How tall is Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev?

Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev's listed height is 170 cm (5'7"). He is taller than about 58% of men in Kazakhstan.

Where 170 cm sits among men in Kazakhstan

Taller than about 58% of men in Kazakhstan born in 1940 (average 168.6 cm).

About Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev

Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev is a Kazakh politician, born on 6 July 1940 in Shamalgan. His political career began in the Soviet era, when he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1962 while working as a steel factory worker.

Rising through the party ranks, Nazarbayev became Prime Minister of the Kazakh SSR in 1984 and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan in 1989. In 1990 the Supreme Soviet elected him president of Kazakhstan, and he played a key role as the country moved through the dissolution of the Soviet Union to independence in 1991. He won the first direct presidential election that year, and in 1995 a referendum extended his presidency and a new constitution was adopted. In March 2019 he announced his resignation, and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev succeeded him.

At a listed 170 cm (5'7"), Nazarbayev is married to Sara Nazarbayeva. He served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019, held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022, and chaired the Security Council from 1991 to 2022.

Frequently asked

How tall is Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev in feet and inches? Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev is 5'7" tall, which is 170 cm, 66.9 inches or 1.70 m.

Is Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev tall for men in Kazakhstan? At 170 cm he is taller than about 58% of men in Kazakhstan born in 1940, 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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