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These 6 pairs of brotherly presidents: some are dictatorial, some are rich, some are long-lived, some are sentenced...

2025-09-12 06:26:25 HKT

1. Raphael Trujillo (brother) and Ektor Trujillo (brother) (Dominican)


Raphael Leonidas Trujillo Molina, was born in San Cristobal, Dominican Province in 1891. Dominican politician, president, marshal, dictator.


Raphael Trujillo


  In 1916, the US military sent troops to the Dominican Republic. Since 1918, he served Williams, the commander of the US military invading the Dominican Republic. He was trained and served in the US Marine Corps, helping the US invading the Dominican guerrillas, and was deeply trusted by the US military.

  When the U.S. military retreated in 1924, he was promoted to colonel and served as head of the National Police and commander-in-chief of the Army.

  Support your absolute rule by controlling the army, installing relatives and continuously carrying out terrorist activities. Although the country has shown certain peace and prosperity, the people have lost their civil and political freedoms for this. Diplomacy, he has always succumbed to the United States. The first measure taken after taking office was to approve American wholesalers to raise oil prices. In 1937, it was ordered to massacre tens of thousands of Haitians who lived in the Dominican Republic, known as the "Caribbean wolfdog".


Raphael Trujillo


  He likes to be called "the commander", "the liberator" or "leader". The Trujillo family ruled the Dominican family for more than 20 years and was one of the longest-lived dictators among the Latin American countries supported by the United States.


Ector Trujillo


Ector Trujillo (April 6, 1908 - October 19, 2002) Nicknamed "Black Man", the president of the Dominican Republic, the younger brother of the dictator Raphael Leonidas Trujillo Molina.

In April 1908, after Brother Ektor became the head of state, Ektor Trujillo was appointed Minister of War and Minister of the Navy, and was promoted to general.

  Ektor is actually just a puppet president, and the actual rule is in the hands of his brother. During the reign of Ektor, the Dominican Republic established a good international image.

In 1960, Ektor gave up his presidency to Joaquin Barager.

 In 1961, after his elder brother Trujillo was assassinated, Ektor went to the United States.

 On October 19, 2002, Ektor Trujillo died of illness in Miami, USA at the age of 94.


2. Luis Annastasio Somoza Devaili (brother) and Annastasio Somoza Devaili (brother) (Nicaragua)


Luis Annastasio Somoza Devail


Luis Annastasio Somoza Devaili (November 18, 1922 - August 13, 1967), President of Nicaragua (1956-1963). Born in Leon, graduated from Louisiana State University.

 After his father, Lao Somocha, was assassinated in 1956, he was appointed acting president and was elected president shortly afterwards.

  During his reign, civil liberties were still restricted and corruption was still very common. He appointed his younger brother Somocha Devaili as commander of the National Guard and became the second-person of the country.

 In August 1967, he died of a heart attack.


Annastasio Somoza Devaili, also known as Anastasio Tasio Somoza Garcia, the third president of the Somoza family of Nicaragua (1967-1979), and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

  During his father and brother were president, he was promoted very quickly in the army. When he was commander of the National Guard, he helped the United States invade the Bay of Pigs in Cuba and interfere with the Dominican Republic in 1965.


Annastasio Somoza Devaili


 During the first president, health and education plans were formulated to promote the modernization of industry and agriculture, improve the country's economic conditions, and per capita income increased by 8%.

  Resigned in 1972, but due to a severe earthquake that year, he returned to power.

  Reelected as president in 1974, continue to carry out land reform, improve farmers' welfare, develop the economy, and improve foreign relations. But the failure of issues such as the average income distribution and the reconstruction of managua have led to an increase in instability factors. At the same time, the $500 million assets of the Somocha family and the 50% of the country's land aroused strong dissatisfaction among the people. By 1977, guerrilla activities spread across the country, and the National Guard was condemned for the use of torture, rape, assassination and other means.

  Somoza, who is firmly anti-communist, has received support from the United States, just like his father and brother, and the Nicaraguan Conservative Party and the Sandinino National Liberation Front have demanded him to step down.

  I was forced to resign on July 17, 1979, and fled that year. First, I went to Miami, then to the Bahamas, and finally to Paraguay, and later was assassinated.


III. Abdul Salam Arif (brother) and Abdul Rahman Arif (brother) (Iraq)


Abdul Salam Arif


Abdul Salam Arif (1921-April 13, 1966), President of Iraq and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (1963-1966). marshal.

   Graduate from the Baghdad Military Academy in 1939, he served as deputy brigade commander of the 20th Brigade of the Army and an officer of the infantry and artillery in his early years. In 1958, he participated in the "Free Officer Organization" headed by his cousin Abdul Karim Kasem. On July 14, he played a leading role in ending the Iraqi monarchy and transforming into the Republic's military coup; after the revolution, he served as deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces, deputy prime minister and acting minister of the interior.

 In 1959, he was sentenced to prison for conspiracy to "overthrow the current regime" and "murder Prime Minister Kasem" and was released in 1961.

  On February 8, 1963, after Iraqi Prime Minister Kasem was overthrown, he was selected as the first president and promoted to marshal.

  He initially supported the Baath Party, but after he withdrew, he launched the Mayath Party movement in 1963. President Arif played an important role in building and developing its infrastructure in Iraq.


Abdul Salam Arif



Abdul Rahman Arif (1916-August 24, 2007), born in Baghdad, an Iraqi politician and president of Iraq (16 April 1966-July 16, 1968).

  Graduate from the Baghdad Military Academy in 1937, participated in the anti-British uprising in 1941, participated in the Palestinian War in 1948, and in 1958, he supported his cousin Kasem's military coup to overthrow the Safel dynasty. He served as Chief of Staff of the Armored Forces and resigned on August 21, 1962 due to the political differences between his brother and Kasem.


Abdul Rahman Bazaz


 In the 1964th, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army and Commander of the Ground Force, and was promoted to Major General. In 1966, he visited the Soviet Union to seek weapons assistance. On April 13 of the same year, the young President Arif died in a helicopter crash. Abdul Rahman Bazaz became acting president. Three days later, the military decided that Abdul Rahman should inherit his younger brother's presidency. Arif was unexpectedly appointed president by the Revolutionary Command Committee.

During his term, he sent troops to strengthen Jordan's defense line against Israel and launched a boycott of countries exporting to Israeli oil.

  On July 16, 1968, Arif was overthrown while sleeping by a coup of officers led by his own assistant, Baath Party member Ahmed Hassan Becker. Defense Minister Hadan Tikriti called to inform him that he was no longer president.

After that, Arif went into exile in Türkiye. In 1979, he returned to Iraq and lived in Baghdad.

In 2003, he went to Jordan to settle down and lived in Amman. He died on August 24, 2007 at the age of 91.


IV. Khalifa Zayed (brother) and Mohamed Zayed (brother) (UAE)



Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan(abbreviated as: Khalifa Zayed), born in 1948, was appointed as the Crown Prince of the Chief of Abu Dhabi in 1969.

"> He has served as the representative of the Eastern Regional Regional Court of the Abu Dhabi Emirate, the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Minister of Finance and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government. He has served as Chairman of the Supreme Petroleum Committee, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Arab Economic Development Foundation, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Investment Committee.

In 1969, supervised the establishment of the Abu Dhabi defense force; contributed to the restructuring of the Abu Dhabi government and the enrichment of the country and strengthening the people; during his tenure as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the UAE Armed Forces, he made considerable contributions to the modernization of the army, the growth of the team and the development of weapons and equipment; in a short few years since becoming the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and presided over the Executive Council in 1974, many government plans have been approved and formulated in terms of housing, water supply, electricity, roads and public services.


Khalifa Zayed and Queen Elizabeth II


On November 2, 2004, UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan passed away. On the evening of November 3, the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates held a meeting to unanimously elect Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chief of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, to serve as the new president of the UAE.

 In the Abu Dhabi Emirates, he personally supervised the construction of 16 public hospitals. In addition, he has also directed the establishment of more than 12 private hospitals and 374 private clinics; served as chairman of the Supreme Petroleum Commission to directly manage the oil resources of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi.

In May 2020, Khalifa appeared in public for the last time to thank the frontline medical staff who were fighting the epidemic.


Dubai Tower, also known as Burj Khalifa


  On May 13, 2022, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passed away; on the same day, UAE Chief Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the chief of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, UAE, and other emirates chiefs held a funeral for Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and announced that from the 13th, a 40-day national funeral will be held for Khalifa, and half-mast will be lowered nationwide to express condolences.

  The world's tallest building located in Dubai is named after him. After the UAE government exempted Dubai from debt, the original Dubai Tower was named "Karifa".


Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan


Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, born on March 11, 1961 in Ain City, full name is Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa bin Shahbut bin Diab bin Isa bin Nahyan bin Farah bin Yas (this name is so long). The third son of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the first president of the UAE, graduated from the Sanhurst Army Officer's School in the United Kingdom.

 In January 1993, he became the Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces.

  On November 2, 2004, he was appointed as the Crown Prince of the Chief of the Abu Dhabi.

  He also attaches great importance to poetry, especially Nabati poetry, and has always been keen to support poetry competitions and other cultural activities, through his sponsorship and personal participation in these competitions and other cultural activities and activities.



In August 2020, the UAE and Israel announced the establishment of diplomatic relations, achieving normalization of bilateral relations. On August 13, then-US President Trump posted a joint statement from the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Twitter, and announced that the UAE and Israel reached a peaceful agreement and agreed to achieve "full normalization of relations." This move is the Arab world that has become the second Arab power to establish diplomatic relations with Israel and the first non-border country to establish diplomatic relations with Israel 40 years after the last time Egypt established diplomatic relations with Israel.

 Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is friendly to China and attaches great importance to developing relations with China. He visited China with President Zayed in May 1990, and visited China six times in August 2009, March 2012, December 2015, July 2019, February 2022, and May 2024.


V. Mahinda Rajapaksa (brother) and Gotabaya Rajapaksa (brother) (Sri Lanka)


Mahinda Rajapaksa


Mahinda Rajapaksa, born on November 18, 1945, Sinhala, Buddhist. After graduating from Colombo Law School, he was qualified as a bar.

 In 1970, as a candidate for the Sri Lankan Liberal Party, he became the youngest member of Sri Lanka at that time.

  From April 6, 2004 to November 19, 2005, he served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the first time.

On January 27, 2010, he defeated former Army Commander Sarat Fonseka and was re-elected as President of Sri Lanka.

In September 2014, on the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Sri Lanka, he was given an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters.



 On November 21, 2019, he served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the third time. On the 22nd, he served as the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Policy Development, Buddhist Affairs, Culture, Water Supply, Urban Development and Housing Affairs. On December 7, in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters at Colombo Port City, he said that the Shrine-New Government looks forward to continuing to develop friendly relations with China in the future.

 On May 9, 2022, he resigned from his position as prime minister.


Photography of Mahinda Rajapaksa Family



Gotabaya Rajapaksa, born on June 20, 1949, Sinhala, Buddhist. He studied at S'ananda College and the University of Colombo, and has successively obtained bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

  Entered in 1971 and retired in 1992. From 2005 to 2015, he served as the permanent secretary of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense and commanded the army to win the Sri Lankan Civil War.


Gotabaya Rajapaksa


 In 2019, he ran for the President of Sri Lanka as a candidate for the People's Front Party. On November 17, he won the presidential election. On November 18, he was sworn in Anuradhapura, the capital of North Central Province of Sri Lanka.

  On February 4, 2021, a military parade celebrated the 73rd anniversary of Sri Lanka's independence was held in Colombo.

On July 14, 2022, Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially submitted his resignation to Speaker Sri Lanka and resigned from the position of President of Sri Lanka.

 On August 17, 2022, according to Sri Lankan media reports, former President Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka on August 24.


VI. Mumun Abdul Gayoum (brother) and Abdullah Yamin (brother) (Maldives)


Mumun Abdul Gayoom, Born in Male, the capital of Maldives, which had just been independent at the time, he studied Shariah and Civil Law, and then obtained a master's degree in law and literature in Egypt.


Mumun Abdul Gayoum


After graduation, I taught in Egypt, Nigeria and the Maldives, and I was engaged in the education industry. By 1972, 35-year-old Mumun Abdul Gayoom began to enter politics and joined the then Maldives government, and served as the Maldives representative to the United Nations.

After returning from the United Nations, he began to join the government and served as the Minister of Transportation. Because he is brave and resolute, and very capable, he is highly praised and supported in the government.


In 1984, Deng Xiaoping met with Maldives President Gayoum


 In 2008, due to the development of democratization in the Maldives, the people were dissatisfied with the long-term rule of Mumun Abdul Gayoom and his dictatorship. His former supporters turned to support the opposition Nashid, so they were directly defeated by Nashid in the presidential election that year.

  This president, who had been in power for 30 years, was arrested for his duty crimes and sentenced to 16 months in prison after he stepped down.



Abdullah Yamin,Born in Maldives in 1959. I have received a good education since I was a child, and have obtained a master's degree in economic management in Lebanon and the United States. Influenced by my brother, Yamin has strong political experience.


Abdullah Yaming


  When my brother was in power, Yaming was responsible for managing the economy and large state-owned enterprises, so he had rich experience in economic management. Coupled with the strong support of his brother, on November 16, 2013, Abdullah Yamin narrowly defeated former president and Democratic candidate Mohamed Nashid by a narrow margin in the second round of the presidential election and was elected the sixth president of the Maldives. The brothers' long-cherished wish of taking turns to be the banker.

 But because the Maldives have been under control of India and influenced by the West for a long time, Yamin's policies directly made the West unhappy. They kept inciting Yamin's opposition to slander Yamin, saying that he had harmed the interests of the Maldives, as well as money laundering and bribery.

 In the 2018 presidential election, Yamin lost to Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh from the Maldives Democratic Party.


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