| Mijo Martinovic | |
 Martinovic on his 105th birthday in 2022. | |
| Birth: | 13 September 1917 Mamici, Siroki Brijeg, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Death: | 12 November 2022 Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Age: | 105 years, 60 days |
| Country: |  BIH
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| Centenarian | |
Mijo Martinovic-Rasic [Bosnian; Mijo Martinović-Rasić] (13 September 1917 – 12 November 2022) was a Bosnian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Martinovic was born in the village of Mamici, Siroki Brijeg, Austria-Hungary (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) on 13 September 1917.
He was a good soldier in the 13th Regiment. There were many things, but the worst was in 1945. Martinovic took part in the liberation struggles during the World War II.
He has never been ill Thousands of small details, supported by names and places of events, Mijo states as if they happened yesterday. Not to stop and deviate from the topic, perhaps because he hears poorly or uses the opportunity to talk. Mijo has been living alone for many years, his wife died a long time ago. The children, eight of them, mostly do not live in Mamici today. They finished high school and today they live in Split, Rijeka, Porec, Belgium and elsewhere, and there is only one left in Mamici.
He became the oldest known living man in Bosnia and Herzegovina, following the death of 107-year-old Anto Kovac on 14 February 2022.
In October 2022, he fell and broke his right hip, which required surgery. To the hospital in Mostar, he was admitted on 21 October and the operation was successfully performed on 25 October 2022 at the SKB Mostar health facility, thereby becoming the oldest operated patient ever operated in Bosnia and Herzegovina, because previously the oldest operated patient was Dragoljub Galic (1909-2018) who had a pacemaker implanted at the age of 104. Martinovic was transferred to the general hospital in Široki Brijeg after the operation, where he failed to cope with the consequences caused by the fracture of the right hip and the operation.
Martinovic died a few weeks later in the hospital in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 November 2022 at the age of 105 years, 60 days. He was buried in his village Mamići near Široki Brijeg.
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References[]
- Široki Brijeg: Mijo iz Mamića proslavio 100. rođendan Jabuka.tv, 17 September 2017
- Hercegovac Mijat proslavio 101 rođendan: Živjet ću još barem pet godina, toliko mi traje jamstvo na TV Herzegovina Info, 15 September 2018
- Mijo iz Mamića proslavio 103. rođendan! Susjeda Jela ima dvije više Grude, 13 September 2020
- Širokobriježanin Mijat proslavio 104.rođendan Vrisak Info, 15 September 2021
- 105th birthday Kočerin Šb Kočerin on Facebook, 13 September 2022
- Širokobriježanin proslavio 105. rođendan Jabuka.tv, 13 September 2022
- Mijo u 106. godini najstariji pacijent operiran u SKB-u Mostar Borak Info, 4 November 2022
- Mijat Martinović iz Mamića, pored Širokog Brijega, najstariji pacijent ikad u SKB-u Mostar! U 106. mu operirali kuk, dobro se oporavlja BILD, 4 November 2022
- Umro je najstarsi sirokobrijezanin mijat Mijo Martinovic ABC Portal, 13 November 2022
- Preminuo Mijo, jedan od najstarijih ljudi u Bosni i Hercegovini Grad Busovača, 13 November 2022
| Bosnia and Herzegovina's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Sava Bjelica • Unknown • Jovan Jovanovic • Dragoljub Galic • Halil Sarajlic • Anto Kovac • Mijo Martinovic • Mustafa Dzafic • Anonymous |