| Ajka Lokmic | |
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| Birth: | 4 May 1914 Bosanski Samac, Austria-Hungary (present-day Samac, Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Death: | 17 August 2024 Stari Grad, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Age: | 110 years, 105 days |
| Country: |  BIH
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| Unvalidated | |
Ajka Lokmic [Bosnian: Ajka Lokmić] (4 May 1914 – 17 August 2024) was a Bosnian supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of her death. She is also the oldest person who ever lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Ajka Lokmic was born in Bosanski Samac, Austria-Hungary (present-day Samac, Bosnia and Herzegovina) on 4 May 1914. At the age of three, she lost her parents, so she and her siblings were raised by their eldest brother Ibrahim in Sarajevo.
At the age of 24, she married Nurije Lokmic. The couple had four children: Zumreta, Zineta, Nurudin, and Semsudin.
As of May 2014, she had seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
She became the oldest known living person in Bosnia and Herzegovina, following the death of 108-year-old Muska Porobic on 12 March 2021.
On 21 March 2023, she was visited by the mayor of Stari Grad, Sarajevo, Ibrahim Hadzibajric, and presented her with a certificate of the plaque of the oldest living person in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In May 2024, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian, as well as the first female supercentenarian ever recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On 20 May 2024, she surpassed the age of Jovan Jovanovic (1906–2016) of 110 years, 15 days, becoming the oldest person ever in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ajka Lokmic died in Stari Grad, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 17 August 2024 at the age of 110 years, 105 days.
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- Nana Ajka: Da doživiš 100 godina treba puno rada, sevdaha i sabura Klix, 4 May 2014
- Mladalački duh Ajke-hanume Lokmić u 103. godini MiruhBosne, 6 August 2017
- Recept za dugovjecnost 107-godisnje Ajke lokmić N-1, 23 February 2021
- Načelnik Hadžibajrić posjetio najstarije stanovnice Starog Grada uoči ramazana Raport, 9 April 2021
- STOGODIŠNJACI U STAROM GRADU: NAČELNIK HADŽIBAJRIĆ POSJETIO SVOJE NAJSTARIJE STANOVNIKE Hayat, 21 April 2022
- Sarajka Ajka Lokmić danas slavi 108. rođendan, ne pije lijekove, zdravlje je dobro služi Faktor, 4 May 2022
- Načelnik Hadžibajrić nastavio tradiciju obilaska stogodišnjaka u Starom Gradu: Ajka Lokmić ima 109, a Selma Hadžagić 100 godina Općina Stari Grad, 21 March 2023
- Ajka Lokmić ima 109, a Selma Hadžagić 100 godina Televizija Sarajevo, 21 March 2023
- U susret ramazanu: Nana Ajka Lokmić postila od sedme do 100. godine Oslobođenje on YouTube, 22 March 2023
- Superstogodišnjak: Jovan Jovanović i dalje drži rekord kao najstarija osoba koja je ikada umrla u BiH. Hoće li ga preteći Ajka Lokmić? Bosnainfo, 25 December 2023
- Nana Ajka Lokmić slavi 110. rođendan Općina Stari Grad Sarajevo, 4 May 2024
- Ajka Lokmić, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s oldest living person, celebrated her 110th birthday Gerontology Research Group, 4 May 2024
- Ajka Lokmić, Bosnia and Herzegovina's oldest person ever, dies at 110 Gerontology Research Group, 17 August 2024
| Bosnia and Herzegovina's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Luca Bulic • Milusa Andjelic • Safa Dedic • Anica Radmilovic • Mara Kvrgic • Jovan Jovanovic • Dragoljub Galic • Muska Porobic • Ajka Lokmic • Anonymous of Tuzla |