| 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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| Validated | |
Ajka Lokmic [Bosnian: Ajka Lokmić] (née Bešlagić) (4 May 1914 – 17 August 2024) was a Bosnian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest living person in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is currently the oldest person who ever lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Biography[]
Ajka Lokmic was born as Ajka Beslagic in Bosanski Samac, Austria-Hungary (present-day Samac, Bosnia and Herzegovina) on 4 May 1914 to parents Mustafa Beslagic and Pasa Beslagic. At the age of three, she lost her parents, so she and her siblings were raised by her eldest brother Ibrahim in Sarajevo.
On 26 February 1940, at the age of 25, she married Nurija Lokmic (1915–1984). The couple had four children: Nurudin (1943), Zineta (1945), Semsudin (1948) and Zumreta (1953). Her husband owned a bakery, while she was a housewife. She has always been a devout Muslim, praying (Fard) and fasting throughout her entire life. From the age of seven until she reached 100, she fasted every Ramadan.
On 12 March 2021, following the death of 108-year-old Muska Porobic, she became the oldest known living person in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On 4 May 2024, she celebrated her 110th birthday becoming a supercentenarian, as well as the first female supercentenarian ever recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On 20 May 2024, at the age of 110 years, 16 days, she surpassed the final age of Jovan Jovanovic (1906–2016), 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. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest living woman in the Balkans, behind 110-year-old Fikrije Loki of North Macedonia. She was also the last known survivor in Bosnia and Herzegovina born before 1918.
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References[]
- List of validated supercentenarians in Bosnia and Herzegovina Gerontology Research Group
- Ajka Lokmić Gerontology Research Group
- 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 |