Generally, heads of states and governments aren't meant to go buy their official residences, they have the use of one provided by the state. The Dutch prime min

Generally, heads of states and governments aren't meant to go buy their official residences, they have the use of one provided by the state. The Dutch prime ministers official residence is Catshuis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catshuis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catshuis Also, you're conflating head of state and head of government. Mujica and Putin are heads of state, Rutte is head of government. The Dutch head of state is the king, and he has a couple of palaces at his disposal.