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Ivan Skaramuca
Ivan Skaramuca
Ivan Skaramuca on his 104th birthday in 2020.
Birth: 29 December 1916
Ravno, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Death: 13 October 2021
Ravno, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Age: 104 years, 288 days
Country: Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH
Centenarian

Ivan Ivula Skaramuca [Bosnian: Ivan Skaramuca, Bosnian Cyrillic: Иван Скарамуца] (29 December 1916 – 13 October 2021) was a Bosnian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of his death.

Biography[]

Ivan Skaramuca was born in Ravno, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), on 29 December 1916. At some point, he married and had children. He earned his pension working on the narrow-gauge railway line Čapljina - Dubrovnik. He was also a famous Ravno mason, and his excellent knowledge of stone is evidenced by many buildings from Hutovo to Ravno.

On 21 July 2020, following the death of 104-year-old Hasan Ćorić, he became the oldest known living man in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ivan Skaramuca died in Ravno, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 13 October 2021, at the age of 104 years, 288 days. Following his death, then 104-year-old Mijo Martinović became the oldest known living man in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Sava BjelicaOsman AlajbegovicJovan JovanovicDragoljub Galic • Halil SarajlicMujo DedicHasan CoricIvan SkaramucaMijo MartinovicMustafa DzaficDjordjo OstovicMilovan Grbic