List of political families

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

Albania

The Hoxha Family

The Kapo Family

The Myftiu Family - Peristeri Family

The Nano Family (father-son)

The Pashko Family (spouses)

The Shehu Family

Angola

The dos Santos - Van-Dúnem Family

Antigua and Barbuda

The Bird Family

The Frank Family (uncle-nephew)

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)

Armenia

The Sargsyan Family (brothers)

Australia

Austria

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

Azerbaijan

The Aliyev Family (father-son)

The Bahamas

The Butler Family

The Pindling Family

The Symonette Family

The Turnquest Family (father-son)

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)

Barbados

The Adams Family (father-son)

The Barrow Family (brother-sister)

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

Benin

The Soglo Family

Bolivia

The Ballivián Family (father-son)

The Siles Family

Botswana

The Khama Family (husband-wife-son)

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

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

Burkina Faso

The Compaoré Family

The Yaméogo Family (father-son)

The Zerbo-Yonli 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 Dolin Family (husband, wife)

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)

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)

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 Araújo Family

The Barco Family (father-daughter)

The Lleras-Restrepo Family

The López Family

The Pastrana Family (father-son)

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)

Cook Islands

The Henry Family

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)

Croatia

The Tuđman Family

Cuba

The Castro Family

Cyprus

The Papadopoulos Family

Czechoslovakia

The Masaryk Family

Denmark

The Auken Family

The Ellemann-Jensen Family

The Helveg Petersen Family

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 Bucaram Family

The Plaza Family (father-son)

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-Allik 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

Fiji

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)

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)

Gabon

The M'ba-Eyeghe Ndong Family

The Sassou-Nguesso Family and Bongo Family

Germany

The Adenauer Family

The Albrecht Family (father – daughter)

The Bismarck Family

The de Maizière Family

The Ebert Family (father-son)

The Goppel Family

The Guttenberg Family

The Gysi Family (father and son)

The Koch Family

The Niklas / Ertl Family

The Speer Family (father – daughter)

The Strauss Family (father – daughter)

The Vogel Family (brothers)

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

Ghana

The Akufo-Addo Family (father-son)

Greece

The Karamanlis Family (two brothers, then their nephew)

The Papandreou Family (grandfather-father-son)

The Venizelos-Mitsotakis Family

Guatemala

The Ydigoras Family -Morazan Family

The Cerezo Family

Guyana

The Burnham Family

The Jagan Family

Haiti

The Duvalier Family (father-son)

Honduras

The Azcona Family (father-sons)

The Flores Family (father-daughter)

The Melgar Family (spouses)

The Reina Family (brothers)

Hungary

The Antall Family (grandfather – father – son)

The Göncz Family (father – daughter)

India

The Nehru-Gandhi Family

The Gowda Family Karnataka

The Charan Singh Family

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

The P.V.Narasimha Rao's Family

The Anugrah Narayan Sinha's Family

The Satpathy Family

The Mishra Family

The Ramachandran Family

The Karunanidhi Family – Tamil Nadu, India

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

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

The Yadav Family

The Chautala Family

Bansilal Family

The Jindal Family

The Naik Family

The Bhoi Family

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

Indonesia

The Suharto Family

The Sukarno Family

The Wahid Family

Iran

The Khamenei Family

The Mosaddegh Family

The Mansur Family (father-son)

The Zahedi Family (father-son)

Iraq

The Allawi-Chalabi Family

The Arif Family

The Barzani 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

Israel

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 Family

The Mussolini Family

Jamaica

The Manley Family

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)

Jordan

The Badran Family (brothers)

The Al-Fayez Family (father-son)

The Lawzi Family (father-son)

The Al-Rifai Family

Kazakhstan

The Nazarbayev Family (father-daughter)

Kenya

The Kenyatta Family

The Moi Family

The Odinga Family

The Nyagah Family

Kiribati

The Tong Family

Korea, North

The Kim Family

Korea, South

The Park Family

Kyrgyzstan

The Akayev Family (father-daughter)

The Bakiyev Family (brothers)

Latvia

The Ulmanis Family

Lebanon

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

The Moawad Family (husband-wife)

Liberia

The Barclay-Tubman Family

Macedonia

The Crvenkovski Family (Father-son)

Madagascar

The Ratsiraka Family (Uncle-nephew)

The Sylla Family (Father-son)

The Tsiranana Family (Father-son)

Malawi

The Chirwa Family

Malaysia

The Abdul Family

The Abdul Razak–Hussein Onn Family

The Tan family

The Mahathir family

The Abdullah family

The Anwar Ibrahim Family

The Lim Family

The Karpal Singh Family

Maldives

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

Mali

The Sidibé Family (brothers)

Malta

The Mifsud Bonnici Family

The Mizzi Family (father-son)

Marshall Islands

The Kabua Family

The Note Family

The Alik Family

Mauritius

The Duval Family

The Jugnauth Family

The Ramgoolam Family

The Boolell Family

The Mohamed Family

The Virahsawmy Family

The Jeetah Family

The Seetaram Family

The Uteem Family

Mexico

The Ávila Camacho Family

The Calderón Hinojosa Family

The Cárdenas Family

The Madero Family

The Obregón Family (father-son)

Montserrat

The Bramble Family

Mozambique

The Mandela Family (South Africa) and Machel Family

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

Namibia

The Nujoma Family (father-son)

Nauru

The Adeang Family

The Detudamo Family

The Dowiyogo Family

The Keke-Stephen Family

The Kun Family

Nepal

The Koirala Family

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

Netherlands

The Donner family

The Regout family

Netherlands Antilles

The Godett Family

New Zealand

The Armstrong Family (father-son)

The Barclay Family (father-son)

The Connelly Family (father-son)

The Douglas Family (father-sons)

The Fisher Family (father-son)

The Gerard Family (father-son)

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

The Grigg Family (husband-wife)

The Hanan Family (father-son)

The Hay Family (father-son)

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

The Holland Family (father-son-grandson)

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

The Howard Family (father-daughter)

The Hutchison Family (father-son)

The Kirk Family (father-son)

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

The Luxton Family (father-son)

The McCombs Family (husband-wife-son)

The Macky Family (mother-daughter)

The Massey Family (father-two sons)

The Moss Family (father-son)

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)

The Tirikatene Family (father-daughter)

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

The Wakefield Family (father-son-nephew)

The Ward Family (father-son)

Nicaragua

The Argüello Family

The Chamorro Family

The Sacasa Family

The Somoza Family

Niger

The Diori Family (cousins)

The Kountché Family (cousins)

Norway

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

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

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

Pakistan

The Hyat Khattar 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:

The Junejo Family

The Tiwana Family

The Mian (Arain) Family

Palau

The Remengesau Family (Father-son)

The Tmetuchl-Toriboing Family

Panama

The Arias Family

The Arosemena Family

The Boyd Family

The Chiari Family

The Delvalle Family

The Lewis Family

The Torrijos Family

Papua New Guinea

The Chan Family (father-son)

The Somare Family (father-son)

Paraguay

The Argaña Family

The Cubas Family

The López Family

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

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

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

The Lacson Family

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

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

The Roxas Family

The Rufino Family

The Ty Family (mother, children and grandchilren)

The Villarreal Family

Pitcairn Islands

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)

Puerto Rico

The Calderón Family

The Hernandez Family

The Muñoz Family

The Rivera Family

The Pesquera Family

The Romero Family

Romania

The Brătianu Family

Russia / Soviet Union

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

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)

Rwanda

The Habyarimana Family and Kayibanda Family Family

Saint Lucia

The Cenac Family

The Lewis Family

São Tomé and Príncipe

The Costa Alegre Family

The Trovoada Family (Father-son)

Senegal

The Wade Family (father-son)

Seychelles

The Ferrari Family

Sierra Leone

The Margai Family (brothers)

Singapore

The Lee Family

Solomon Islands

The Chan Family

The Kemakeza Family

Somalia

Sharmarke Family (Father-son)

Barre Family (Brothers)

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)

Spain

Sri Lanka

Syria

The Assad Family

The Atassi family

The al-Azm family

Sweden

House of Bernadotte

Bildt family

Bodström family

Bohman family

Cederschiöld family

De Geer family

Douglas family

Hammarskjöld family

Heckscher family

Leijon family

Myrdal family

Ohlin family

Reinfeldt family

Wallenberg family

Thailand

Vejjajiva family

Shinawatra family

Togo

The Gnassingbé Family

The Olympio Family

Trinidad and Tobago

The Capildeo family

The Fitzpatrick family

The Sinanan family

Tunisia

The Bourguiba Family

Turkey

The Ecevit Family (spouses)

The İnönü Family (father-son)

Tuvalu

The Latasi Family

Uganda

Obote

Ukraine

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

United Kingdom

See List of political families in the United Kingdom

United States

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)

Uzbekistan

The Karimov Family

Vanuatu

The Lini Family

The Sokomanu-Sopé Family

Venezuela

The Chávez Family

The Sucre Family

Vietnam

Ngô

Yemen

The Iryani Family (uncle-nephew)

The Saleh Family (father-son)

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

Zambia

The Chiluba Family

The Kaunda Family

Zimbabwe

The Mujuru Family

The Mugabe-Chiyangwa Family

See also

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