| Ramiz Selmani | |
 Selmani (aged 106) in May 2021 | |
| Birth: | 10 October 1914 Llojan, Kingdom of Serbia (present-day North Macedonia) |
| Death: | 2 July 2023 Llojan, North Macedonia |
| Age: | 108 years, 265 days |
| Country: |  MKD
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| Centenarian | |
Ramiz Rexhep Selmani [known as Baci Ramiz] (10 October 1914 – 2 July 2023) was a Macedonian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in North Macedonia at the time of his death. He is also the oldest known man from North Macedonia ever.
Biography[]
Ramiz Selmani was born in the village of Llojan, municipality of Lipkovo, Kingdom of Serbia (present-day North Macedonia) on 10 October 1914. He was born as the second child in an Albanian ethnic family to father Rexhep Selmani and mother Hajrije Selmani. He had three brothers and one sister.
One of his sons was the famous Albanian geographer and member of parliament of Macedonia Asllan Selmani (1945–2011).
At the age of 103, when he was first interviewed, he could still work in the garden and walk over 7 kilometers in a day. On his 108th birthday in 2022, his health was also extremely good and he was able to walk without assistance.
According to the statistics of the population statistics bureau of the Republic of North Macedonia, he was the oldest living man in the country in the last few years of his life.
In May 2021, he received the vaccine against Covid-19, making him one of the oldest known people to receive the vaccine.
In December 2022 he surpassed the age of Ted Petkoff (108 years, 65 days) becoming oldest known Macedonian-born man ever.
Ramiz Selmani died in the village of Llojan, municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia on 2 July 2023 at the age of 108 years, 265 days. At the time of his death, he was also the second-oldest known living person in North Macedonia (behind Fikrije Loki) and the second-oldest known living man in the Balkans (behind Ilie Ciocan).
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- Ramiz Selmani, 103 vjeçari që ec 7 km për të punuar Almakos on Facebook, 21 July 2017
- Xhemail Seferi ne foto me 105 vječarin nga fshati llojan agen Ramiz Xhemail Seferi on Facebook, 18 December 2018
- Me 105 vjecarin Ramiz llojanin te jugoferi tu e regjistru kerrin Xhemail Seferi on Facebook, 18 June 2019
- Urime 107 vjetorin agaRamiz festofsh edhe shum tjera zbashku me familjen ju pershendes Xhemail Seferi on Facebook, 10 October 2020
- Plaku 110 vjeçarë nga fshati Llojan sot u vaksinua kundër COVID-19. Baci Ramiz në bazë të statistikave është plaku më i moshuar në Maqedonin e Veriut. Fshati Llojan on Facebook, 19 May 2021
- Është vaksinuar gjyshi më i moshuar 106 vjeçar Ramiz Selmani nga Llojani. ISPH on Facebook, 19 May 2021
- Me 108 vjeqarin e dashur axhën Ramiz Shqiprim Selmani on Facebook, 23 August 2022
- Ky është Ramiz Selmani nga Kumanova, Fshati Llojan i lindur me 10.10.1913, ai llogaritet personi me jetëgjatë në vend. Sot mbushi 109 vjet🍀 NEJSE on Facebook, 10 October 2022
- 109 vjet mbi supe, ky është njeriu më i moshuar në komunën e Likovës dhe në Maqedoninë e Veriut Fakti Ditor, 18 April 2023 (Archived)
- Babai i ministrit shqiptar ndërron jetë në moshën 109 vjeçare, më i moshuari në rajon Java News, 3 July 2023
- Babai i ministrit shqiptar ndërron jetë në moshën 109 vjeçare, më i moshuari në rajon Newsbomb, 3 July 2023