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Not necessarily
Napoleon was short statured and on the plump side
Winston Churchhill was also rotund in stature
Robert II of Scotland was effeminante in nature and in mannerism
This is to name a few.
Yes, there exists a general rule, but there are always anomalies. But when we look at the entire picture, there is a pattern. Of all American presidents, if I remember correctly, only two of them are below average height. Even in asia, mao tze dong was 6 feet, which is tall considering asian people only averages 5 feet 5. and the average height in china was even lower.
" ...and they say that even a myth has a grain of truth if you know in which direction to look. Tall polititians often represent tall nations and vice versa. Holland was represented until 2002 by Wik Kok, a huge man; Germans by Helmut Kohl at a staggering 1,94cm (even though Gerhard Schröder isn't tall), Clinton is a rather tall man at a bit over 1,90cm as was George Bush Senior, Reagan wasn't short for that matter, Vladimir Putin is about as tall as an undergrown Serb and Thassos Papadopolous of Cyprus could pass for his younger brother if not for the wrinkles! But these are ALL statesmen. But with statesmen come associates, public secretaries, congress colleagues, advisors etc. George Bush jr may only be 6 foot (which in 2005 is not tall anywhere), but apart from Donald Rumsfeld whose grandchildren and now grandparents, any American alongside Bush towers head and shoulders above him, remove Bush from the picture, you have a nation of people over 6 foot tall. Stereotype maybe but you have to look for the shorter ones, and in so, you get past hundreds more big ones... Milo Djukanović, current Prime Minister of Montenegro's republic (not country), is margianally above 1,90cm and is taller than currently every world leader. His president, Filip Vujanović is slightly shorter, Montenegro's speaker of Parliament Ranko Krivokapić is 2 metres tall, Tarzan Milošević, mayor for Bijelo Polje is also 2 metres tall (I've met him), and then there is a army of cabinet members at 185-195cm with the odd shortie, like current Serbia & Montenegro head of state Svetozar Marović only 170cm, yes he is from Montenegro...you get the odd one. But when so many polititians are so damn tall, it tends to be a prelude for the nation they represent. But the bottom line is Rom, that table on the article is pure politics: countries are nothing but names of governments, and consist of various groups of people, some class themselves as seperate nations, others as the same as another and even then there is variety from one part of the country to the other. Who is to say that Polish people are the same height in Pomerania as Mazuria? If all Slavic people averaged the same then I wouldn't be writing this! Political though it is, for the time being, Montenegro can stay unlisted since it is just a constituent republic. When they gain independence, the Dutch can start sweating and settle for Silver medal! The world will see, when there are Montenegrin diplomats everywhere, the football team etc.
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