| Dundo Bozo Kralj | |
 Bozo Kralj (aged 102) in October 2017. | |
| Birth: | 9 October 1915 Pridvorje, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Austria-Hungary, (present-day Croatia) |
| Death: | 30 January 2023 Pridvorje, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia |
| Age: | 107 years, 113 days |
| Country: |  CRO
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| Centenarian | |
Dundo Bozo Kralj [Croatian: Dundo Božo Kralj] (9 October 1915 – 30 January 2023) was a Croatian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Croatia at the time of his death. He was also the oldest living veteran of World War II in Croatia.
Biography[]
Dundo Bozo Kralj was born in the village of Pridvorje in the central part of the municipality of Konavle, under the slopes of the mountain Snijeznica, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Austria-Hungary, (present-day Croatia) on 9 October 1915. He had six sisters and one brother. When he was only three years and two months old, his mother died from the effects of the Spanish flu. After a few years, his father remarried, then Bozo Kralj got a stepmother, she was as caring towards him as she was towards her children and did not differentiate between her children and him.
In 1938, he was called up for the army. It was for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and King Petar II Karadjordjevic. He boarded the submarine with 50 crew members, among them five officers. He came as a replacement, but not as a sailor, but as a waiter "at the service of an officer and commander". Although he did not participate in the battles (because he had an easier task in the army) he carried the title of war veteran.
He married his wife Ana in 1949. From the 1951 he volunteered for the Hydrometeorological Institute in Zagreb and every month he sent them his reports on the current situation the amount of precipitation, thunder and winds. He voluntarily engaged in this hobby for 67 years, that is, until he was 103 years. In October 2017 he had three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He became the oldest known living man in Croatia, following the death of 109-year-old Josip Krsul on 5 March 2021.
Bozo Kralj died in his native village of Pridvorje, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia on 30 January 2023, at the age of 107 years, 113 days.
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References[]
- Božo Kralj - najdugovječniji motritelj volonter HRT, 25 March 2015
- Intervju s dundom Božom Kraljem iz Pridvorja Osnovna škola Gruda, 22 October 2015
- Dundo Božo Kralj - i sa 103 godine svakog dana gleda u konavosko nebo TV Dubrovnik, 6 November 2017
- NAJSTARIJI KONAVLJANIN Dundo Božo Kralj - kralj vremena Slobodna Dalmacija, 1 December 2017
- Dundo Božo Kralj, veteran iz Pridvorja: Preživio je šest država i tri rata, ‘ronio‘ u podmornici i mjerio vrijeme, no uvijek se vraćao baštini Slobodna Dalmacija, 3 September 2022
- Najstariji Konavljanin u krugu obitelji zakoračio u 108. godinu života: Dundo Božo, sretan rođendan! Slobodna Dalmacija, 10 October 2022
- NAJSTARIJI KONAVLJANIN Dundo Božo Kralj Dubrovačka Televizija on Facebook, 22 October 2022
- U 108. godini života preminuo je Božo Kralj, kao meteorolog DHMZ-a radio je 67 godina Večernji list, 31 January 2023
- U 108. godini preminuo jedan od najstarijih Dalmatinaca, gospar Božo gotovo do zadnjeg dana imao je specifičan hobi Slobodna Dalmacija, 31 January 2023
| Croatia's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Ivan Jaklic • Egidije Foretic • Franjo Horvat • Mateo Palaversic • Andrija Prlic • Nikola Barkovic • Sime Petrovic • Josip Krsul • Dundo Bozo Kralj • Josip Pisnjak • Zdenko Premzl |