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). See also
Family
dictatorship.
Albania
The Hoxha Family
The Kapo Family
- Hysni Kapo (member of the Central
Committee of Albania's communist party)
- Vito Kapo (member of the Central
Committee of Albania's communist party)
- Piro Kondi (member of the Central
Committee of Albania's communist party)
- Isabella huntfamily (grat
niece)
The Moisiu Family
(father-son)
The Myftiu
Family -Peristeri
Family
- Manush Myftiu (member of the
Central Committee of Albania's communist party)
- Pilo Peristeri (member of the
Central Committee of Albania's communist party)
The Nano Family (father-son)
The Pashko Family (spouses)
- Josif Pashko (member of the Central
Committee of Albania's communist party)
- Eleni Terezi (member of the Central
Committee of Albania's communist party)
The Shehu Family
- Mehmet Shehu (leading government
official and close advisor to E. Hoxha)
- Fiqrete Shehu (member of the
Central Committee of Albania's communist party)
- Kadri Hasbiu (member of the Central
Committee of Albania's communist party; brother-in-law of
Mehmet)
Antigua and Barbuda
The Bird Family
The Frank Family
Argentina
Armenia
The Sargsyan Family
(brothers)
Australia
Austria
The Habsburg Family of Austria
( (grandfather - father - children)
- Charles I (Karl I), (Emperor of
Austria 1916 - 1918, King of Hungary 1916 - 1918)
Azerbaijan
The Aliyev Family
The Bahamas
The Butler Family
The Pindling Family
The Symonette Family
The Turnquest Family
Bangladesh
The Al Mahmood Family of Sirajgonj
- Abdullah Al Mahmood (Former
MLA & Industrial
& Natural Resources Minister of Pakistan)
- Iqbal Hassan Mahmood
Tuku (Former Member of Parliament, and former State minister
for Power of Bangladesh)
- Manzur Hassan Mahmood
Khushi (Former Chairman, Sirajganj Pouroshobha)
- Dr. M.A. Matin (Former Member of Parliament and Deputy Prime
Minister of Bangladesh)
- Rumana Mahmood (Member of Parliament)
The Adel Family
The Chowdhury Family
The Huq Family
- Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul
Huq (former Prime Minister of undivided Bengal)
The Mujibur Rahman
Family
The Ziaur Rahman
Family
The Khan Family
The Chowdhury Family
Barbados
The Adams Family
The Barrow Family
Belgium
de Brouckère Family (brothers)
Eyskens Family (father-son)
Janson-Spaak Family
- Paul Janson (1840-1913) (Member of
the Chamber of Representatives, Senator)
Vanderpoorten-Dewael Family
Van Rompuy Family (brothers)
Bolivia
Ballivián
Siles
Botswana
The Khama Family
(husband-wife-son)
Brazil
The Brás-Moreira Family (cousins)
The Collor-Melo Family
The Fonseca Family
The Garotinho Family (spouses)
The Kubitschek Family
The Magalhães Family
The Neves-Cunha Family
The Sarney Family (father-daughter)
The Vargas-Peixoto Family
Bulgaria
The Zhivkov Family
The Stanishev
Family
The Bokov Family
- Georgi Bokov (former Communist
leader, former media boss)
- Filip Bokov (former Socialist
leader, Member of Parliament, Presidential advisor)
- Irina Bokova (former Foreign
Minister, ran for Vice-President, Member of Parliament, Ambassador
to France)
The Staliysky
Family
Burkina Faso
The Compaoré Family
The Yaméogo Family
Burma
The Aung San Family
(parents-daughter)
The Win Family
(father-daughter)
Burundi
The Bagaza-Buyoya Family
Canada
The Bennett family (father-son)
The Chiarelli family (cousins)
The Clement Family (stepfather-stepson)
The Copps Family (father-daughter)
The Dewar Family (mother-son)
The Grewal Family (husband-wife)
The Hampton family - Martel family (husband-wife,
wife's father and maternal grandfather)
The Jackman family (grandfather, son-in-law,
son-in-law's children)
The Johnson family (father-sons)
The Layton family (grandfather, father, son, wife)
(Jack Layton is also a descendant of
William Steeves, a
Father of Confederation and
Senator, on his maternal side.)
The Lewis family (father and son)
The Lougheed family (grandfather and grandson)
The MacKay family (father-son)
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, grandson's stepfather)
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)
The Sifton family (father-sons)
The Sinclair family - Trudeau family (grandfather,
son-in-law, grandson)
Central African Republic
The Boganda Family - Dacko Family -Domitien Family
and Bokassa Family (distant
relatives)
The Kolingba Family
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
Republic of China/People's Republic of China
The Chiang
Family (father-sons-grandson)
The Soong Family
(father-son-
3 daughters)
Colombia
The Lleras Family -Restrepo Family
The López Family
The Pastrana Family
The Santos Family
Comoros
The Ahmed Family
(grandfather-grandson)
The Said Family
The Soilih Family
(half-brothers)
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-distant relative)
Cook Islands
The Henry Family
Costa Rica
The Arias-Sánchez Family
The Calderón-Guardia Family
The Figueres
Family
The Jiménez
Family
Croatia
The Tudjman Family
The Broz Family
Cuba
The Castro Family
Cyprus
The Denktas Family
Czechoslovakia
The Masaryk Family
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
- Jens
Peter Jensen (Member of The Folketing 1964-73, 1975-81, 1984-87 and 1988-90 and Deputy
County Mayor of Fyn 1970-1979)
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
Djibouti
The Aptidon-Guelleh Family
Dominica
The Douglas Family
Dominican Republic
The Bosch Family
The Trujillo
Family
Ecuador
The Arosemena Family
The Plaza Family
Egypt
The Ghali Family
The Mubarak Family (father-son)
The Abaza Family
El Salvador
The Meléndez-Quiñónez Family
Equatorial Guinea
The Nguema Family (close
relatives)
Estonia
The Grünthal Family
The Helme Family
The Jürgenson Family
The Lauristin Family
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
Finland
The Kuusinen Family
- Otto Ville Kuusinen
(communist leader, fled to the Soviet Union and became a prominent
politician there)
The Paasio Family
(father-son)
The Tuomioja Family
France
The Debré Family
The De Gaulle
Family
The Giscard
d'Estaing Family
The Le Pen Family
(father-daughter)
The Villepin
Family (father-son)
The Sassou-Nguesso Family and
Bongo Family
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 Bismarck Family
The de Maizière
Family
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 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 Vogel Family (brothers)
- Bernhard Vogel,
(Prime Minister of Rheinland-Pfalz, Prime Minister of
Thuringia)
- Hans-Jochen Vogel, (Mayor of
Munich, Mayor of Berlin), brother of Bernhard
The Weizsäcker
Family (grandfather-father-son-nephew)
Greece
The Karamanlis Family
(two brothers, then their nephew)
The Papandreou Family
(grandfather-father-son)
The Venizelos Family and Mitsotakis Family
(father-son-nephew-sons and daughters-son in law)
The Akufo-Addo Family
(father-son)
The Ydigoras Family -Morazan Family
The Cerezo Family
The Burnham Family
The Jagan Family
The Duvalier Family (father-son)
The Melgar Family (spouses)
The Flores Family (father-daughter)
The Azcona Family (father-sons)
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)
India
See main article Political families of
India
The Nehru-Gandhi
Family
The Anugrah Narayan
Sinha's Family
- Dr.Anugrah
Narayan Sinha, (politician and first
Deputy Chief Minister Of Bihar
)(Father)
- Satyendra Narayan
Sinha,Former Chief Minister
of Bihar(Son Of Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha)
- Kishori Sinha,(former Member Of
Parliament)-(Wife Of Satyendra Narayan Sinha)
- Rameshwar Prasad
Sinha,(father of Kishori Sinha, Member Of Constituent
Assembly)
- Nikhil
Kumar,Governor Of Nagaland
(son of Satyendra Narayan Sinha)
- Shyama Singh,(Ex MP) (Wife of
Nikhil Kumar)
- N. K.
Singh,Rajya Sabha MP(Brother-in-law Of
Nikhil Kumar)
- Uday Singh,(Member Of
Parliament)-(Nikhil Kumar's younger brother in law)
- Madhuri Singh,(former MP)-(Nikhil
Kumar's mother in law)
The
Mishra Family
The Ramachandran
Family
The Karunanidhi Family
- Tamil Nadu, India
- M. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
- M.K. Stalin, 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 Abdullah Family
The Owaisi Family
The Bahuguna Family
The K.
Karunakaran Family
The Kodoth Family-Kodoth,
Kerala India
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",
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, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
- Nandamuri Harikrishna, son
of NTR, Member Of Parliament, Ex Transport Minister.
- Nandamuri Balakrishna, son
of NTR, Recently Entered into Politics
- 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 Thackerary Family
The Pawar Family
""The
Chavan Family ""
The Devegowda Family
- Devegowda, Ex-Prime Minister, India;
Ex-Chief minister Karnataka
The Y.S.
Rajasekhara Reddy
Family
The Yadav Family
The Chautala Family
The Suharto Family
The Sukarno Family
The Wahid Family
The Khamenei Family
(father in law-son in law)
The Allawi Family -Chalabi Family
The Arif Family
The Hussein
Family
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
The Begin Family
The Burg Family
The Dayan Family
The Herzog Family
The Rabin Family
The Sharon Family
The Weizman Family
Italy
The Craxi Family
The Berlinguer-Cossiga Family
The Mussolini Family
The Di Pietro Family
The Manley-Bustamante Family
Japan
The Fukuda Family
(father-son)
The Kishi Family and Sato Family and Abe
Family (related by blood and marriage)
The Koizumi Family
(related by blood and marriage)
The Tanaka Family
(father-daughter)
The Badran Family
The Lawzi Family
The Al-Fayez Family
The Nazarbayev Family
(father-daughter)
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)
The Tong Family
The Kim
Family
The Park Family
The Akayev Family
(father-daughter)
The Bakiyev Family
(brothers)
The Ulmanis Family
The Chamoun Family
(father-sons-granddaughter)
The Eddé 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)
The Ratsiraka Family
The Tsiranana Family
The Chirwa Family
The Abdul Razak–Hussein Onn Family
The Tan family
The Mahathir family
The Abdullah family
Anwar Ibrahim Family
Lim Kit Siang Family
- Lim Kit Siang, Democratic Action
Party Adviser and Member of Parliament for Ipoh Timor
Karpal Singh Family
The Gayoom Family
(husband-wife and their close relatives)
The Mizzi Family
The Kabua Family
The Note Family
The Duval Family
- Sir Gaëtan Duval (Foreign Minister, 1969-1973)
The Jugnauth
Family
The Ramgoolam Family
Mexico
The Ávila Camacho
Family
The Calderón
Hinojosa Family
- Luis Calderón Vega, a
writer and founder of the National Action Party .
- Felipe Calderón
Hinojosa, President of Mexico 2006-2012 (PAN), son of Calderón
Vega.
- Margarita Zavala
de Calderón, former PAN deputy, wife of Calderón Hinojosa.
- Luisa María
Calderón Hinojosa, former PAN senator, daughter of Calderón
Vega.
- Juan Luis Calderón
Hinojosa, public servant in
Michoacán, son of Calderón Vega.
- Carmen
de Fátima Calderón Hinojosa, public
servant in Michoacán, daughter of Calderón Vega.
The Cárdenas Family
The Madero Family
The Salinas Family
The Fox-Sahagún
Family
The Bramble Family
The Mandela Family (South Africa)
and Machel Family
The Adeang Family
The Detudamo Family
The Dowiyogo Family
The Keke Family
The Stephen Family
The Kun Family
The Koirala Family
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Rana Family
- Ruled as hereditary prime ministers until 1951
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
- Petrus Dominicus Regout
(1801-1878, member of Senate from 1849 to 1859)
- Hubert Gérard Louis
Regout (1832-1905, member of Senate from 1881 to 1904), son of
Petrus Dominicus Regout
- Louis Hubert Willem
Regout (1861-1915, member of Senate from 1904 to 1909 and from
1909 to 1913, Minister of Water from 1909 to 1913, Dutch delegate
to the Holy See from July 1915 to his death
in October 1915), son of Hubert Gérard Louis Regout, brother of
Robert Regout
- Robert Regout
(1863-1913, member of House of Representatives from 1905 to 1910, Minister of Justice from
1910 to 1913), son of Hubert Gérard Louis Regout
The van Nispen family
The Godett Family
New Zealand
The Armstrong Family (father-son)
The Barclay Family (father-son)
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)
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)
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)
- Henry Holland - member of
parliament 1925-1935, for Christchurch North and Mayor of
Christchurch
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)
The Hutchison Family (father-son)
The Kirk Family (father-son)
- Norman Kirk - member of parliament
(1957-1974) and Prime Minister
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)
- Janet Mackey - member of parliament
for East Coast (1996-2005)
The Massey Family (father-two sons)
- William Massey - member of
parliament 1894 to 1925, Prime Minister 1912-25
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
The Argüello Family
- Juan Argüello del
Castillo, Deputy Head of State, 1826-7; Head of State
1827-9
- José Argüello Arce,
Pres. of Congress, 1865-6, 1877-79
- Leonardo Argüello
Barreto, Interior, Education and Foreign Minister; President of
Nicaragua, 1947
- Guillermo Argüello
Vargas, grandson of José Argüello Arce; Education Minister,
1929-31, Finance Minister, 1931-32, 1947
- Mariano Argüello
Vargas, grandson of José Argüello Arce; President of Congress
1937, 1950, 1965,1970; Foreign Minister 1939-41, and 1943-46;
Vice-President, 1947-49
- Alejandro Montiel
Argüello, great-grandson of José Argüello Arce, Foreign
Minister, 1959-63 and 1971-8
- Silvio Argüello
Cardenal, Vice-President, 1963-7
- Mariángeles
Argüello Robelo, great-grand niece of Pres. Leonardo Argüello,
Health Minister, 2000-02
- Guillermo Argüello
Poessy, great-grandson of José Argüello Arce; Pres. GAO,
Comptroller, 2001-
- Alejandro Argüello
Choisell, Minister of Public Works, Industry & Commerce,
2005-
The Chamorro
Family
The Sacasa Family
- Roberto Sacasa Sarria, President
of Nicaragua, 1889-91 and 1891-93
- Juan Bautista Sacasa
Sacasa, son of Pres. Roberto Sacasa Sarria, President of
Nicaragua, 1933-36
- Crisanto Sacasa Sacasa,
nephew of Pres. Roberto Sacasa Sarria, Education Minister, 1933 and
1955
- Oscar Sevilla-Sacasa,
grandson of Pres. Roberto Sacasa Sarria, Foreign Minister
- Guillermo
Sevilla-Sacasa, grandson of Pres. Roberto Sacasa Sarria, Acting
President of Nicaragua, 1936
- Benjamín Lacayo
Sacasa, Pres. of Nicaragua, 1947
- Ramiro Sacasa Guerrero,
Secretary of the Presidency, Labour Minister, 1953-5; Education
Minister, 1966-8
- Noel Sacasa Cruz,
great-grandson of Pres. Roberto Sacasa Sarria, Economy, Industry
& Commerce Minister, 1999-2001
- Esteban Duque-Estrada
Sacasa, great-grandson of Pres. Roberto Sacasa Sarria, Minister
of Finance, 1999-2001
- Francisco Xavier
Aguirre Sacasa, great-grandson of Roberto Sacasa Sarria,
Foreign Minister, 2000-2002
The Somoza Family
The Diori Family (cousins)
The Kountché Family
(cousins)
Norway
The Stoltenberg
FamilyAll members of the family
is 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)
- 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 FamilyAll
members of the family is associated with the
Norwegian Labour Party
The Bondevik FamilyAll
members of the family is associated with the Norwegian
Christian Democratic
Party
The Bhutto Family
The Chaudhry Family aka Elahi Family
- Zahoor Elahi (A seasoned
parliamentarian who played a major role in restoration of democracy
and human rights in Pakistan)
The Sharif Family
The Remengesau Family
The Arias Family
The Arosemena Family
The Chiari
Family
The Delvalle Family
The Lewis Family
The Torrijos Family
The Chan Family
(father-son)
The Somare Family
(father-son)
The Argaña Family
The Cubas Family
The López Family
The Andrade Family
The Belaúnde/Diez Canseco Family
- Pedro Diez Canseco (President of Peru, 1863, 1865, and 1868)
- Francisco Diez Canseco
(President of Peru, 1872), brother
of Pres. Pedro Diez Canseco
- Manuel Yrigoyen Diez
Canseco, grandnephew of Pres. Pedro Diez Canseco and Pres.
Francisco Diez Canseco
- Raul Diez Canseco Terry (First
Vice President of Peru; resigned in 2004), great-great-grandnephew
of Pres. Pedro Diez Canseco and Pres. Francisco Diez Canseco, first
cousins twice removed of Manuel Yrigoyen Diez Canseco
- Javier Diez Canseco (former
congressman), great-great-grandnephew of Pres. Pedro Diez Canseco
and Pres. Francisco Diez Canseco, fisrt cousins twice removed of
Manuel Yrigoyen Diez Canseco, first cousin of Raul Diez Canseco
Terry
- Ana Elena Townsend Diez Canseco
Member of Congress
The de la Riva-Agüero Family
The Fujimori Family
The García Family
The Morales-Bermudez
Family
The Pardo Family
The Prado Family
The Christian Family
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)
Portugal
The Carmona and Carmona Rodrigues Family
(granduncle-grandnephew)
The Soares Family (father-son)
The Portas Family (father-brothers)
The Calderón Family
The Hernandez Family
The Muñoz Family
The Rivera
Family
The Pesquera Family Rafael
A Pesquera( former municipal assembly member of Guaynabo)
The Romero Family
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 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)
The Habyarimana Family and
Kayibanda Family Family
The Cenac
Family
The Lewis
Family
The Costa Alegre
Family
The Trovoada Family
The Al-Sulaim Family
He is the first Prince in
Al-Sulaim
dynasty.
He became at the thorn of Unaizah
in 1817 after killing the ruler appointed by the
Ottoman emperor. He was killed in Baq’a betel between
Al-Sulaim and Bin Rashed of
Hail.
The Ferrari
Family
The Lee Family
The Chan Family
- Tommy Chan (Member of Parliament and
businessman)
- Laurie Chan (son of Tommy Chan;
Foreign Minister, 2002- )
The Kemakeza Family
Somalia
Barre
The de Klerk Family
The Mandela Family and Machel Family
The Marte Family
(father-daughter)
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)
Spain
- The Primo de Rivera family - is a Spanish military
family prominent in politics of the 19th and 20th centuries:
The Senanayake Family
(also related to Sir
John Lionel
Kotelawala,
Junius
Richard Jayewardene, and
Ranil
Wickremesinghe)
The Bandaranaike-Kumaratunga Family
(also related to
Felix Dias
Bandaranaike, Harris Ratwatte, Clifford Ratwatte, Mallika
Ratwatte, Anuruddha Ratwatte, Hector Kobbekaduwa, Jeewan
Kumaranatunga and Lohan Ratwatte)
The Gopallawa
Family (also related to Ratwatte)
The Rajapaksa Family
- Don M. Rajapaksa (Member of
State Council and Senator)
- Lakshman Rajapaksa (Member of Parliament)
- George Rajapaksa (Cabinet
Minister and Member of Parliament)
- Nirupama Rajapaksa (Daughter of George Rajapaksa; current
Member of Parliament, 2006 -)
- Don Alwin Rajapaksa (former
Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament)
The Wijeyeratne
Family (also related to Senanayake, Ratwatte and
Gopallawa)
- Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne (former
Cabinet Minister and Senator, 1947 - 1951)
- Tissa Wijeyeratne (eldest son
of Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne; former politician, diplomat,
Barrister-at-Law and businessman. He was also Additional Secretary
to the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence, and Senior Advisor
(Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister)
- Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne
(second son of Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne; former Cabinet Minister and
Member of Parliament 1977 - 1988)
- Neranjan Wijeyeratne
(eldest son of Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne) Politician
- Mano Wijeyeratne (second son of
Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne; current Minister & Member of
Parliament, 1989 - 2001, 2004 - )
- Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne (third son of Dr Nissanka
Wijeyeratne) Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council
The Premadasa
Family
The Hewavitharana-Moonesinghe
Family
The Boralugoda Gunawardena Family
- Philip Gunawardena (Cabinet
Minister and Member of Parliament; the 'Father of Socialism in Sri
Lanka', first person to call for Independence in Sri Lanka)
- Kusuma Gunawardena (Member of Parliament)[97546]
- Robert Gunawardena (Member of Parliament)
Dissanayake
Family
- Andrew Dissanayake (Deputy Minister and Member of Parliament)
The Assad Family
The Atassi family
The al Azem family
Sweden
House of
Bernadotte
Bodström family
Bohman family
- Gösta Bohman,
leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1970 to 1981, Minister
for the Economy 1976-1978 and 1979-1981.
Cederschiöld family
De Geer family
- Louis De
Geer the elder (1818-1896), Justice Prime Minister
1858-1870, Prime Minister of
Sweden 1876-1880
- Louis De
Geer the younger (1854-1935), Prime Minister of Sweden 1920–1921,
son of Louis De Geer the elder
- Gerard De Geer
(1858-1943), Member of Parliament 1900-1905, son of Louis De Geer
the older
- Gerard De
Geer (1889-1980), liberal Member of Parliament
1937-1943 and 1951-1958, grandson of a brother to Louis De Geer the
elder
- Lars De Geer
(1922-2002), liberal Minister of Defence 1978-1979, son of Gerard
De Geer (1889-1980)
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.
Wallenberg
family
- Knut Wallenberg (1853–1938), banker, Swedish
Minister for
Foreign Affairs 1914-1917
- Raoul
Wallenberg (1912-unknown) 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.
Vejjajiva family
- Long Vejjajiva, Minister for Health Affairs (1959-1969)
- Athasit Vejjajiva, Deputy Minister for Health Affairs
(1991-1992)
- Nitsai Vejjajiva, former Thai ambassador to Malaysia
The Eyadéma Family
The Olympio Family
The Capildeo family
The Fitzpatrick
family
The Sinanan
family
The Bourguiba Family
Turkey
Ecevit
The Latasi Family
Uganda
Obote
United Kingdom
See 'List of
political families in the United Kingdom
United States
The Arismendi Family (father and daughter)
The Batlle Family (grandfather, son, grandsons and
great-grandson)
The Bauzá Family (father and son)
- Rufino Bauzá (Uruguayan
independence fighter and military figure)
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 and 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)
- Raúl Jude (Deputy, Justice and
Interior Minister, and Senator)
The Michelini Family (father and sons)
The Mujica-Topolansky Family (spouses)
The Nin Family (brothers)
The Pacheco Family
- Manuel Pacheco (legislator of Uruguay)
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 Wílliman Family (grandfather and grandson)
The Végh Family (father and son)
The Zorilla de San Martín Family (grandfather and
grandson)
The Karimov Family
The Lini Family
The Sokomanu-Sopé Family
The Sucre Family
Vietnam
Ngô
Iryani
The Saleh Family
The Chiluba Family
The Kaunda Family
The Mujuru Family
The Mugabe-Chiyangwa Family
References
- 阿披实：泰国的“明星总理”, 2009-04-06,
ChinaReviewsNews.com
- Peas in a pod they are not January 17, 2009,
PHILIP GOLINGAI, The Star
- Kathin ceremony fostering neighbourly ties,
November 22, 2008, Bangkok Post
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