The president of Mexico lives and works in the National Palace (Palacio Nacional), located on the Zócalo, the main square in the historic center of Mexico City.

Quick Scoop: Where does the president of Mexico live?

  • The official residence is the National Palace in Mexico City’s central square, the Zócalo.
  • It serves as both the president’s main workplace and home, with an apartment inside the building.
  • The palace has been a seat of political power since the time of the Aztec Empire, incorporating parts of Moctezuma II’s former palace.
  • The previous official residence, Los Pinos in Chapultepec, stopped being used as the president’s home in 2018 and is now a public cultural space.

A tiny bit of backstory

For much of the 20th century, Mexican presidents lived in Los Pinos, a large, gated complex in Chapultepec Park that became a symbol of the presidency and political power. In 2018, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador chose not to live there, opened Los Pinos to the public, and reestablished the National Palace as the presidential residence by moving into an apartment inside it.

Today, the phrase “the president lives in the National Palace” is both literal (there is an apartment inside) and symbolic, since the palace is where the president holds key meetings, events, and daily press conferences.

TL;DR: The president of Mexico lives in an apartment inside the National Palace on the Zócalo in downtown Mexico City, not in Los Pinos anymore.

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