List of political families

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This is a partial listing of prominent political families. Royal families are not included, unless certain later descendants have played political roles in a republican structure (e.g. Cakobau Family of Fiji).

Contents

[edit] Albania

The Hoxha Family

  • Hysen Hoxha (Albanian independence leader; uncle of Enver Hoxha)
  • Enver Hoxha (First Secretary of the Albanian Labour Party, 1944–1985)
  • Nexhmije Hoxha (member of the Central Committee of the Albanian Labour Party; wife of Enver Hoxha)

The Kapo Family

The Myftiu Family - Peristeri Family

The Nano Family (father-son)

The Pashko Family (spouses)

The Shehu Family

[edit] Angola

The dos Santos - Van-Dúnem Family

[edit] Antigua and Barbuda

The Bird Family

The Frank Family (uncle-nephew)

[edit] Argentina

The Kirchner Family

The Perón Family (Husband and wife)

The Roca Family (Father and son)

The Rodríguez Saá Family (Brothers)

The Sáenz Peña Family (Father and son)

[edit] Armenia

The Sargsyan Family (brothers)

[edit] Australia

[edit] Austria

The Habsburg Family of Austria ( (grandfather – father – children)

[edit] Azerbaijan

The Aliyev Family (father-son)

[edit] The Bahamas

The Butler Family

The Pindling Family

The Symonette Family

The Turnquest Family (father-son)

[edit] Bangladesh

The Mahmood Family of Sirajgonj

  1. Abdullah Al Mahmood (former MLA, former Deputy High Commissioner of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, former Central Industrial and Natural Resources Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan).
  2. Iqbal Hassan Mahmood (former Member of Parliament of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, former State Minister of Power of People's Republic of Bangladesh.
  3. Manzur Hassan Mahmood ( former Chairman of Sirajgonj Pouroshova ).
  4. Mohammad Abdul Matin, son in law (Former Member of Parliament of People's Republic of Bangladesh, # Former Deputy Prime Minister of People's Republic of Bangladesh.
  5. Rumana Mahmood, daughter in law( Present Member of Parliament of People's Republic of Bangladesh).

The Huq Family

The Sheikh Mujib Family

The Ziaur Rahman Family

The Chowdhury Family

The Chowdhury Family

The Chowdhury

  1. Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury (Former Labour Minister of Bangladesh)
  2. Mahtab Uddin chowdhury (Join secratory of Chittagong Awamileg)

[edit] Barbados

The Adams Family (father-son)

The Barrow Family (brother-sister)

[edit] Belgium

de Brouckère family (brothers)

De Gucht family (father-son)

Dehousse family (father-son)

Eyskens family (father-son)

Janson-Spaak family

Simonet family (father-son)

Vanderpoorten family

Van Rompuy family

[edit] Benin

The Soglo Family

[edit] Bolivia

The Ballivián Family (father-son)

The Siles Family

[edit] Botswana

The Khama Family (husband-wife-son)

[edit] Brazil

The Brás-Moreira Family (cousins)

The Collor-Mello Family

The Fonseca Family

The Garotinho Family (spouses)

The Goulart-Brizola Famil (brothers-in-law)

The Kubitschek Family

The Magalhães Family

The Neves-Cunha Family

The Sarney Family (father-daughter)

The Vargas-Peixoto Family

[edit] Bulgaria

The Bogoridi Family

The Bokov Family

End of the BOKOV Family

The Mihaylovski Family

The Shishmanov Family

The Slaveykov Family

The Staliyski Family

The Stanishev Family (father-son)

The Zhivkov Family

[edit] Burkina Faso

The Compaoré Family

The Yaméogo Family (father-son)

The Zerbo-Yonli Family

[edit] Burma

The Aung San Family (parents-daughter)

The Win Family (father-daughter)

[edit] Burundi

The Bagaza-Buyoya Family

[edit] Canada

The Bennett family (father, son)

The Chiarelli family (cousins)

The Clement Family (stepfather, stepson)

The Copps Family (father, daughter)

The Dolin Family (husband, wife)

  • Mary Beth Dolin, provincial cabinet minister, Manitoba
  • Marty Dolin, provincial member of parliament, Manitoba

The Dewar Family (mother, son)

The Grewal Family (husband, wife)

The Hampton family – Martel family (maternal grandfather, father, daughter, daughter's husband)

The Jackman family (grandfather, son-in-law, son-in-law's children)

The Johnson family (father, sons)

The Layton family (grandfather, father, son, son's wife)

(Jack Layton is also a descendant of William Steeves, a Father of Confederation and Senator, on his maternal side.)

The Lewis family (father, son)

The Lougheed family (grandfather, grandson)

The MacKay family (father, son)

  • Elmer MacKay, Progressive Conservative MP and cabinet minister
    • Peter MacKay, Conservative MP and final Progressive Conservative leader

The Manning Family (father, son)

The Martin family (father, son)

The Macdonald family (father, son)

The Mackenzie King family (grandfather, grandson)

The McGuinty family (father, son)

The Meighen Family (father, son, daughter, grandson's stepfather, grandson)

The Miller Family (father, son)

The Nixon family (grandfather, father, daughter)

The Peterson Family (3 brothers)

The Regan family (father, son)

The Roblin family (grandfather, grandson)

The Rogers family (mother, daughter)

The Rowe family (father, daughter, daughter's husband)

The Sifton family (father, sons)

The Sinclair family – Trudeau family (grandfather, son-in-law, grandchildren)

[edit] Central African Republic

The Boganda Family – Dacko Family -Domitien Family and Bokassa Family (distant relatives)

The Kolingba Family

[edit] Chile

The Alessandri Family

The Allende Family

The Aylwin Family

The Errázuriz Family

The Frei Family

The Lagos Family

The Letelier Family

The Montt Family

The Pinto Family

[edit] Republic of China

The Chiang Family (father-sons-grandson)

The Soong Family (father-son-3 daughters)

[edit] People's Republic of China

See also Crown Prince Party for a more complete list

The Deng Family

The Bo Family

  • Bo Yibo: Minister of Fiance of the PRC 1949-1953, Vice Premier of the PRC 1956-1975, Vice Chairman of the Central Advisory Commission 1982–1992
    • Bo Xilai (son): Governor of Liaoning 2003-2004, Minister of Commerce of the PRC 2004-2007, Communist Party Chongqing Committee Secretary 2007-incumbent

The Zeng Family

  • Zeng Shan: Interior Minister of PRC, Minister of Commerce of PRC

The Xi Family

  • Xi Zhongxun: First Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress 1988–1993
    • Xi Jinping (son): Vice Chairman of PRC 2008-incumbent

[edit] Colombia

The Araújo Family

The Barco Family (father-daughter)

The Lleras-Restrepo Family

The López Family

The Pastrana Family (father-son)

The Santos Family

[edit] Comoros

The Ahmed Family (grandfather-grandson)

The Said Family

The Soilih Family (half-brothers)

[edit] Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Kabila Family (father-son)

The Kabila family is also related by marriage to the Sassou-Nguesso and Bongo families of the Republic of the Congo and Gabon, respectively. This list is below under the Gabon heading.

The Mobutu Family (father-son)

[edit] Cook Islands

The Henry Family

[edit] Costa Rica

The Arias-Sánchez Family (brothers)

The Calderón Family

The Figueres Family (father-son)

The Jiménez Family (father-son)

The Monge Family (uncle-nephew)

[edit] Croatia

The Tuđman Family

[edit] Cuba

The Castro Family

[edit] Cyprus

The Papadopoulos Family

[edit] Czechoslovakia

The Masaryk Family

[edit] Denmark

The Auken Family

  • Svend Auken (Member of The Folketing (The Danish Parliament) 1971–, Minister of Labor 1977–1982 and Minister of Environment 1993–2001)
  • Gunvor Auken (Deputy Mayor of Frederiksberg 1998–2002)
  • Margrete Auken (Member of The Folketing (The Danish Parliament) 1979–90 and again from 1994–2004, Member of the European Parliament from 2004–)
    • Ida Auken (Daughter of Margrethe Auken; Member of The Folketing (The Danish Parliament) 2007–)

The Ellemann-Jensen Family

The Helveg Petersen Family

  • Kristen Helveg Petersen (Minister of Education 1961–1964, Member of The Folketing 1964–1975 and Member of the European Parliament 1973–1975)
  • Lilly Helveg Petersen (Wife of Kristen HP; Deputy Mayor of Copenhagen)
    • Niels Helveg Petersen (Son of Kristen and Lilly Helveg Petersen; Member of The Folketing 1966–1974 and 1977–, Minister of Trade 1988–1990 and Foreign Minister 1993–2000)
    • Kirsten Lee (Wife of Niels Helveg Petersen; Member of The Folketing 1987–1990, and Regional Counsil Member 2005–)
      • Morten Helveg Petersen (Son of Niels Helveg Petersen; Member of The Folketing 1998–)
      • Rasmus Helveg Petersen (Candidate for The Folketing)

The Hækkerup Family

[edit] Djibouti

The Aptidon-Guelleh Family

[edit] Dominica

The Boyd Family

The Douglas Family

[edit] Dominican Republic

The Bosch Family

The Trujillo Family

[edit] Ecuador

The Arosemena Family

The Bucaram Family

The Plaza Family (father-son)

[edit] Egypt

The Ghali Family

The Mubarak Family (father-son)

The Abaza Family

[edit] El Salvador

The Meléndez-Quiñónez Family

[edit] Equatorial Guinea

The Nguema Family (close relatives)

[edit] Estonia

The Grünthal Family

The Helme Family

The Jürgenson Family

The Lauristin-Allik Family

  • Johannes Lauristin (first husband of Olga Lauristin, father of Marju Lauristin)
  • Olga Lauristin (wife of Johannes Lauristin and later Hendrik Allik, mother of Marju Lauristin and Jaak Allik)
  • Hendrik Allik (second husband of Olga Lauristin, father of Jaak Allik)
    • Jaak Allik (son of Hendrik Allik and Olga Lauristin, half brother of Marju Lauristin)

The Mathiesen Family

The Lenk Family

The Lotman Family

The Must Family

The Oviir Family

The Päts Family

The Ratas Family

The Reiljan Family

The Sarapuu Family

The Savisaar Family

The Tarand Family

The Tõnisson Family

The Tsahkna Family

The Uluots Family

The Veidemann Family

[edit] Fiji

[edit] Finland

The Kuusinen Family

The Paasio Family (father-son-granddaughter)

The Tuomioja Family (father-son)

The Vennamo Family (father-son)

The Aura Family (father-son-grandson)

[edit] France

The Bardoux-Giscard d'Estaing Family

The Debré Family

The De Gaulle Family

The Le Pen Family (father-daughter)

The Mitterrand Family (uncle-nephew)

The Casimir-Perier Family

The Sarkozy Family

The Villepin Family (father-son)

[edit] Gabon

The M'ba-Eyeghe Ndong Family

The Sassou-Nguesso Family and Bongo Family

[edit] Germany

The Adenauer Family

  • Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany
    • Max Adenauer, Oberstadtdirektor and Councillor in Cologne, son of Konrad
      • Sven-Georg Adenauer, Landrat (District Director) in the Landkreis (district) of Gütersloh, grandson of Konrad

The Albrecht Family (father – daughter)

The Bismarck Family

The de Maizière Family

The Ebert Family (father-son)

The Goppel Family

  • Alfons Goppel, (Minister-president of the state of Bavaria)
    • Thomas Goppel, (Minister of Science, Research and the Arts of the state of Bavaria), son of Alfons

The Guttenberg Family

The Gysi Family (father and son)

  • Klaus Gysi, (GDR Minister of Culture, Ambassador to Italy, State Secretary for Church Affairs) (d 1999)
    • Gregor Gysi, (Human rights lawyer, chair of the Party of Democratic Socialism [PDS], leader of PDS fraction in the Bundestag, Economics Senator in Berlin city government), son of Klaus

The Koch Family

The Niklas / Ertl Family

  • Wilhelm Niklas, (Minister for Agriculture) (d 1957)
    • Josef Ertl, (Minister for Agriculture) (d 2000), son-in-law of Wilhelm

The Speer Family (father – daughter)

  • Albert Speer, (Third Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production)
    • Hildegard Schramm, (Vice-President of the Berlin House of Deputies), daughter of Albert

The Strauss Family (father – daughter)

The Vogel Family (brothers)

  • Bernhard Vogel, (Minister-President of Rheinland-Pfalz, Minister-President of Thuringia)
  • Hans-Jochen Vogel, (Mayor of Munich, Mayor of Berlin), brother of Bernhard

The Weizsäcker Family (grandfather-father-son-nephew)

[edit] Ghana

The Akufo-Addo Family (father-son)

[edit] Greece

The Karamanlis Family (two brothers, then their nephew)

The Papandreou Family (grandfather-father-son)

The Venizelos-Mitsotakis Family

[edit] Guatemala

The Ydigoras Family -Morazan Family

The Cerezo Family

[edit] Guyana

The Burnham Family

The Jagan Family

[edit] Haiti

The Duvalier Family (father-son)

[edit] Honduras

The Azcona Family (father-sons)

The Flores Family (father-daughter)

The Melgar Family (spouses)

The Reina Family (brothers)

[edit] Hungary

The Antall Family (grandfather – father – son)

  • József Antall (Government Commissioner for Refugees in the Second World War, Minister for Reconstruction after 1945)
    • József Antall (Prime Minister 1990–1993), son of Jozsef Antall
      • Péter Antall (Director of the Democratic Forum [MDF]'s Political Foundation), son of Jozsef Antall jr.

The Göncz Family (father – daughter)

[edit] India

The Nehru-Gandhi Family

The Gowda Family Karnataka

  • H. D. Deve Gowda, Former Prime Minister of India.
  • H.D. Kumaraswamy, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Party State President, Present MP of Bangalore Rural Constituency.
  • Anitha Kumaraswamy, Kumaraswamy's Wife, MLA of Madhugiri Constituency Kolar.
  • H.D. Revanna, MLA of Holenarasipur Hassan district constituency, Former Minister for PWD (Public Works Department) and Energy Department in Government of Karnataka.

The Charan Singh Family

  • Ch. Charan Singh (1902–1987) (freedom fighter, Prime Minister of India (1979), Deputy prime minister of India (1978), Home minister of India (1977), finance minister of India, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1967, 1970), minister in Uttar Pradesh, farmers leader.
  • Gayatri Devi - Wife of Charan Singh -Member of Parliament, MLA
  • Ch Ajit Singh (Son) - 1939 -) - Minister of Industry India (1989), minister of food (1994), Minister of

Agriculture (2002–2004), 7 term Member of Parliament. President-RLD

  • Jayant Chaudhary - (1978 - ) grandson of Charan Singh,(son of Ajit Singh) - MP from Mathura
  • Saroj Singh - daughter of Charan Singh - MLA
  • Gyanwati - daughter of Charan Singh - MLA

The P.V.Narasimha Rao's Family

  • Dr.Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao,(28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) (politician,First person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as Prime Minister for five continuous years of 1991 to 1996 and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh)
    • P.V. Rangarao,Former cabinet and MLA from HanmaKonda Assembly Constituency for two terms(Son Of P. V. Narasimha Rao)
    • P.V. Rajeshwar Rao,(former Member Of Parliament)-(Son Of P. V. Narasimha Rao)


The Anugrah Narayan Sinha's Family

The Satpathy Family

The Mishra Family

The Ramachandran Family

The Karunanidhi Family – Tamil Nadu, India

  • M. Karunanidhi, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
    • M.K. Stalin, Former Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (Son of Karunanidhi)
    • M.K. Azhagiri, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers (Son of Karunanidhi)
    • Kanimozhi Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Daughter of Karunanidhi)
    • Murasoli Maran, former union minister (nephew of Karunanidhi)

The kalvakuntla Family

The general shah nawaz Family

The Abdullah Family

The Owaisi Family

The Bahuguna Family

The K. Karunakaran Family

The V.L. Patil Family Karnataka

The Ramadoss Family – Tamil Nadu, India

The Kumaramangalam Family (father-son and daughter)

The Naidu Family

The Mirdha Family of Rajasthan

The Patnaik Family

The Pilot Family

The Yadav Family

The Nandamuri Family

  • Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao "NTR", Former Film Actor & Former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
  • Laxmi Parvathy, Second wife of NTR, erstwhile leader of TDP (NTR) faction.
    • Nara Chandrababu Naidu, son-in-law of NTR, former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
    • Nandamuri Harikrishna, son of NTR, Member Of Parliament, Ex Transport Minister.
    • Daggubati Purandareswari, Daughter of NTR, Minister of State, Human Resource Development
    • Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, son-in-law of NTR, Member of Andhra Pradesh State Assembly, Ex Member of Parliament, Ex Health Minister.

The Sayeed Family

The Scindia Family (former Maharajas) (mother-son and daughters-grandsons)

The Badal Family – Punjab, India

The Thackeray Family

The Pawar Family

The Chavan Family

The Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Family

  • Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy,Ex-Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
  • Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, M.P Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh (son of Late Dr. Y.S. RajaSekahara Reddy )
  • Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy,Ex-M.P Kadapa, Current M.L.C Andhra Pradesh (Brother of Late Dr. Y.S. RajaShekara Reddy)
  • Y.S Vijaya Lakhsmi, M.L.A Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh (Wife of Late Dr. Y.S Rajashekara Reddy)
  • P. Raveendranath Reddy, Mayor kadapa, Andhra Pradesh (Brother-in-law of Late Dr. Y.S Rajashekara Reddy)

The Yadav Family

The Chautala Family

Bansilal Family

The Jindal Family

  • Om Prakash Jindal (1930–2005) Minister of Power of Haryana (2005), Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) (1996–1997), Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly (2005, 1991–1996)
  • Savitri Jindal (1950–) Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly (2005–), Minister of Power of Haryana (2005–2010) (Wife of Om Prakash Jindal)
    • Naveen Jindal (1970–) Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) (2004–) (Son of Om Prakash and Savitri Jindal)

The Naik Family

The Bhoi Family

The Reddy Family ((In)famously known as Reddy Brothers), Karnataka

  • G. Janardhana Reddy, Tourism Minister of Karnataka.
  • G. Karunakara Reddy, is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Bellary constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
  • G. Somashekara Reddy, is a member (MLA) of the Vidhan Sabha of Karnataka representing the Bellary assembly constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.

[edit] Indonesia

The Suharto Family

The Sukarno Family

The Wahid Family

[edit] Iran

The Khamenei Family

The Mosaddegh Family

The Mansur Family (father-son)

The Zahedi Family (father-son)

[edit] Iraq

The Allawi-Chalabi Family

The Arif Family

The Barzani Family

The Hussein Family

[edit] Ireland

The Ahern family

The Cosgrave family

The De Valera family

The Kitt-Brady family

The MacNeill family

The FitzGerald family

The Lemass/Haughey family

The Lenihan family

The O'Malley family

The Andrews family

[edit] Israel

The Begin Family

The Burg Family

The Dayan Family

The Herzog Family

The Rabin Family

The Sharon Family

The Weizman Family

[edit] Italy

The Craxi Family

The Berlinguer Family

The Mussolini Family

[edit] Jamaica

The Manley Family

[edit] Japan

The Fukuda Family (father-son)

The Sato Family-Abe Family (related by blood and marriage)

The Koizumi Family (related by blood and marriage)

The Nakasone Family (father-son)

The Tanaka Family (father-daughter)

[edit] Jordan

The Badran Family (brothers)

The Al-Fayez Family (father-son)

The Lawzi Family (father-son)

The Al-Rifai Family

[edit] Kazakhstan

The Nazarbayev Family (father-daughter)

[edit] Kenya

The Kenyatta Family

The Moi Family

The Odinga Family

The Nyagah Family

  • Jeremiah Nyagah (long time serving cabinet minister 1963 to 1993 and member of parliament from 1958 to 1992)
    • Norman Nyagah (son of Jeremiah Nyagah Government Chief Whip and Member of Parliament)
      • Jeremiah Jerry Mwaniki Nyagah son of Norman Nyagah, and President of the Kenya Youth Coalition Network International KYCNI, based in Atlanta Georgia USA.
    • Joseph Nyagah (son of Jeremiah Nyagah and also member of parliament)
    • Nahashon Nyagah( son of Jeremiah Nyagah and former Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya)
    • Mary Khimulu (daughter of Jeremiah Nyagah and amabassador UNEP to France)

[edit] Kiribati

The Tong Family

[edit] Korea, North

The Kim Family

[edit] Korea, South

The Park Family

[edit] Kyrgyzstan

The Akayev Family (father-daughter)

The Bakiyev Family (brothers)

[edit] Latvia

The Ulmanis Family

[edit] Lebanon

The Chamoun Family (father-sons-granddaughter)

The Eddé Family

The el khazen Family

The Frangieh (father-son-grandson)

The Gemayel Family (father-sons-grandsons)

The Hariri Family

The Helou Family

The Jumblatt Family (father-son)

The Karame Family (father-sons)

The Lahoud Family

  • Salim Lahoud – Member of Parliament (52,56,60,68), Minister (Defense, Foreign affairs).
  • Fouad Lahoud – Member Of Parliament (72) (cousin of Jamil, brother of Salim).
  • Jamil Lahoud – Member of Parliament (64) and Chief of the Army (cousin of Salim, Fouad).
    • Emile Lahoud – President of Lebanon and Chief of the Army (son of Jamil).
      • Emile Emile Lahoud- Minister (Youth and Sports) and Member of Parliament 2000 (older son of Emile Jamil).
    • Nasri Lahoud – Head of the High Legal Magistrate, Military Judge (son of Jamil).

The Moawad Family (husband-wife)

[edit] Liberia

The Barclay-Tubman Family

[edit] Macedonia

The Crvenkovski Family (Father-son)

[edit] Madagascar

The Ratsiraka Family (Uncle-nephew)

The Sylla Family (Father-son)

The Tsiranana Family (Father-son)

[edit] Malawi

The Chirwa Family

[edit] Malaysia

The Abdul Family

The Abdul Razak–Hussein Onn Family

The Tan family

The Mahathir family

  • Tun Mahathir bin Mohamed (Prime Minister, 1981–2003)
    • Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir, former UMNO Youth treasurer, second son of Mahathir
    • Mukhriz Mahathir, current Deputy Minister Of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia, UMNO Youth exco member, third son of Mahathir

The Abdullah family

The Anwar Ibrahim Family

The Lim Family

  • Lim Kit Siang, Democratic Action Party Adviser and Member of Parliament for Ipoh Timor
    • Lim Guan Eng, Chief Minister of Penang and Member of Parliament for Bagan
    • Betty Chew, wife of Lim Guan Eng and member of Malacca State Assembly for Kota Laksamana
    • Lim Hui Ying, DAP Penang Vice-President

The Karpal Singh Family

[edit] Maldives

The Gayoom Family (husband-wife and their close relatives)

[edit] Mali

The Sidibé Family (brothers)

[edit] Malta

The Mifsud Bonnici Family

The Mizzi Family (father-son)

[edit] Marshall Islands

The Kabua Family

The Note Family

The Alik Family

[edit] Mauritius

The Duval Family

  • Sir Gaëtan Duval (Foreign Minister, 1969–1973)
  • Herve Duval (brother of Sir Gaetan Duval)
  • Ghislaine Henry (sister of Sir Gaetan Duval)
    • Thierry Henry(son of Ghislaine Henry)

The Jugnauth Family

The Ramgoolam Family

The Boolell Family

  • Sir Satcam Boolell (Former Minister of Agriculture; Minister of Education; Minister of Economic Planning and development; Minister of External Affairs; Attorney General and Deputy Prime Minister)
    • Arvin Boolell (son of Sir Satcam Boolell; Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Foreign Affairs)
    • Satish Boolell (nephew of Sir Satcam Boolell; former Police Chief Medical Officer and in 2010 was elected under the MMM flag for the general election)
    • Anil Gayan (nephew of Sir Satcam Boolell; former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament)
    • Sushil Kushiram (son in law of Sir Satcam Boolell; former Minister of Industry)

The Mohamed Family

  • Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed (Founder of Comité d'Action Musulman – Moslem Action Committee (CAM), later joined the Mauritius Labour Party and served in different ministries.)
    • Yousouf Mohamed (son of Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed; former minister and well-known lawyer in Mauritius.)
      • Shakeel Mohamed (grandson and son of Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed and Yousouf Mohamed; lawyer and Member of Parliament)

The Virahsawmy Family

  • Simadree Virahsamy ( Former Member of Parliament for constituency no.7 Piton-Riv du Rempart )
    • Deva Virahsawmy ( General Secretary of Labour Party,Member of Parliament for constituency no.7 and Minister of Environment and Durable Development )

The Jeetah Family

  • Ramnath Jeetah ( Former Member of Parliament for constituency no.9 Flacq-Bon Accueil )
    • Rajesh Jeetah ( Member of Parliament and Minister of Tertiary Education )

The Seetaram Family

  • Iswurdeo Seetaram ( Former Member of Parliament for constituency no.9 Flacq-Bon Accueil )
    • Jangbahadoorsing Iswurdeo Mola Roopchand Seetaram ( Member of Parliament and Minister of Business, Enterprise and Cooperatives )

The Uteem Family

  • Sir Cassam Uteem (Former President of the Republic; Minister and Member of Parliament)
    • Reza Uteem (son of Sir Cassam Uteem; Member of Parliament)

[edit] Mexico

The Ávila Camacho Family

The Calderón Hinojosa Family

The Cárdenas Family

The Madero Family

The Obregón Family (father-son)

[edit] Montserrat

The Bramble Family

[edit] Mozambique

The Mandela Family (South Africa) and Machel Family

The Guebuza-Dai Family (Brothers-in-law)

[edit] Namibia

The Nujoma Family (father-son)

[edit] Nauru

The Adeang Family

The Detudamo Family

The Dowiyogo Family

The Keke-Stephen Family

The Kun Family

[edit] Nepal

The Koirala Family

Sujata Koirala (daughter of Girija Prasad Koirala) vice Prime Minister of Nepal 2009–2010

[edit] Netherlands

The Donner family

  • Johannes Hendricus Donner (1824–1903, member of House of Representatives from 1880 to 1901)
    • Jan Donner (1891–1981, Minister of Justice from 1926 to 1933), grandson of Johannes Hendricus Donner
      • André Donner (1918–1992, member of the state committee on revising the Constitution from 1950 to 1954, chairman of the state committee on revising the Constitution from 1967 to 1971), son of Jan Donner
        • Piet Hein Donner (born 1948, Minister of Justice from 2002 to 2006, current Minister of Social Affairs and Employment), son of André Donner

The Regout family

[edit] Netherlands Antilles

The Godett Family

[edit] New Zealand

The Armstrong Family (father-son)

The Barclay Family (father-son)

  • James Gillespie Barclay – member of parliament 1935–43, for Marsden and Minister of Agriculture 1941–43
    • Bruce Barclay – member of parliament 1969–79, for Christchurch Central

The Connelly Family (father-son)

  • Michael Connelly – member of legislative council 1936–50
    • Mick Connelly – member of parliament 1956–84 and Cabinet Minister

The Douglas Family (father-sons)

  • Norman Douglas – member of parliament 1960–1975; and son-in-law of member of parliament Bill Anderton
    • Sir Roger Douglas – member of parliament 1969–1975, 1978–1990, 2008–present, Minister of Finance (1984–1988); founder of the ACT Party 1995, son of Norman Douglas
    • Malcolm Douglas – member of parliament (1978), son of Norman Douglas

The Fisher Family (father-son)

The Gerard Family (father-son)

  • Richard Geoffrey Gerard – member of parliament 1943–69
    • Jim Gerard – member of parliament 1984–1997, for Rangiora

The Graham Family (great-grandfather/great-grandson)

  • Robert Graham – member of parliament 1855–1868
    • Doug Graham – member of parliament (1984–99) and cabinet minister

The Grigg Family (husband-wife)

  • Arthur Grigg member of parliament 1938–41
  • Mary Grigg member of parliament 1942–43 for his seat after he was killed in World War II. Her grandfather was Premier Sir John Hall, MP 1855–60 & 1866–93. She married William Polson (member of parliament 1928–46) in 1943.

The Hanan Family (father-son)

  • Josiah Hanan – member of parliament for Invercargill 1899–1925 and cabinet minister
    • Ralph Hanan – member of parliament for Invercargill 1946–69 and cabinet minister

The Hay Family (father-son)

The Henare Family (great-grandfather/great-grandson)

  • Tau Henare – member of parliament (1914–1938)
    • Tau Henare, Jr. – member of parliament (1993–1999, 2005–present); Cabinet Minister (1996–1999), great-grandson of Tau Henare

The Holland Family (father-son-grandson)

The Holyoake Family (father/son-in-law)

  • Keith Holyoake member of parliament 1932–38 & 1943–77, Prime Minister
    • Ken Comber member of parliament 1972–81, married Diane Holyoake

The Howard Family (father-daughter)

  • Ted Howard – member of parliament (1919–1939)
    • Mabel Howard – member of parliament (1943–1969) and Cabinet Minister

The Hutchison Family (father-son)

The Kirk Family (father-son)

  • Norman Kirk – member of parliament (1957–1974) and Prime Minister
    • John Kirk – member of parliament (1974–1984)

The Lange Family and Bassett Family (Bassett was a cousin of Lange)

The Luxton Family (father-son)

  • Jack Luxton – member of parliament for Piako (seat renamed Matamata) 1966–1987
    • John Luxton – member of parliament for Matamata 1987–1999 and Cabinet Minister 1990–1999

The McCombs Family (husband-wife-son)

The Macky Family (mother-daughter)

The Massey Family (father-two sons)

The Moss Family (father-son)

  • Frederick Joseph Moss – member of parliament for Parnell, 1876 to 1890

The Myers & Baume Family: (cousins)

The Peters Family (4 brothers, 1 sister)

The Ratana Family (brothers, wife)

The Reeves Family (father-son)

The Rhodes Family (brothers, father-son)

The Richardson and Pearce Family (Richardson was Pearce's great-granddaughter)

The Richmond – Atkinson Family (brothers, relation by marriage)

The Seddon Family (father-son)

The Smith Family (father-son)

The Stewart Family (father-son)

The Sutton Family (brothers)

  • Jim Sutton – member of parliament (1984–1990, 1993–2006); Cabinet Minister (1999–2006)
  • Bill Sutton – member of parliament (1984–1990)

The Tirikatene Family (father-daughter)

The Tizard Family (husband-wife; parents-daughter)

The Wakefield Family (father-son-nephew)

The Ward Family (father-son)

  • Sir Joseph Ward – (1887–1930) member of parliament and Prime Minister

[edit] Nicaragua

The Argüello Family

The Chamorro Family

The Sacasa Family

The Somoza Family

[edit] Niger

The Diori Family (cousins)

The Kountché Family (cousins)

[edit] Norway

The Stoltenberg Family All members of the family are associated with the Norwegian Labour Party

  • Karin Stoltenberg (wife of Thorvald Stoltenberg) 1986–1987 Junior minister of Trade and Shipping, 1987–1988 Junior minister of Business Affairs.
  • Ingrid Schulerud (married to Jens Stoltenberg) (has a high profile diplomatic position in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
  • Johan Jørgen Holst (Thorvald Stoltenbergs brother in Law, (married to Karins sister)) (1993–1994 Minister of Foreign Affairs and known for leading peace negotiations in the Middle East. 1987–1989 and 1991–1993 Minister of Defense.)
  • Anne-Catharina Vestly (Ingrid Schulerud aunt) (Writer of literature for children with a left wing and feministic political message, and political advocate for less secrecy about sex toward children)

The Gerhardsen Family All members of the family are associated with the Norwegian Labour Party

The Harlem Family All members of the family are associated with the Norwegian Labor Party

  • Gudmund Harlem. Minister of Social Affairs from 1955 to 1961 and Minister of Defense, 1961–1963 and 1963–1965.
  • Gro Harlem Brundtland. Daughter of Gudmund Harlem. Minister of Environmental Affairs from 1974 to 1979. Prime Minister three times: From February to October in 1981, 1986–1989, and 1990–1996. Director-General of the World Health Organization, 1998–2003.
  • Hanne Harlem. Daughter of Gudmund Harlem, sister of Gro Harlem Brundtland. Minister of Justice from 2000 to 2001.

The Bondevik Family All members of the family is associated with the Norwegian Christian Democratic Party

[edit] Pakistan

The House of Wah (The Hyat-Khan Family)


The Bhutto Family


The Chaudhry Family aka Elahi Family


The Sharif Family


The Soomro Family


The Zia Family


The members of Leghari family (Urdu: خاندان لغاری), in politics:

  • Nawab Sir Sardar Muhammad Jamal Khan Leghari (MLA and Minister)
  • Nawab Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari (MLA, MPA and Minister)
  • Nawab Ata Muhammad Khan Leghari ICS (MPA)
  • Nawab Mahmood Khan Leghari (MPA, Chairman District Board)
    • Sardar Muhammad Afzal Khan Leghari (Minister Revenue Bhawalpur state, Member Board of Revenue)
  • Begum Afifa Mamdot (MNA, MPA, Minister)
    • Sardar Farooq Ahmaed Khan Leghari(ex President of Pakistan)*
  • Sardar Muhammad Jaffer Khan Leghari (MNA, MPA, Chairman District Council Rajanpur)
  • Sardar Muhammad Omer Khan Leghari (MPA)
  • Sardar Maqsood Ahmad Khan Leghari (MNA, MPA, Federal Minister, Provincial Minister, Chairman *District Council DG Khan, Zila Nazim DG Khan)
  • Sardar Mansoor Ahmad Khan Leghari (MPA, MNA, Senator, Chairman District Council DG Khan)
  • Col. (Retd.)Sardar Rafiq Ahmad Khan Leghari (MPA "Punjab")
  • Sardar Muhammad Jamal Khan Leghari (Senator, Zila Nazim DG Khan)
    • Awais Leghari (MPA, MNA, Federal Minister)
  • Mina Ehsan Leghari (Mrs. Muhammad Jaffer Khan Leghari) (MNA)
  • Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan Leghari (MPA)
  • Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari (MPA "Punjab")
  • Sardar Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari (MPA "Punjab")
  • Sardar Nadir Akmal Khan Leghari (MPA "Sindh" and Miniter)
  • Sardar Rafiq Haider Khan Leghari (MPA "Punjab", Minister, Chairman District Council RY Khan, Zila Nazim RY Khan)
  • Sardar Muhammad Azhar Khan Leghari (MPA "Punjab")
  • Sardar Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari (MNA)
  • Dr. Javaid Leghari (Senator)


The Junejo Family

  • Barrister Jan Muhammad Junejo - Leader of the Khilafat Tehreek.
  • Mohammad Khan Junejo Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • Jam Sadiq Ali - Former Chief Minister Sindh
  • Chakar Ali Khan Junejo - Former Ambassador MPA

The Tiwana Family

The Mian (Arain) Family

[edit] Palau

The Remengesau Family (Father-son)

The Tmetuchl-Toriboing Family

[edit] Panama

The Arias Family

The Arosemena Family

The Boyd Family

The Chiari Family

The Delvalle Family

The Lewis Family

The Torrijos Family

[edit] Papua New Guinea

The Chan Family (father-son)

The Somare Family (father-son)

[edit] Paraguay

The Argaña Family

The Cubas Family

The López Family

[edit] Peru

The Andrade Family

The Belaúnde/Diez Canseco Family

The de la Riva-Agüero Family

The Fujimori Family

The García Family

The Morales-Bermudez Family

The Pardo Family

The Prado Family

[edit] Philippines

For a detailed view of this article, go to Political dynasties in the Philippines.

The Aquino Family (father, 2 sons, 3 grandchildren, granddaughter-in-law, great-grandson)

The Binay Family

The Cayetano Family

The Cojuangco Family

The Dominguez Family

The Escudero Family

  • Manuel Escudero (former Representative, 4th Philippine Assembly)
  • Salvador Escudero Sr. (former provincial governor, provincial legislative member, town mayor and councilor)
  • Salvador Escudero Jr. (former town mayor and provincial legislative member)
  • Ramon Escudero (town councilor)
  • Antonio Escudero Jr. (provincial vice governor)
  • Salvador "Sonny" Escudero III (former Secretary of Agriculture; former Representative, House of Representatives; former Assemblyman, Batasang Pambansa; former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food)
  • Oscar Escudero (town mayor)
  • Francis "Chiz" Escudero (former Representative, House of Representatives; son of Salvador III; current senator)

The Estrada Family (husband, wife, 2 sons, nephew)

The Lacson Family

  • Aniceto Lacson (former President of the Republic Negros 1898)
  • Arsenio Lacson (former congressman and Mayor of Manila)
  • Daniel Lacson (former Governor of Negros Occidental)
  • Isaac Lacson (former congressman and senator), son of Aniceto Lacson
  • Rafael Lacson (former Governor of Negros Occidental and Mayor of Talisay City)
  • Eusebio Lacson (former Mayor of Tibiao)
  • Jose Carlos Lacson (congressman)
  • Panfilo Lacson (senator and presidential candidate)

The Lopez- Romualdez Family

The Marcos Family (father, son, 2 grandchildren, granddaughter-in-law, 5 great-grandchildren and somebody-in-law)

The Macapagal Family (father, 2 daughters, grandson and somebody-in-law)

The Rama Family

  • Vicente Rama (Senator / Mayor / Congressman)
  • Osmundo Rama (Governor – Cebu)
  • Napoleon Rama (Constitutional Commission Floor Leader)
  • Eduardo L. Rama, Sr. (Governor / Congressman – Agusan del Norte)
  • Enrique Rama (Vice Governor – Cebu)
  • Michael L. Rama (Mayor / Vice Mayor / City Councilor – Cebu)
  • Eduardo R. Rama, Jr. (City Councilor – Cebu)
  • George Rama (City Councilor / Barangay Chairman – Cebu)
  • Fernando Rama (City Councilor – Cebu)
  • Haley Rama Sy (Barangay Councilor – Cebu)
  • Pancreasus Rama (Barangay Councilor – Cebu)
  • Edmundito N. Rama (Vice Mayor – Kiblawan, Davao del Sur)
  • Edgar Rama (Mayor – Poro, Cebu)

The Revilla Family (father, children, in-laws, and grandson)

The Roxas Family

  • Manuel Roxas (former Speaker, former Senate President and former President)
    • Gerardo Roxas (former Representative 1st District of Capiz, former Senator; son of Manuel)
    • Mar Roxas (former Representative, 1st District of Capiz, Senator; son of Gerry)
    • Dinggoy Roxas (former representative, 1st District of Capiz; son of Gerry)

The Rufino Family

The Ty Family (mother, children and grandchilren)

The Villarreal Family

[edit] Pitcairn Islands

The Christian Family

[edit] Poland

Poland is probably the only country in the world where identical twins were head of the government (Prime Minister) and head of state (President) at the same time.

The Gierek Family (father-son)

The Giertych Family (father-son-grandson)

The Grabski Family (brothers)

The Kaczyński Family (identical twins)

The Wałęsa Family (father-son)

[edit] Portugal

The Carmona and Carmona Rodrigues Family (granduncle-grandnephew)

The Soares Family (father-son)

The Portas Family (father-brothers)

[edit] Puerto Rico

The Calderón Family

The Hernandez Family

The Muñoz Family

The Rivera Family

The Pesquera Family

The Romero Family

[edit] Romania

The Brătianu Family

[edit] Russia / Soviet Union

The Brezhnev-Churbanov Family (father-in-law and son-in-law)

  • Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) (leader of the Soviet Union, 1964–1982)
    • Yuri Churbanov (b. 1936) (Deputy of Ministers of Interior of the USSR), son-in-law of Leonid Brezhnev)

The Gorbachev Family

The Khristenko-Golikova Family

The Kosygin-Primakov Family (somebodies-in-law via 2 marriages)

The Sobchak-Narusova Family (spouses)

The Stalin-Zhdanov Family (fathers of spouses)

The Trotsky-Kamenev Family (brothers-in-law)

The Yeltsin Family (father-in-law and son-in-law)

The Zubkov-Serdyukov Family (father-in-law and son-in-law)

    • Zhukov daughter and vasilevski son spouses
    • Lebed Brothers

[edit] Rwanda

The Habyarimana Family and Kayibanda Family Family

[edit] Saint Lucia

The Cenac Family

The Lewis Family

[edit] São Tomé and Príncipe

The Costa Alegre Family

The Trovoada Family (Father-son)

[edit] Senegal

The Wade Family (father-son)

[edit] Seychelles

The Ferrari Family

[edit] Sierra Leone

The Margai Family (brothers)

[edit] Singapore

The Lee Family

[edit] Solomon Islands

The Chan Family

  • Tommy Chan (Member of Parliament and businessman)
    • Laurie Chan (son of Tommy Chan; Foreign Minister, 2002– )

The Kemakeza Family

[edit] Somalia

Sharmarke Family (Father-son)

Barre Family (Brothers)

[edit] South Africa

The de Klerk Family

The Mandela Family and Machel Family

The Marte Family

The Mbeki Family (father-son)

The Ngcuka Family (husband-wife)

The Sisulu Family

The Slovo Family and First Families (husband-wife)

The Tambo Family

The Zuma Family (ex-spouses)

[edit] Spain

  • The Primo de Rivera family – is a Spanish military family prominent in politics of the 19th and 20th centuries:

[edit] Sri Lanka

[edit] Syria

The Assad Family

The Atassi family

The al-Azm family

[edit] Sweden

House of Bernadotte

Bildt family

Bodström family

Bohman family

Cederschiöld family

De Geer family

Douglas family

Hammarskjöld family

Heckscher family

  • Gunnar Heckscher, conservative party leader 1961–1965
    • Sten Heckscher, social democratic Minister of Industry and Employment 1994–1996, son of Gunnar Heckscher

Leijon family

  • Anna-Greta Leijon, social democratic cabinet minister 1973–1976 and 1982–1988
    • Britta Lejon, social democratic cabinet minister 1998–2002, member of parliament since 2002, daughter of Anna-Greta Leijon

Myrdal family

  • Gunnar Myrdal, social democratic cabinet minister 1945–1947
  • Alva Myrdal, social democratic cabinet minister 1966–1973, wife of Gunnar Myrdal
    • Jan Myrdal, author and independent communist political writer and columnist, son of Alva and Gunnar Myrdal

Ohlin family

  • Bertil Ohlin, party leader of the liberal Folkpartiet 1944–1967, minister of commerce in the wartime government 1944–1945.
    • Anne Wibble, representing the same party, Minister of Finance in 1991–1994, daughter of Bertil Ohlin.

Reinfeldt family

Wallenberg family

  • Knut Wallenberg (1853–1938), banker, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs 1914–1917
    • Raoul Wallenberg (1912–1947?) businessman and diplomat, he helped many Hungarian Jews during the later stages of World War II, by issuing temporary Swedish "protective passports", grandnephew of Knut Wallenberg.

[edit] Thailand

Vejjajiva family

Shinawatra family

[edit] Togo

The Gnassingbé Family

The Olympio Family

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago

The Capildeo family

The Fitzpatrick family

The Sinanan family

[edit] Tunisia

The Bourguiba Family

[edit] Turkey

The Ecevit Family (spouses)

The İnönü Family (father-son)

[edit] Tuvalu

The Latasi Family

[edit] Uganda

Obote

[edit] Ukraine

The Kuchma-Pinchuk Family (father-in-law and son-in-law)

[edit] United Kingdom

See List of political families in the United Kingdom

[edit] United States

[edit] Uruguay

The Arismendi Family (father and daughter)

The Batlle Family (grandfather, son, grandsons and great-grandson)

The Bauzá Family (father and son)

The Beltrán Family (father and son)

The Blanco Family (grandfather, sons and grandson)

The Bordaberry Family (grandfather, son and grandsons)

The Brum Family (brothers)

The Cuestas Family (father and son)

The Demicheli Family (spouses)

The Ellauri Family (father, son and great grand-son)

The Fernández Family (father and son)

The Forteza Family (father and son)

The Grauert Family (brothers)

The Héber Family (brothers and son of one of them)

The Herrera Family (greatgrandfather, father and son)

The Hierro Family (grandfather, son and grandson)

The Jude Family (father and son)

The Michelini Family (father and sons)

The Mujica-Topolansky Family (spouses)

The Nin Family (brothers)

The Pacheco Family

The Ramírez Family (cousins)

The Saravia Family (brothers and descendant of one of them)

The Sanguinetti Family (cousins)

The Sendic Family (father and son)

The Stewart Family (descendant)

The Stirling Family (grandfather and grandson)

The Terra Family (uncle, nephew and grandnephew)

The Tourné Family (uncle and niece)

The Wílliman Family (grandfather and grandson)

The Végh Family (father and son)

The Zorilla de San Martín Family (grandfather and grandson)

[edit] Uzbekistan

The Karimov Family

[edit] Vanuatu

The Lini Family

The Sokomanu-Sopé Family

[edit] Venezuela

The Chávez Family

The Sucre Family

[edit] Vietnam

Ngô

[edit] Yemen

The Iryani Family (uncle-nephew)

The Saleh Family (father-son)

The Al-Shaabi Family (brothers-in-law)

[edit] Zambia

The Chiluba Family

The Kaunda Family

[edit] Zimbabwe

The Mujuru Family

The Mugabe-Chiyangwa Family

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Flores Flake, Mary Elizabeth (2009). "Flores Flake, Mary Elizabeth". Fundación Democracia Sin Fronteras. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5ihyWYV4j. Retrieved 1 August 2009. 
  2. ^ a b 阿披实:泰国的“明星总理”, 2009-04-06, ChinaReviewsNews.com
  3. ^ Peas in a pod they are not 17 January 2009, PHILIP GOLINGAI, The Star (Malaysia)
  4. ^ Kathin ceremony fostering neighbourly ties, 22 November 2008, Bangkok Post
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