.gouv.qc.ca/projets/ed_price/cuisine.jpg

http://www.siq.gouv.qc.ca/projets/ed_price/Salon2.jpg

http://www.siq.gouv.qc.ca/projets/ed_price/dine1.jpg

http://www.siq.gouv.qc.ca/projets/ed_price/bureau.jpg

http://www.siq.gouv.qc.ca/projets/ed_price/chambre.jpg

http://www.siq.gouv.qc.ca/projets/ed_price/salon_14.jpg

one of the the views :

http://www.siq.gouv.qc.ca/projets/ed_price/vue2.jpg

The Malacanang Palace, official residence of the President of the Republic of the Philippines.

http://www.cityofmanila.com.ph/image/malacanang.jpg
:O!

Thats amazingly, stunningly, fantastically, BEAUTIFUL! <3

Buckingham Palace, official residence of Queen Elizabeth II

http://www.christopherholt.com/gifs/buckingham_palace_wallpaper.jpg
http://home.12move.nl/~sh829487/London/bucplair.jpg

http://toadstool.se/photos/2003/.1024x768/map/08/29-Drottningholm,Sweden-A_trip_to_the_summertime_Royal_Palace/17-A_nice_view_of_Drottningholm.JPG
drottningholm palace the inofficial home of the Swedish royal family

it depends on where you are. In the most southern part or on islands in the sea they dont need any protection but more north they do.



That is awesome Ringil, you should do a guess the country... everyone will think it's some mediterranean country.

United Kingdom

Official Residence of the Head of State - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II:

Buckingham Palace
http://www.daelnet.co.uk/images/news/buckingham_palace.jpg

Official Residence of the Head of Government - The Prime Minister:

Number 10, Downing Street
http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/galleries/uk/uk_photos/london_10_downing_street_625056.jpg
http://www.thegordonsworld.co.uk/PHOTO_IMAGES/LONDON/10_DOWNING_ST_1.JPG

The Blairs in 97', when he became PM:
http://www.ukattraction.com/london/number10-downing-street.jpg

Maggie leaving (with her late husband Dennis):
http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0703/063003thatchermargaretdennis.jpg

On the Bush visit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39506000/jpg/_39506036_031120galeria03.jpg

Finally, at Christams Time:
http://www.woodsfarm.co.uk/graphics/photos/imgGrowBlair.jpg

Korea's president's official resident...Chung Wa Dae.
http://www.hankorea21.com/images/blue1.jpg
http://www.president.go.kr/cwd/kr/about/banner/3.gif

Wow. that's beautiful!!! Looks like holiday resort ;)

PALAZZO CHIGI
Rome, ITALY
Official Residence of the PRIME MINISTER

http://digilander.libero.it/APKH/images/palazzo_adnkronos_420.jpg

http://digilander.libero.it/clapit/Roma36.jpg

http://romainweb.com/romaintaxi/2001.10/palazzochigi1.jpg

http://www.retebiella.it/media/immagine/ROMA_001.jpg


PALAZZO DEL QUIRINALE
Rome,ITALY
Official Residence of the REPUBLIC PRESIDENT

http://www.quirinale.it/palazzo/visita/gra_PalazzoNuovo.jpg

http://www.quirinale.it/palazzo/visita/Q-CortileOnore.jpg

http://www.lapaweb.it/rome/foto/quirinale_1.jpg

http://romephotos.com/lowres/2922.jpg http://www.quirinale.it/simboli/tricolore/immagini/torrino_Face2Face.jpg

http://tinypic.com/141ndk http://tinypic.com/141nhs

http://tinypic.com/141nj9

http://tinypic.com/141nnn

BASILICA DI SAN PIETRO
Official Residence of the "PRESIDENT" of VATICAN STATE :)

http://www.belsito.it/Roma/foto/img0051.jpg

http://www.belsito.it/Roma/foto/img0052.jpg

I wonder how many really live in their Offical Residence?

24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Ont., the official residence of the prime minister of Canada.

http://www.canajun.com/ottawa/tourism/pictures/intro/24sussex.jpg

The residence of the president of Serbia - Belgrade.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/filipvlasak/ea78f3c8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/filipvlasak/95005435.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/filipvlasak/6bba1bcd.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/filipvlasak/DCP_0691.jpg

The White House

Here are some pictures from Germany:

Schloss Bellvue, residence of the german president:


http://www.courses.psu.edu/nuc_e/nuc_e405_g9c/berlin/rathaeuser/bellevue.jpg

Bundeskanzleramt, residence of the german chancellor:

http://www.geocities.com/badwolfbesuchtberlin/Bundeskanzleramt-Dateien/image001.jpg

http://www.cfd.tu-berlin.de/~peth/berlin/berlin-bundeskanzleramt.jpg

Wow, that Bundeskanzleramt looks very modern.
Completely different from the other residences!

I wonder how many really live in their Offical Residence?
I think they all live in those official residence

India

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/world/0510/0510_27.jpg
http://www.unbf.ca/clubs/indasso/Photos/India/Monuments12.jpg
http://www.unbf.ca/clubs/indasso/Photos/India/Monuments14.jpg
http://www.unbf.ca/clubs/indasso/Photos/India/Monuments13.jpg
http://www.indian-travel-agency.com/gifs/rashtrapati-bhavan.jpg
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040130/ind1.jpg

Chequers, the British Prime Ministers Official Country Residence

http://www.ellesboroughpc.gov.uk/vds/graphics/page10_3.jpg

Ze Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellery)

http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/pix/baubilanz/regierungsgebaeude/bundeskanzleramt.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/Aviller71/berlin3.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/Aviller71/berlin1a.jpg

Villa Hammerschmidt (old residence of the Federal President in Bonn)

http://www.reservisten-uni-bonn.de/bonn_048.jpg

President's "Office" (Bundespräsidialamt in Berlin)

http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/pix/baubilanz/regierungsgebaeude/bundespraesidialamt.jpg

http://www.muhs.de/c/13.JPG

Palácio de Belém - Belém Palace, official residence of His Excellency the Portuguese President of the Republic, Dr. Jorge Branco Fernando Sampaio

http://www.mdn.gov.pt/Defesa/image/PR.jpg

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/TV2/archive/00133/09_haakon_300_133504a.jpg
With the Prince Norway

http://www.gouvernement.lu/pictures/shared/photos/act/0210/19juncker.jpg
With the Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

http://www.aftenposten.no/multimedia/archive/00174/136089a229_174559a.jpg
Revising the troops

http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/photos/diplo/diplo0399/photo03a.jpg
With the President of the French Republic

http://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/New/Europe-0005/images/0530-photo13.jpg
During former US President's visit to Lisbon

http://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/New/Europe-0005/images/0530-photo15.jpg
With former President Clinton

http://www.granma.cu/foto-cumbre/recibimiento/p006.jpg
Receiving Comrade Comander Fidel Castro in Lisbon

http://www.casareal.es/casareal/images/cotec07g.jpg
His Majesty the King of Spain on visit in Lisbon

http://www.strawberryworld-lisbon.com/images/lisbon_build005.jpg

http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt/pt/foto/pal02.jpg

http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt/pt/foto/pal01a.jpg

http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt/pt/foto/pal11a.jpg

http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt/pt/foto/pal04b.jpg

http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt/pt/foto/slide1.jpg

http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt/pt/foto/pal05b.jpg

http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt/pt/foto/pal05c.jpg

http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt/pt/foto/pal07a.jpg

http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt/pt/foto/pal08a.jpg

Official residence of the President of the Council of Ministers of the Portuguese Republic - Office of the Prime Minister, Palace of São Bento

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/93FB079B-E308-4FFB-ABFF-2C0B30D9CCBF/0/resid_pm_01.jpg

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/9ED80B1F-A2FB-419E-AB79-F1E3380D924D/0/resid_pm_04.jpg

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/F008E8B8-418E-4B76-BEA2-1A4D9D3F8968/0/resid_pm_12.jpg

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/8665E589-F01B-4A72-A5DA-8672ADA8BB0C/0/resid_pm_09.jpg

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/90B4E156-1DF4-4B7B-842E-5EAB85F04331/0/resid_pm_11.jpg

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/9768AB9C-C000-4466-8CE2-54A21F5D8C24/0/resid_pm_02.jpg

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/137CA2AF-CFDE-43EA-8FFE-AEC89FD73617/0/resid_pm_06.jpg

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/48594387-E313-4566-B99B-92FF36814A33/0/resid_pm_07.jpg

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/E329C2EE-456E-4FB0-B2CF-ED20E17133B1/0/resid_pm_05.jpg

http://www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/C975BAF1-F36C-48BE-B6F0-50767C3F4A33/0/resid_pm_08.jpg

Is the official residense the home of the president, or the house of parliament, or the home of the head of state like a cancelor or something else?

Home of the president. Belevedere Palace:
http://img143.exs.cx/img143/413/belvedere8ln.jpg
The parliament:
http://img115.exs.cx/img115/6711/reichstag4vb.jpg
The cancelors office:
http://img120.exs.cx/img120/7566/kanzleramt6sc.jpg

Vilnius, Lithuania
President's residence

http://img63.exs.cx/img63/6225/img68501in.jpg

http://img63.exs.cx/img63/2231/img68610cc.jpg

BRAZIL - PALÁCIO DA ALVORADA

http://img137.exs.cx/img137/7166/065brasiliapalacalvoradazblizk.jpg
http://fa23.sites.uol.com.br/imagens/bsb014.jpg

Saddam's Former Home

http://ciai-s.net/baghdad_palaces_presidential.jpg

Didnt saddam have a lot of homes?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v513/bjblockdlb/27158225.jpg
The Casa de Pizarro and the Plaza Mayor at night.[/QUOTE]

Looks amazing at night!

Seri Perdana Complex - the residential complex of Malaysia's PM , Putrajaya

This is quite an old picture as the vegetation around the place seems 'new'.

This is a rare view because this is the protocol entrance of the building which is different from the visitor's entrance. Previously the residence of Tun Dr. Mahathir (ex-PM).......now of course PM Abdullah Badawi (I think he still hasn't moved in yet)

http://img217.exs.cx/img217/2585/palace3th.jpg

by szehoong

http://pwp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/putrajaya/Seri%20Perdana%20Complex/IMG_0000sm.JPG

http://pwp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/putrajaya/Seri%20Perdana%20Complex/IMG_0001sm.JPG

http://pwp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/putrajaya/Seri%20Perdana%20Complex/IMG_0003sm.JPG

http://pwp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/putrajaya/Seri%20Perdana%20Complex/IMG_0005sm.JPG

http://pwp.maxis.net.my/szehoong/pix/putrajaya/Seri%20Perdana%20Complex/IMG_0007sm.JPG

construction work, from aircraft

http://img124.exs.cx/img124/7114/gi0yt.jpg

BRAZIL - PALÁCIO DA ALVORADA

http://img137.exs.cx/img137/7166/065brasiliapalacalvoradazblizk.jpg
http://fa23.sites.uol.com.br/imagens/bsb014.jpg

Guto, that is not the Palácio da Alvorada, this one is the Alvorada, the President´s Official Residence:

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3416/alvorada.jpg

http://www.br.emb-japan.go.jp/nihongo/jpg/alvorada.jpg

http://stat.correioweb.com.br/arquivos/hotsites/imagensinternautas/eliano2.jpg

http://www.kaduniemeyer.com/fotos_expo/alvorada.jpg

http://www.ifa.de/a/a2/pics/braniek.jpg

http://quem.globo.com/edic/121/palacio.jpg

http://www.ifa.de/a/a2/pics/brasgal3.jpg

in the time of its constrution
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/1999/img/bresil/alvorado_1.jpg

http://164.100.24.167/presidentelection/president3.jpg

This is "Ajuria enea", basque president's official residence, located in Vitoria-Gasteiz city.

Unfortunatly I haven't better photos.

http://personales.alumno.upv.es/~jormaso/fotos/vitoria_archivos/palacio.jpg

Is the official residense the home of the president, or the house of parliament, or the home of the head of state like a cancelor or something else?

Home of the president. Belevedere Palace:
http://img143.exs.cx/img143/413/belvedere8ln.jpg


That's the Upper Belvedere in Vienna!

The Austrian President's home is the Hofburg

http://www.happybeagle.com/images/europe/wien/hofburg.jpg

Different entrance (Michaelertor)

http://www.planet-vienna.com/spots/Hofburg/Michaelertor1b.jpg

The Austrian Chancellery

http://galerie.digitalkamera.de/data/501/107597Wien_-_Bundeskanzleramt-med.jpg

http://homepage.univie.ac.at/anton.tantner/hausnummern/ausstellung/Wien_0019.jpg

http://www.stadt-wien.at/01/images/ballhausplatz01.jpg

The Whie House:

http://www.atpm.com/7.01/washington-dc/images/white-house.jpg

http://www.photo.net/photo/pcd0158/white-house-7.4.jpg

And a bonus -
Drumthwacket - The New Jersey Governor's Residence
http://www.drumthwacket.org/images/welcome_02.jpg

Here are some pictures from Germany:

Schloss Bellvue, residence of the german president:


http://www.courses.psu.edu/nuc_e/nuc_e405_g9c/berlin/rathaeuser/bellevue.jpg

Bundeskanzleramt, residence of the german chancellor:

http://www.geocities.com/badwolfbesuchtberlin/Bundeskanzleramt-Dateien/image001.jpg

http://www.cfd.tu-berlin.de/~peth/berlin/berlin-bundeskanzleramt.jpg


I like this view:

http://img157.echo.cx/img157/5465/050529457ik.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img150.echo.cx/img150/8700/050603116rg.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

The Indian President (who has a largely ceremonial role) lives in the grand Rashtrapati Bhavan (Hindi for 'President's House') whose picture is posted above. It was built as the Viceroy's House by the British.

The Indian Prime Minister, who is the most powerful elected official of the country, lives in more modest accomodations - a four-bedroom bungalow with a decent lawn around it. There are few pictures of the exteriors of the house itself, but here are some interior pictures.

Large sitting room
http://www.pmindia.nic.in/images/vtour_big/hb3.jpg

Small sitting room
http://www.pmindia.nic.in/images/vtour_big/hb4.jpg

Side entrance
http://www.pmindia.nic.in/images/vtour_big/hb1.jpg

Small Cabinet room
http://www.pmindia.nic.in/images/vtour_big/hb6.jpg

Large Cabinet room
http://www.pmindia.nic.in/images/vtour_big/2.jpg

There are several

Monarch:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/images/Artres_D2_4a_13.jpg

http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/images/Artres_D2_2a_13.jpg

http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/images/Artres_D2_6a_13.jpg


Prime Minister:
http://www.anyoldicon.com/gallery/images/9%20No%2010%20Mitten.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Chequers.jpg

The official residence of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was Trimurti Bhavan, whose picture is shown below. The next Prime Minister after him, was a man of great simplicity and moved to much more modest accomodations. The Prime Minister's bungalow is therefore a simple four-bedroom affair now.

Here is Trimurti Bhavan, which was originally built as the house for the Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army. It is now a memorial to the first Prime Minister of India - Jawaharlal Nehru and houses the Nehru Memorial Library.

http://img170.echo.cx/img170/7867/3murtibhavan7yy.jpg

The official residence of the Danish Prime minister, called Marienborg...

http://www.stm.dk/imagesUpload/generelle/Indgang_st.jpg http://www.stm.dk/imagesUpload/generelle/Baghave_st.jpg http://www.stm.dk/imagesUpload/generelle/Spring_st.jpg http://www.stm.dk/imagesUpload/generelle/Moede_st.jpg http://www.stm.dk/imagesUpload/generelle/pejse_st.jpg

Scotland: Bute House, Number 6 Charlotte Square. The Square is a Georgian Square in Edinburgh's New Town designed by Robert Adam. It is now the First Minister of Scotland's official residence, but was the grace-in-favour house of the Secretary of State for Scotland prior to devolution.

http://photos7.flickr.com/7973602_0b12efe8be.jpg

http://www.tartanday.gov.uk/images/staircase.jpg

http://www.tartanday.gov.uk/images/drawing-room.jpg

Government House of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. It is the grandest residence in Australia, built in 1872-1876 in the mid-Victorian Italianate style and housing the largest ballroom in the world at the time (bigger than Buckingham Palace!).
http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/images/regions/melbourne/city/41.jpg

California Governer's Mansion....19,000+ sq. ft.

http://www.aaa-calif.com/westways/0504/pg_42a.jpg

http://www.hauntedhouses.com/photos02/hauntedc.jpeg

http://www.hauntedhouses.com/photos02/hauntedb.jpeg


and everyone knows about the white house..

Palais de l'Elysée , official residence of the President of the French Republic
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/civ/etat/elysee.jpg
http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00025.jpg
http://photoenligne.free.fr/ParisVIII/Elysee/D14570.jpg
http://photoenligne.free.fr/ParisVIII/Elysee/D14571.jpg
http://www.chez.com/ramsesteam/paris/lieux/elysee%20neige.jpg
http://www.lycee-rascol.net/journal/informations/14_07_99/images/lustre.jpg
http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00010.jpg http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00011.jpg http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00015.jpg
http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00016.jpg http://www.chez.com/parisvisite/elyseeimage/PIC00023.jpg

...


The others Presidential residences :

The "Hotel de Marigny" in Paris is used as a residence for State visitors :
http://photoenligne.free.fr/ParisVIII/Marigny/D14731.jpg

http://photoenligne.free.fr/ParisVIII/Marigny/D14734.jpg


The Fort of Bregancon (south of France) :
http://www.carto.net/andre.mw/photos/1999/12/19_provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/19991230_pellegrin_bregancon.jpg


The Palace of Rambouillet (south-west of Paris) :
http://p.vtourist.com/1767555-Rambouillet_Chateau-Rambouillet.jpg

http://www2.mnx.jp/shigeki/rambouillet/rambouillet1.jpg

http://www.offrench.net/photos/pictures/around_paris/photos/chateau_rambouillet_hor.jpg


Marly State Property (west of Paris) :
http://www.goin2travel.com/photoc1/c1551.jpg

http://www.goin2travel.com/photoc1/c1553.jpg


Property of Souzy-la-Briche (south of Paris):
no pictures :(



http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/anglais/the_elysee_palace/history_of_the_elysee_palace/history_of_the_elysee_palace.20248.html

The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia has two official residences.

The Prime Minister's Lodge in Canberra
Built in 1926
http://www.deannekelly.com.au/lodge.jpg
Sorry, I couldn't find a good pic.

The second is Kirribilli House, a waterfront property on Sydney Harbour, opposite Circular Quay. Built in 1855
http://www.deannekelly.com.au/kirribilli.jpg
http://www.theaustralianafund.org.au/images/kirribillihouse.jpg
Check out the view!!!!!
http://www.mcmanus.com.au/house1/103kirribilli/k4.jpg

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth also has two official residences.

Yarralumla, built in 1927.
http://www.gg.gov.au/images/adhouse_pic1.gif
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an11030057-34-v.jpg

Also, Admiralty House, built in the early 1800's, just next to Kirribilli House.
http://www.theaustralianafund.org.au/images/admiraltyhouse.jpg
http://www.theaustralianafund.org.au/images/admiraltyhouse.jpg

The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia has two official residences.

The Prime Minister's Lodge in Canberra
Built in 1926
http://www.deannekelly.com.au/lodge.jpg
Sorry, I couldn't find a good pic.

The second is Kirribilli House, a waterfront property on Sydney Harbour, opposite Circular Quay. Built in 1855
http://www.deannekelly.com.au/kirribilli.jpg
http://www.theaustralianafund.org.au/images/kirribillihouse.jpg
Check out the view!!!!!
http://www.mcmanus.com.au/house1/103kirribilli/k4.jpg

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth also has two official residences.

Yarralumla, built in 1927.
http://www.gg.gov.au/images/adhouse_pic1.gif
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an11030057-34-v.jpg

Also, Admiralty House, built in the early 1800's, just next to Kirribilli House.
http://www.theaustralianafund.org.au/images/admiraltyhouse.jpg
http://www.gg.gov.au/images/adhouse_pic3.gif

Since someone already posted the picture of the house of the governor of California, here are the pictures of the house of the Mexican president (my second nationality).

This is the actual home of the President, Los Pinos. (Which seems to be a small villa of houses). Still, one of the leading presidential candidates has promised to open the space to the public as he intends to move back the official residence to the city.

http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/archivos/4/9/0/5/1/files/fotos/mediano/sip-5046.jpg
http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/archivos/4/9/0/5/1/files/fotos/mediano/sip-6770.jpg
http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/archivos/4/9/0/5/1/files/fotos/mediano/sip-5843.jpg

Palacio Nacional, which was supposed to be the official residence (initially built by Cortez).

http://www.jimcline.com/colonialmex/palacio%20nacional001_std.jpg
http://media.de.indymedia.org/images/2005/04/111444.jpg

The Diego Rivera murals inside
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~mescobar/mexicoweb/palacio/palacio-Images/13.jpg
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~mescobar/mexicoweb/palacio/palacio-Thumbnails/2.jpg
http://www.mfortunato.it/PagineMenu(01)/NCAmerica/Messico/Foto/Mexico002.jpg

Indonesia presidential residences. (All these palaces were initially built for the Governor-Generals of the Dutch East Indies.)

http://racer.kb.nl/gvn-mod/resolver.pl?urn=NFA02%3ANFA02_cas-10301-2%3ANFA02_cas-10301-2_U
Istana Merdeka (Former Weltevreden Palace)

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/flin/jak-demo_jan03/big010901.jpg

Istana Negara (Former Rijswijk Palace)
http://racer.kb.nl/gvn-mod/resolver.pl?urn=NFA02%3ANFA02_cas-10304-3%3ANFA02_cas-10304-3_U

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/id/9/97/Istana_Negara1.jpg

http://racer.kb.nl/gvn-mod/resolver.pl?urn=KITLV01%3AKITLV01_11705%3AKITLV01_11705_U

http://racer.kb.nl/gvn-mod/resolver.pl?urn=KITLV01%3AKITLV01_11704%3AKITLV01_11704_U

http://racer.kb.nl/gvn-mod/resolver.pl?urn=KITLV01%3AKITLV01_11696%3AKITLV01_11696_U
Istana Bogor (Former Buitenzorg Palace)

http://www.fig.net/news/news_2004/jakarta_03_04/bogor_palace_600.jpg

Here is a pic showing the location of Kirribilli House (the PM) and Admiralty House (the GG). As explained earlier, they have 2 official residences, one in the Nations Capital (Canberra) and one in the nations biggest city (Sydney).

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5378/kirribilli4ne.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Admiralty House is on the left and Kirribilli House the smaller one on the right.
The North side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is visible at top left.