POLITICS
Government
Shortest Political Figures
This list features the reputedly shortest political figures in history.
RANK | FIGURE | ROLE | COUNTRY | HEIGHT | YEAR |
1 | Benito Juárez | President | Mexico | 1.37m (4’6”) | 1858–1872 |
2 | Deng Xiaoping | Chairman | China | 1.49m (4’11”) | 1978–1989 |
3 | Engelbert Dollfuss | Chancellor | Austria | 1.49m (4’11”) | 1932–1934 |
4 | David Ben-Gurion | Prime Minister | Israel | 1.52m (5’0”) | 1948–1963 |
5 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | President | Iran | 1.57m (5’2”) | 2005–2013 |
6 | Yasser Arafat | Chairman | Palestine | 1.57m (5’2”) | 1969–2004 |
7 | Kim Jong-il | Supreme Leader | North Korea | 1.60m (5’3”) | 1994–2011 |
8 | Nikita Khrushchev | Premier | Soviet Union | 1.60m (5’3”) | 1953–1964 |
9 | Dmitry Medvedev | President | Russia | 1.62m (5’4”) | 2008–2012 |
10 | Mahatma Gandhi | President | India | 1.62m (5’4”) | 1915–1947 |
11 | James Madison | President | United States | 1.62m (5’4”) | 1809–1817 |
12 | Francisco Franco | Generalissimo | Spain | 1.62m (5’4”) | 1939–1975 |
13 | Vladimir Lenin | Leader | Soviet Union | 1.65m (5’5”) | 1917–1924 |
14 | Nicolas Sarkozy | President | France | 1.65m (5’5”) | 2007–2012 |
15 | Hirohito | Emperor | Japan | 1.65m (5’5”) | 1926–1989 |
16 | Joseph Stalin | Premier | Soviet Union | 1.65m (5’5”) | 1922–1953 |
17 | Silvio Berlusconi | Prime Minister | Italy | 1.65m (5’5”) | 1994–1995, 2001–2006, 2008–2011 |
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