How tall is Shinzo Abe?

Shinzo Abe's listed height was 175 cm (5'9"). He was taller than about 86% of men in Japan.

Where 175 cm sits among men in Japan

Taller than about 86% of men in Japan born in 1954 (average 168.9 cm).

About Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe was a Japanese statesman and politician, born on 21 September 1954 in Shinjuku, Tokyo. He died on 8 July 2022. He came from the Satō-Kishi-Abe family, as the son of Liberal Democratic Party politician Shintaro Abe and the grandson of prime minister Nobusuke Kishi. He graduated from Seikei University and attended the University of Southern California.

After working in industry and party posts, Abe was elected to the House of Representatives in 1993. He was secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2003 to 2004 and Chief Cabinet Secretary under Junichiro Koizumi from 2005 to 2006. He served as Prime Minister of Japan and party president from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was Japan's youngest post-war premier and the first born after World War II, and in 2007 he initiated the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.

Abe stood a listed 175 cm (5'9"). He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, serving for nearly nine years.

Frequently asked

How tall is Shinzo Abe in feet and inches? Shinzo Abe was 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is Shinzo Abe tall for men in Japan? At 175 cm he was taller than about 86% of men in Japan born in 1954, whose average height is 168.9 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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