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. Arslan Family of Lebanon and Cakobau Family of Fiji).

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Albania

The Hoxha Family

The Myftiu Family – Peristeri Family

The Nano Family (father-son)

The Pashko Family (spouses)

The Shehu Family

Angola

The dos Santos – Van-Dúnem-Vieira Dias Family

Antigua and Barbuda

The Bird Family

The Frank Family (uncle-nephew)

Argentina

The Kirchner Family (Husband, son, sister and widow)

The Perón Family (Husband and wives)

The Roca Family (Father and son)

The Rodríguez Saá Brothers

The Sáenz Peña Family (Father and son)

Armenia

The Demirchyan family (father-son)

The Sargsyan Brothers

The Margaryan family (father-son)

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)

The Foulkes Family (father-son)

Bangladesh

The Chowdhury Dynasty

Forefathers from Gour

The Dhaka Nawab Family
Sheikh-Wazed Family
The Zaman Family of Gopalganj
The Siddikys of Baliadi*
The Zia Family
The Mansur Ali Family
The Ahmad Family
The Chowdhury Family
The Huq Family
The Abdullah Al Mahmood Family of Sirajgonj

Barbados

The Adams Family (father-son)

The Barrow Family (brother-sister)

Belgium

Anciaux family (father and sons)

de Brouckère brothers

De Croo family (father-son)

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

Bhutan

Dorji family

Bolivia

The Ballivián family (father-son)

The Siles family

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Izetbegović Family (husband-wife-son)

Botswana

The Khama Family (husband-wife-son)

Brazil

The Assed-Matheus Family (spouses and daughter)

The Brás-Moreira Family (cousins)

The Collor-Mello Family

The Fonseca Family

The Genro Family

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

The Kubitschek Family

The Magalhães Family

The Matarazzo-Suplicy Family

The Neves-Cunha Family

The Sarney Family (father-daughter)

The Vargas-Peixoto Family

Bulgaria

The Bogoridi Family

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

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 Girardi Family

The Lagos Family

The Letelier Family

The Montt Family

The Pinto Family

Republic of China

The Chiang Family (father-sons-grandson-great-grandson)

The Hsu Family

The Lien Family

The Soong Family (father-son-3 daughters)

The Wu Family

The Yu Family (Kaohsiung County Black Faction)

People's Republic of China

See also Crown Prince Party for a more complete list

The Mao Family

The Liu Family

The Zhou Family

The Deng Family

The Bo Family

The Zeng Family

The Xi Family

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

Kabila family (father-son)

Kanza family (father-children)

Mobutu family (father-son)

Tshombe-Nguza family (uncle-nephew)

Cook Islands

The Henry Family

Costa Rica

The Arias-Sánchez 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

Clerides family (father-daughter)

Kyprianou family (father-son)

Papadopoulos family (father-son)

Vasiliou family (husband-wife)

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 Boyd Family

The Douglas Family

Dominican Republic

The Báez Family

The Bosch Family

The Cabral family

The Fernández Family

The Guillermo Family

The Jimenes 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

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 Bülow Family

The Bülows are an old Mecklenburg aristocratic dynasty with many members active in politics, in church or in the military.

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 Lambsdorff Family

The Niklas / Ertl Family

The Schäuble Family

The Speer Family (father – daughter)

The Strauss Family (father – daughter)

The Vogel 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 Tsaldaris family

The Varvitsiotis family (grandfather-father-son)

The Theotokis-Rallis family (five Prime Ministers)

The Venizelos-Mitsotakis family

Guatemala

The Cerezo Family

The Rios 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 Brothers

Hungary

The Antall Family (grandfather – father – son)

The Göncz Family (father – daughter)

India

The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Family (West Bengal)

The Nehru-Gandhi Family

The Bishnoi family

The Das Family of West Bengal

The Ashutosh Mukherjee Family of West Bengal

The Naidu Family of West Bengal

The Mukherjee Family of West Bengal

The Dasmunsi Family of West Bengal

The Shamanur Family Karnataka

The Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Family

The Gowda Family Karnataka

The Gupta Family

The Nandamuri Family — Andhra Pradesh

The Charan Singh Family

P.V.Narasimha Rao's Family

Anugrah Narayan Sinha's Family

The Satpathy Family

The Mishra Family

The Mishra Kehunia Family

The Ramachandran Family

The Karunanidhi family – Tamil Nadu, India

The Kalvakuntla 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

The Kumaramangalam Family (father-son and daughter)

The Maderna Family of Rajasthan

The Mirdha Family of Rajasthan

The Patnaik Family

The Pilot Family

The Reddiar Family

The Yadav Family

The Sayeed Family

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

The Badal Family – Punjab

The Brar Family – Punjab, India

The Thackeray Family

The Pawar Family

The Chavan Family

The Hiray Family

The Yadav Family

The Chautala Family

Bansilal Family

The Jindal Family

The Naik Family

The Bhoi Family

The Reddy Brothers, Karnataka

The Masood family

The Mahajan Family

The Rajnath Singh Family, Uttar Pradesh

Indonesia

The Suharto Family

The Sukarno Family


The Wahid Family

The Yudhoyono Family

Iran

The Khamenei Family (father-in-law, son-in-law)

The Mosaddegh Family (father-in-law, son-in-law)

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 Blaney Family

The Cosgrave family

The De Valera family

The Kitt-Brady 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 Berlinguer Family

The Craxi Family

The Mussolini Family

Jamaica

The Manley Family

Japan

The Fukuda Family

The Hatoyama family

The Ōkubo-Yoshida-Suzuki-Asō Family

The Sato-Abe Family

The Koizumi Family (related by blood and marriage)

The Konoe-Hosokawa Family

  • Konoe Atsumaro (President of the House of Peers: 1896–1903)

The Nakasone Family (father-son)

The Tanaka Family (father-daughter)

Jordan

The Majali Family

The Badran Brothers

The Al-Fayez Family (father-son)

The Lawzi Family (father-son)

The Al-Rifai Family

Kazakhstan

The Jandosov Family (founder-son-nephew)

The Nazarbayev Family (father-daughter)

Kosovo

The Sejdiu Family

The Rugova Family

The Haradinaj Family

Kenya

The Kenyatta Family

The Moi Family

The Odinga Family

The Nyagah Family

The Awori Family (Kenya and Uganda)

Kiribati

The Tong Family

Korea, North

The Kim Family (1948–present)

Other members of Kim Family

Other non-bloodline members of Kim Family

Korea, South

The Park Family (father-daughter)

Kyrgyzstan

The Akayev Family (father-daughter)

The Bakiyev Brothers

Latvia

The Ulmanis Family

Lebanon

Arslan family

Chamoun family (father-sons-granddaughter)

Eddé family

Karam Family

El Khazen family

Gemayel family (father-sons-grandsons)

Hariri family

Helou family

Jumblatt family (father-son)

Karame family (father-sons)

Lahoud family

Moawad family (husband-wife)

Frangieh family

Liberia

The Barclay-Tubman Family

Skivring Smith Family (father-son)

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 Sheikh Fadzir Family

The Lim Family

The Karpal Singh Family

The Nga-Ngeh Family

Maldives

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

Mali

The Sidibé Brothers

Malta

The Mifsud Bonnici Family

The Mintoff Family

The Fenech Adami Family

The De Marco 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 Uteem Family

The Virahsawmy Family

The Jeetah Family

The Seetaram Family

The Guttee Family

Mexico

The Abascal family

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

Netherlands

The Donner family

The Regout family

Curaçao

The Godett Family

The Asjes-Prins Family

New Zealand

The Allen Family (grandfather-grandson)

The Atmore – Baigent Family (brothers-in-law)

The Barclay Family (father-son-cousin)

The Bell Family (father-son-grandsons)

The Brandon Family (father-son)

The Brown – Garrick – Peacock – Webb family (brothers-in-law)

The Connelly Family (father-son)

The Courtney – Williams Family (great-grandfather and great-grandson)

The Douglas Family (father-sons)

The Field Family (brothers-cousin)

The Fisher Family (father-son)

The Fraser – Cullen Family (wife-husband)

The Gerard Family (father-son)

The Graham Family (great-grandfather-great-grandsons/brothers)

The Grigg Family (husband-wife-husband)

The Hamilton Brothers

The Hanan Family (uncle-nephew)

The Hay Family (father-son)

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

The Hislop Family (father-son)

The Holland Family (father-son-grandson)

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

The Howard Family (father-daughter)

The Hutchison Family (father-son)

The Izard Family (father-son)

The Kirk Family (father-son)

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

The Levin Family (father-son)

The Luxton Family (father-son)

The McCombs Family (husband-wife-son)

The MacIntyre Family (father-son)

The Mackenzie Family (father-son)

The Mackey Family (mother-daughter)

The Mason – Wilford Family (grandfather-grandson)

The Massey Family (father-two sons)

The McClay Family (father-son)

The McMillan Family (husband-wife)

The Montgomery Family (father-son)

The Moss Family (father-son)

The Myers – Baume Family (cousins)

The Nordmeyer Family (father-in-law & son-in-law)

The O'Flynn Family (father-son)

The Ormond – Wilson Family (grandfathers-grandsons)

The Paikea Family (father-son)

The Parata Family (father-son-descendent)

The Peters Family (brothers)

The Pharazyn Family (father-son)

The Ratana Family (brothers, wife)

The Reeves Brothers

The Reeves Family (father-son)

The Rhodes Family (brothers, father-son-cousin)

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

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

The Rolleston Family (father-sons)

The Seddon Family (father-son)

The Sidey Family (father-son)

The Smith Family (father-son)

The Smith Family (father-son)

The Stewart Family (father-son)

The Sutton Family (brothers)

The Taylor Family (father-son)

The Tirikatene Family (father-daughter-nephew/grandson)

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

The Uru Brothers

The Wetere – Mahuta Family (uncle-niece)

The Wakefield Family (father-son-nephew)

The Ward Family (father-son)

The Young Family (father-daughter)

The Young 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)

Nigeria

"The Abubakar Olusola Saraki Family (father, son, daughter)

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

Palau

The Remengesau Family (Father-son)

The Tmetuchl-Toriboing Family

The Whipps Family (Father-son)

Panama

The Arias Family

The Arosemena Family (brothers-in-law)

The Boyd Family (father-son)

The Chiari-Robles Family

The Delvalle Family (uncle-nephew)

The Lewis Family (father-son)

The Torrijos Family (father-son)

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

These are the families that either supplied two or more generations of presidents, or vice presidents, or senators. Only family members who are presidents, vice presidents, senators, congressmen or members of the Cabinet are included, unless that government official has a descendant that is from amongst those positions.

The Angara Family

The Aquino Family

The Cayetano Family

The Cojuangco Family

The Estrada Family

Luisa Pimintel Estrada (former senator); wife of Joseph
  • Jinggoy Estrada (born Jose P. Ejercito, Jr.) (current senator); son of Joseph and Luisa
Guia Gomez (mayor of San Juan); mother of JV
  • JV Ejercito (incoming senator and current San Juan congressman); son of Joseph and Guia

The Guingona Family

The Laurel Family

The López family of Iloilo

The Madrigal Family

The Magsaysay Family

The Marcos Family

The Macapagal Family

The Osmeña Family

The Pimentel Family

The Recto Family

The Revilla Family

The Roxas Family

The Sumulong Family

The Sotto Family

The Tañada 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 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 Menezes Family ' (father-son)

Puerto Rico

The Calderón Family

The Hernandez Family

The Muñoz Family

The Rivera Family

The Pesquera Family

The Romero Family

Romania

The Brătianu Family

The Băsescu Family (father, daughter)

The Ponta-Sârbu Family (husband, wife, father-in-law)

Russia / Soviet Union

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

The Glazyev-Sinelin Family (brothers-in-law, alumni, co-partisans)

The Gorbachev Family

The Khristenko-Golikova Family

The Kosygin-Primakov Family (somebodies-in-law via two 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

Saint Lucia

The Cenac family (brother)

The Lewis family (father-son)

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 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

The Ngcuka Family (husband-wife)

The Sisulu Family

The Slovo Family and First Families (husband-wife)

The Tambo Family

The Zuma Family (ex-spouses)

The Seedat Family Dawood Ahmed Seedat – communist leader Fatima Seedat = wife and communist Zoni Seedat – Anc and Sacp Azad Seedat – Anc and Sacp

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

The Panday Family

Tunisia

The Bourguiba Family

Turkey

The Ecevit Family (spouses)

The İnönü Family (father-son)

Tuvalu

The Latasi Family

Uganda

The Obote Family

The Museveni Family

The Kiwanuka Family

The Kakonge Family

The Lutwa Okello Family

The Lule Family

The Awori Family (Kenya and Uganda)

Ukraine

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

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 Brothers

The Cuestas Family (father and son)

The Demicheli Family (spouses)

The Ellauri Family (father, son and great grandson)

The Fernández Family (father and son)

The Forteza Family (father and son)

The Grauert 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 Brothers

The Pacheco Family

The Ramírez Family

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-Baldomir Family

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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