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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). 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 (great 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)

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

  1. Abdullah Al Mahmood (Former MLA & Industrial & Natural Resources Minister of Pakistan)
  2. Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku (Former Member of Parliament, and former State minister for Power of Bangladesh)
  3. Manzur Hassan Mahmood Khushi (Former Chairman, Sirajganj Pouroshobha)
  4. Dr. M.A. Matin (Former Member of Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh)
  5. Rumana Mahmood (Member of Parliament)

The Adel Family

The Chowdhury Family

The Huq Family

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

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 Dolin Family (husband-wife) Mary Beth Dolin, provincial cabinet Minister, Manitoba Marty Dolin, provincial member parliament, Manitoba

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 Tuđman 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

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-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

Finland

The Kuusinen Family

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 Albrecht Family (father - daughter)

The Bismarck Family

The de Maizière Family

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, (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

The Satpathy Family

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", 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 Thackerary Family

The Pawar Family

""TheChavan Family ""

The Devegowda Family

The Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Family

  • Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy,Ex-Chief minister, 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 Naik 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 RazakHussein Onn Family

The Tan family

The Mahathir family

The Abdullah family

Anwar Ibrahim Family

Lim Kit Siang Family

Karpal Singh Family

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

The Mizzi Family

The Kabua Family

The Note Family

The Alik Family

The Duval Family

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)

Mexico

The Ávila Camacho Family

The Calderón Hinojosa Family

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

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

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)

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)

  • Edwin 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

The Argüello Family

The Chamorro Family

The Sacasa Family

The Somoza Family

The Diori Family (cousins)

The Kountché Family (cousins)

Norway

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

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

The Bhutto Family

The Chaudhry Family aka Elahi Family

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

The de la Riva-Agüero Family

The Fujimori Family

The García Family

The Morales-Bermudez Family

The Pardo Family

The Prado Family

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

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 (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 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 (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 Ty Family (mother, children and grandchilren)

The Villarreal 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

  • Prince Yahia Al-Sulaim

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

Sharmarke

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 Assad Family

The Atassi family

The al-Azm family

Sweden

House of Bernadotte

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.

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

The Eyadéma Family

The Olympio Family

The Capildeo family

The Fitzpatrick family

The Sinanan family

The Bourguiba Family

The Ecevit Family

The İnönü Family

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)

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)

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 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

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  4. ^ Kathin ceremony fostering neighbourly ties, November 22, 2008, Bangkok Post