This is a partial listing of prominent political families around the world. 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.
Political office in the Philippines has always been hierarchical: Aspiring politicians went up the political ladder from local to national office, from the House to the Senate, and from the Senate to the presidency.
Politicalfamilies have the edge, because they can mobilize local patronage and political networks for their electoral forays.
The most enduring politicalfamilies are the best evidence of this: The Aquinos and Cojuangcos of Tarlac, the Osmeñas of Cebu, the Romualdezes of Leyte, and the Marcoses of Ilocos Norte, among others, have been in Philippine legislatures for four generations.
A generation of younger, better-educated lawmakers was elected to the House of Representatives, loosening the grip of politicalfamilies that had dominated the legislature for generations.
Political analyst Joel Rocamora of the think-tank Institute for Popular Democracy argues, however, that the urgent matter is not the passage of an anti-dynasty lawassuming advocates can succeed in getting one passed at all.
Politicalfamilies who will hold on to their seats at all costs, says Rocamora, thrive in all the confusion caused by obsolete elections systems.
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