How tall is Xi Jinping?

Xi Jinping's listed height is 180 cm (5'11"). He is taller than about 97% of men in China.

Where 180 cm sits among men in China

Taller than about 97% of men in China born in 1953 (average 167.7 cm).

About Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician and the paramount leader of China, born on 15 June 1953 in Beijing. He is the elder son of Xi Zhongxun's second marriage to Qi Xin. As a teenager he was sent to the rural village of Liangjiahe, Shaanxi, during the Cultural Revolution, where he joined the Chinese Communist Party and served as local party secretary.

Xi studied chemical engineering at Tsinghua University and rose through the party ranks. He served as governor of Fujian from 1999 to 2002, and as governor and party secretary of Zhejiang from 2002 to 2007. He joined the Politburo Standing Committee in 2007, was appointed vice president in 2008 and became vice chairman of the Central Military Commission in 2010. He has been general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012 and president of China since 2013.

At a listed 180 cm (5'11"), Xi is married to Peng Liyuan. He is the first paramount leader of China to be born after the foundation of the People's Republic.

Frequently asked

How tall is Xi Jinping in feet and inches? Xi Jinping is 5'11" tall, which is 180 cm, 70.9 inches or 1.80 m.

Is Xi Jinping tall for men in China? At 180 cm he is taller than about 97% of men in China born in 1953, whose average height is 167.7 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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