How tall is Omar Bongo?

Omar Bongo's listed height was 151 cm (4'11"). He was taller than about 1% of men in Gabon.

Where 151 cm sits among men in Gabon

Taller than about 1% of men in Gabon born in 1935 (average 166.9 cm).

About Omar Bongo

Omar Bongo Ondimba, born Albert-Bernard Bongo on 30 December 1935 in Bongoville, was the second president of Gabon. He was a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party. In the 1960s he was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first president, Léon M'ba, and in 1966 he was made second vice president, replacing Paul-Marie Yembit.

Bongo became president in 1967 after M'ba's death. He headed the single-party regime of the Gabonese Democratic Party until 1990, when he introduced multi-party politics into Gabon. He was re-elected in 1993, 1998 and 2005. After Fidel Castro stepped down in February 2008, Bongo became the world's longest-ruling non-royal leader, a distinction he kept until his death. His government had diplomatic, financial and military backing from France.

Bongo stood at a listed 151 cm (4'11"). He served as president of Gabon from 1967 until his death on 8 June 2009.

Frequently asked

How tall is Omar Bongo in feet and inches? Omar Bongo was 4'11" tall, which is 151 cm, 59.4 inches or 1.51 m.

Is Omar Bongo tall for men in Gabon? At 151 cm he was taller than about 1% of men in Gabon born in 1935, whose average height is 166.9 cm.

Sources

• Omar Bongo on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Omar Bongo on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 151 cm.

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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