| Dragoljub Galic | |
 Galic on his 108th birthday in 2017 | |
| Birth: | 12 October 1909 Golesi, Austria-Hungary (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Death: | 26 August 2018 Golesi, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Age: | 108 years, 318 days |
| Country: |  BIH
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| Centenarian | |
Dragoljub Galic (Serbian: Драгољуб Галић; 12 October 1909 – 26 August 2018) was a Bosnian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the oldest living ethnic Serbian man in the world at the time of his death.
Biography
Early life
Dragoljub Galic was born in Golesi near Banja Luka, Austria-Hungary (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) on 12 October 1909. He married at the time of Kingdom of Yugoslavia. For the most part of his life, Galic was engaged in agriculture and physical affairs. At the time of World War II, he fought against Independent State of Croatia (NDH) as Draza Mihajlovic's Chetnik as well as Josip Broz-Tito's partisan (for 15 days).
Galic was married for 75 years until his wife Milja died in 2005 at the age of 95. The couple had 7 children. Dragoljub Galic stopped drinking and smoking about 40 years before his 108th birthday in 2017.
Late life
Until the age of 106, he was able to help his son in grass cutting. He turned 100 in 2009 and in January 2012, he had a pacemaker successfully installed. He was the third-oldest person to have undergone such operation.
At the time of his 108th birthday in 2017, he had two living children, one daughter Krsta (aged 85), and one son Damjan (aged 72). He also had 11 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. He lived with his daughter-in-law Jelka and son Damjan.
He became the oldest known living man and person in Bosnia and Herzegovina, following the death of 110-year-old Jovan Jovanovic on 1 October 2016.
Galic died in the village of Golesi, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 26 August 2018 at the age of 108 years, 318 days.
References
- Dragoljub Galić zdrav u 104. godini i sa elektrostimulatorom srca Klix.ba, 22 May 2013
- OVAJ ČOVJEK PROSLAVIO 108. ROĐENDAN: Dragoljub i unuku ispratio u penziju! Novi.ba, 18 October 2017
- TRI RATA PREŽIVIO STARINA SA ZMIJANJA: 107 DRAGOLJUBOVIH LJETA, I BIĆE IH JOŠ! Pravda, 4 November 2017
- UMRO NAJSTARIJI STANOVNIK REPUBLIKE SRPSKE: Deda Dragoljub je imao 109 godina, 33 potomka, neke je i nadživeo! Evo šta je govorio o svom doktoru (VIDEO) Kurir, 26 August 2018
| 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 • Fata Husic • Ajka Lokmic • Zora Jarec • Spasenja Kovacevic |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Sava Bjelica • Osman Alajbegovic • Jovan Jovanovic • Dragoljub Galic • Halil Sarajlic • Mujo Dedic • Hasan Coric • Ivan Skaramuca • Mijo Martinovic • Mustafa Dzafic • Djordjo Ostovic • Milovan Grbic |