How tall is Hugo Chávez?

Hugo Chávez's listed height was 173 cm (5'8"). He was taller than about 74% of men in Venezuela.

Where 173 cm sits among men in Venezuela

Taller than about 74% of men in Venezuela born in 1954 (average 168.6 cm).

About Hugo Chávez

Hugo Chávez, whose full name was Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, was a Venezuelan politician, revolutionary and military officer, born on 28 July 1954 in Sabaneta, Barinas. He died on 5 March 2013. He was born into a middle-class family and became a career military officer.

In the early 1980s Chávez founded the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200. He led it in an unsuccessful coup attempt against the government of President Carlos Andrés Pérez in 1992 and was imprisoned, then pardoned two years later. He founded the Fifth Republic Movement and led it from 1997 until it merged with other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. Chávez was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death. He changed the country's name to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and led the Bolivarian revolution.

Chávez stood a listed 173 cm (5'8"). The political ideology centered on his ideas is known as Chavismo.

Frequently asked

How tall is Hugo Chávez in feet and inches? Hugo Chávez was 5'8" tall, which is 173 cm, 68.1 inches or 1.73 m.

Is Hugo Chávez tall for men in Venezuela? At 173 cm he was taller than about 74% of men in Venezuela born in 1954, whose average height is 168.6 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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