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Political families by country: F-M

This is a partial listing of prominent political families of the world, for countries with names startilg from letters from F to M.

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.

Other countries:

Contents

Fiji

NOTE: Most of Fiji's political families listed below are, in fact, related by ancestry or by marriage. The Nailatikau family is a subset of the Cakobau family; both are connected by marriage - as well as by ancestral ties - with the Mara and Ganilau families.

The Bavadra Family (husband-wife)

The Cakobau , Nailatikau , Ganilau , and Mara Families (Note that these four families are all descendants of Seru Epenisa Cakobau; the Cakobau and Nailatikau families through the male line, the Ganilau and Mara families through the female line. Tracing family relationships in Fiji is complicated by the fact that many prominent Fijians do not use family names).

The Patel Family (brothers)

The Speight Family (father-sons)

  • Sam Speight - Cabinet Minister (1990s)
  • George Speight - coup leader
  • Samisoni Tikoinasau - Member of Parliament

Finland

The Paasio Family (father-son)

  • Rafael Paasio (social democratic party leader)
    • Pertti Paasio (ditto)
      • Heli Paasio (daughter, MP)

The Tuomioja Family

  • Sakari Tuomioja

The Vennamo Family

  • Veikko Vennamo (leader of populist agrarian splinter party)
    • Pekka Vennamo (son and successor, postal industry leader)

The Niinistö Family

  • Sauli Niinistö (Conservative party leader, finance minister, President of European investment bank)
  • Ville Niinistö (nephew of Sauli, Green Party local politician)

The Häkämies Family

  • Kari Häkämies (minister of justice, Conserative party)
  • Jyri Häkämies (MP, younger borther of Kari, Conservative)

France

The Debré Family

The De Gaulle Family

The Giscard d'Estaing Family and related families

  • Agénor Bardoux, (Minister of State Education)
  • Jacques Bardoux , (French senator), son of Agénor Bardoux
  • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, (President of the Republic 1974-1981), grandson of Jacques Bardoux
  • Louis Giscard d'Estaing , (Member of Parliament), son of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

The Le Pen Family (father-daughter)

The Villepin Family (father-son)

  • Xavier de Villepin - Senator
  • Dominique de Villepin (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Secretary of State for the Interior), son of Xavier de Villepin

Gabon

The Sassou-Nguesso and Bongo Families (close relatives)

  • Denis Sassou-Nguesso (president of the Republic of Congo)
  • Emmanuel Yoka (Congolese cabinet chief; uncle of Sassou-Nguesso)
  • Jean-Dominique Okemba (leader of national Security Council; nephew of Sassou-Nguesso)
  • Edgar Nguesso (nephew of Sassou-Nguesso; director of estate)
  • Hilaire Moko (director of government security; nephew of Sassou-Nguesso)
  • Denis Christel Nguesso (nephew of Sassou-Nguesso; senior state oil company official)
  • Wilfrid Nguesso (brother of Edgar; senior parastatal director)
  • Pierre Oba (security minister; cousin of Sassou-Nguesso)
  • Claudia Lemboumba-Nguesso (Sassou's daughter; wife of M. Leboumba; communications director)
  • Martin Lemboumba (husband of Lemboumba-Nguesso; son of J. Lemboumba)
  • Jean-Pierre Lemboumba (finance minister; father of M. Leboumba)
  • Sandrine Nguesso (Sassou's daughter; married to Kabila)
  • Joseph Kabila (President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso (first lady of the Republic of Congo; married to Sassou-Nguesso)
  • Edith Nguesso-Bongo (Sassou-Nguesso's daughter)
  • Omar Bongo (president of Gabon and husband of E. Sassou-Nguesso)
  • Ali Bongo (defense minister of Gabon and son of Omar)
  • Pascaline Bongo (foreign minister of Gabon and daughter of Omar)

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 Guttenberg Family

  • Karl Ludwig von Guttenberg , Member of the resistance against Hitler (d 1945)
  • Georg Enoch, Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg , (Hereditary Peer in Bavaria), brother of Karl Ludwig
    • Karl Theodor, Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg , (co-founder of a Bavarian party, Member of the German Parliament), son of Georg Enoch
      • Karl Theodor, Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg , (Member of the German Parliament), grandson of Karl Theodor


The Gysi Family (father and son)

  • Klaus Gysi , (Secretary of State for Culture, in the GDR)
  • Gregor Gysi, (Leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism [PDS], Senator for Economic Affairs, Berlin), son of Klaus


The Speer Family (father - daughter)

  • Albert Speer, (Minister of Armament)
  • 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)

  • Karl Hugo Weizsäcker , (Prime Minister of Württemberg)
  • Ernst von Weizsäcker, (Diplomat, Head of the Political Department of the Foreign Office); son of Karl Hugo von Weizsäcker
  • Richard von Weizsäcker, (President of Germany); son of Ernst Freiherr von Weizsäcker
  • Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, (German Member of Parliament); nephew of Richard von Weizsäcker

Greece

The Caramanlis Family (uncle-brother-nephew)

The Papandreou Family (grandfather-father-son)

The Venizelos and Mitsotakis Families (father-son-nephew-children-son in law)

Ghana

The Akufo-Addo Family (father-son)

Guatemala

The Ydigoras -Morazan Family

Guyana

The Burnham Family

The Jagan Family

Haiti

The Duvalier Family

Honduras

The Cerezo Family

The Melgar Family (spouses)

Hungary

The Antall Family (grandfather - father - son)

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


The Göncz Family (father - daughter)

  • Árpád Göncz (President)
  • Kinga Göncz (Minister for Family and Equal Opportunities), daughter of Árpád

India

The Abdullah Family

  • Shaikh Mohammad Abdullah , Chief Minister of Kashmir
    • Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister of Kashmir (son of Sheikh Abdullah)
      • Omar Abdullah, Union Minister, (son of Farooq)
      • Sara Abdullah , (daughter of Farooq)
      • Sachin Pilot , Member of Parliament (husband of Sara)


The Karunanidhi Family

  • M. Karunanidhi, Tamil Nadu chief minister
    • M.K. Stalin, Mayor of Chennai (Son of Karunanidhi)
    • Murasoli Maran , Union Minister (nephew of Karunanidhi)
      • Dayanidhi Maran , Union Minister (son of Murasoli)

The Kumaramangalam Family (father-son and daughter)

  • Mohan Kumaramangalam (INC cabinet minister)
  • Lalitha Kumaramangalam (BJP politician in Pondicherry)
  • Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (BJP cabinet minister)

The Naidu Family

The Nehru Dynasty

The Patnaik Family

  • Biju Patnaik
    • Naveen Patnaik , son of Biju
    • Gita Mehta , daughter of Biju

The Prasad Yadav Family

The Rao Family

The Rao Family

The Saeed Family

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

The Thackeray Family

  • Balasaheb Thackeray
    • Udhav Thackeray , son of Balasaheb
      • Smitha Thackeray , daughter-in-law of Balasaheb
      • Raj Thackeray , nephew of Balasaheb

Indonesia

The Suharto Family

The Sukarno Family

The Wahid Family

Iran

The Khamenei Family

Iraq

The Allawi -Chalabi Family

  • Iyad Allawi (Prime Minister)
  • Ali Allawi (defense minister), cousin of Iyad Allawi
  • Nouri al-Badran (interior minister), brother-in-law of Iyad Allawi
  • Ahmed Chalabi (former Iraqi Governing Council president), uncle of Ali Allawi
  • Salem Chalabi (head of judicial panel to try Saddam Hussein), nephew of Ahmed Chalabi

The Arif Family

The Hussein Family

Ireland

The Cosgrave Family

Israel

The Begin Family

The Burg Family

  • Josef Burg (leader, Mafdal; cabinet minister)
    • Avraham Burg (son of Josef Burg; Speaker of the Knesset, 1999-2003)

The Herzog Family

The Rabin Family

Italy

The Craxi Family

The Berlinguer-Cossiga Family

The Mussolini Family

Jamaica

The Manley-Bustamante Family

Japan

The Fukuda Family (father-son)

The Kishi , Sato , and Abe Families (related by blood and marriage)

The Tanaka Family (father-daughter)

Jordan

The Badran Family

  • Mudar Badran (Prime Minister of Jordan , 1976-1979, 1980-1984, and 1989-1991)
  • Adnan Badran (brother of Mudar Badran; Prime Minister of Jordan , 2005- )

The Lawzi Family :

  • Ahmed Al-Lawzi , Prime Minister
    • Nasir Al-Lawzi (Son), Minister of Transportation, Minister of Information

The Al-Fayez Family :

  • Akeff Al-Fayez , Tribal leader, severeal governmental positions

Kazakhstan

The Nazarbayev Family (father-daughter)

Kenya

The Kenyatta Family

The Moi Family

The Odinga Family

  • Oginga Odinga (Vice President of Kenya)
    • Raila Odinga (son of Oginga Odinga; cabinet minister)

Kiribati

The Tong Family

Korea, North

The Kim Family

Korea, South

The Park Family

Kyrgyzstan

The Akayev Family (father-daughter)

  • Askar Akayev (President )
    • Mariam Akayeva (politician and possible successor to Askar)

Latvia

The Ulmanis Family

Lebanon

The Chamoun Family (father-sons-granddaughter)

The Eddé Family (father-son-grandson)

The Frangieh Family (father-son-grandson)

The Gemayel Family (father-sons-grandsons)

The Hariri Family

The Hélou Family (father-son-grandson)

The Jumblatt Family (father-son)

The Karame Family (brothers)

The Moawad Family (husband-wife)

Madagascar

The Ratsiraka Family

Malawi

The Chirwa Family

  • Orton Chirwa (founder, Malawi Congress Party; political prisoner)
  • Vera Chirwa (wife of Orton Chirwa; human rights advocate and former presidential candidate)

Malaysia

The Abdul Razak Family

Maldives

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

  • Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (President of the Maldives since 1978)
  • Nasreena Ibrahim (first lady)
  • Abdulla Hameed (speaker of parliament and atoll administrator)
  • Hamdhoon Hameed (minister of planning)
  • Midhath Hilmy (minister of science and communications)
  • Ilyas Ibrahim (minister of transportation and aviation)
  • Abdullahi Majeed (deputy minister for the environment)
  • Ibrahim Hussain Maniku (minister of information)
  • Abdulla Yameen (minister of trade)

Malta

The Mizzi Family

Marshall Islands

The Kabua Family

  • Amata Kabua (President of the Marshall Islands , 1979-1996)
  • Imata Kabua (cousin of Amata Kabua; President of the Marshall Islands , 1997-2000)

The Note Family

  • Nathan Note (anti-nuclear lobbyist in Bikini Atoll)
    • Kessai Note (nephew of Nathan Note; President of the Marshall Islands , 2000- )
    • Tomaki Juda (cousin of Kessai Note; Member of Parliament)

Mauritius

The Duval Family

  • Sir Gaëtan Duval (Foreign Minister, 1969-1973)
    • Xavier-Luc Duval (son of Sir Gaëtan Duval; leader, Mauritian Social Democratic Party )

The Jugnauth Family

  • Sir Anerood Jugnauth (President of Mauritius, 2003-present; Prime Minister of Mauritius , 1982-1995 and 2000-2003)
    • Pravind Jugnauth (son of Sir Anerood Jugnauth; Deputy Prime Minister, 2003- )

The Ramgoolam Family

  • Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (Prime Minister of Mauritius , 1968-1982)
    • Navin Ramgoolam (son of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam; Prime Minister of Mauritius , 1995-2000)

Mexico

The Ávila Camacho Family

The Cárdenas Family

The Madero Family

Montserrat

The Bramble Family

  • William Henry Bramble (Chief Minister of Montserrat , 1960-1970)
    • Percival Austin Bramble (son of William Henry Bramble; Chief Minister of Montserrat , 1970-1978)

Mozambique

The Mandela and Machel Families

Last updated: 06-03-2005 23:56:06
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