Mereruka

Mereruka
Vizier
Mereruka's false door bears an intact statue of Mereruka
Dynasty	6th Dynasty
Pharaoh	Teti
Mother	Nedjetempet
Wife	Sesheshet Watetkhethor
Children	Memi called Pepyankh, Meryteti, Khenty, Khentu, possibly Apref
Burial	Tomb LS10 in the Teti Cemetery in Saqqara

Mereruka served during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt as one of Egypt's most powerful officials at a time when the influence of local state noblemen was increasing in wealth and power. Mereruka held numerous titles along with that of Vizier, which made him the most powerful person in Egypt after the king himself.^[1] Among the other official positions that Mereruka held were "Director of all the king's works," "Governor of the palace," "Chief lector-priest," "Overseer of the royal record scribes," and "Inspector of the priests attached to the pyramid of Teti."^[1] He was married to Seshseshet Waatetkhethor, daughter of King Teti. His mother was named Nedjetempet and he possibly had a brother named Ihy, though this may be the same individual as Ihyemsaf, his grandson.