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Political families by country: N-Z - Definition and Overview

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

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

Nauru

The Adeang Family

The Detudamo Family

The Dowiyogo Family

Nepal

The Koirala Family (brothers)

Netherlands Antilles

The Godett Family

  • Wilson Godett, union leader and government official
    • Anthony Godett, former de facto Prime Minister; son of Wilson
    • Mirna Louisa-Godett, former Prime Minister; daughter of Wilson
  • Johnny Louisa, legislator; husband of Mirna

New Zealand

The Douglas Family (father-sons)

The Hay Family (father-son)

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

The Holland Family (father-son-grandson)

The Lange and Bassett Families (cousins)

The Macky Family (mother-daughter)

The Peters Family (4 brothers, 1 sister)

The Seddon Family

The Sutton Family (brothers)

The Tirikatene Family (father-daughter)

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

Nicaragua

The Chamorro Family

The Somoza Family (father-son-son)

Niger

The Diori Family (cousins)

The Kountché Family (cousins)

Pakistan

The Bhutto Family

The Jinnah Family

The Sharif Family (brothers)

The Ul-Haq Family (father-son)

Palau

The Remengesau Family (father-son)

Panama

The Arias Family

The Arosemena Family

The Chiari Family

The Delvalle Family

  • Eric Arturo Delvalle (President)
  • Max Delvalle (political leader)

The Torrijos Family (father-son)

Paraguay

The Argaña Family (father-son)

The Cubas Family (brothers)

The López Family

Peru

The Belaúnde Family

The Morales Family

  • Remigio Morales Bermúdez
  • Francisco Morales Bermúdez

Philippines

The Aquino Family

The Estrada Family

The Marcos Family

The Macapagal and Arroyo Families (father-daughter-grandson)

Pitcairn Islands

The Christian Family

Poland

The Gierek Family (father-son)

The Giertych Family (father-son-grandson)

The Walesa Family (father-son)

  • Lech Walesa (President of Poland)
    • Jaroslaw Walesa (MEP candidate)

Portugal

The Soares Family (father-son)

The Portas Family (brothers)

Puerto Rico

The Hernandez Family

The Muñoz Family

The Rivera Family

Russia

Rwanda

The Habyarimana and Kayibanda Families

Saint Lucia

The Lewis Family

São Tomé and Príncipe

The Trovoada Family (father-son)

Seychelles

The Ferrari Family (father-children)

  • Maxime Ferrari (opposition leader)
  • Jean-François Ferrari (SNP activist)
  • Pauline Ferrari

Singapore

The Lee Family (father-son)

South Africa

The Mandela and Machel Families

The Mbeki Family (father-son)

The Slovo and First Families (husband-wife)

The Zuma Family (ex-spouses)

Spain

The Arana Family

The Aznar Family

The Benegas Family

  • Doris Benegas
  • Txiki Benegas

The Oreja Family

  • Marcelino Oreja
  • Jaime Mayor Oreja

The Primo de Rivera Family

The Redondo Family

  • Nicolás Redondo
  • Nicolás Redondo Terreros

Sri Lanka

The Bandaranaike Family

The Gopallawa Family (father-son)

The Senanayake Family

Syria

The Assad Family (father-son)

Togo

The Olympio Family (father-son)


The Eyadema Family (father-son)

Tunisia

The Bourguiba Family (father-son)

Tuvalu

The Latasi Family (spouses)

  • Kamuta Latasi (Prime Minister)
  • Naama Maheu Latasi (member of parliament)

United Kingdom

Main article: List of political families in the United Kingdom

The Benn Family

  • John Williams Benn (Member of the London County Council)
  • William Wedgwood Benn (Secretary of State for India); son of John Williams Benn
  • Tony Benn (Postmaster General, Minister of Technology); son of William Wedgwood Benn
  • Hilary Benn (Secretary of State for International Development); son of Tony Benn


The Callaghan Family

  • James Callaghan (later Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, Prime Minister 1976 - 1979)
  • Margaret Jay (née Callaghan, later Baroness Jay of Paddington, Leader of the House of Lords 1998 - 2001), daughter of James
  • Peter Jay (British Ambassador to the United States), husband of Margaret


The Cecil Family and related families


The Churchill and Soames Families


The Foot Family

  • Isaac Foot (Liberal Member of Parliament)

United States

Main article: List of US political families

Uruguay

The Batlle Family

Uzbekistan

The Karimov Family (father-daughter)

Vanuatu

The Lini Family (siblings)

The Sopé Family (uncle-nephew)

  • Ati George Sokomanu (first President of Vanuatu)
  • Barak Sopé (former Prime Minister and leader of the MPP)

Yemen

The Saleh Family (father-son)

Zimbabwe

The Mugabe Family

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