Stojco Ivanov Stojcev

Stojco Ivanov Stojcev
Ivanov Stojcev on his 105th birthday in 2021
Birth:	19 April 1916 Kamenovo, Bulgaria
Death:	2 January 2023 Nova Zagora, Bulgaria
Age:	106 years, 258 days
Country:	BUL
Centenarian

Stojco Ivanov Stojcev [Bulgarian: Стойчо Иванов Стойчев] (19 April 1916 – 2 January 2023) was a Bulgarian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Bulgaria as well and the oldest living World War II veteran in Bulgaria at the time of his death.

Biography

Stojco Ivanov Stojcev was born in Kamenovo, Bulgaria on 19 April 1916. His parents were Ivan and Irina Stojcev. When he was less than a year old, his father died.

He married Sultana and had three children: Mitko, Ivan, and Georgi. His wife died in 1978 and later he remarried.

During World War II, he was reservist at the front until his military unit was stationed in northern Greece.

His second wife, Irina, died in February 2019 at the age of 82.

On the occasion of his 105th birthday in 2021, he received the badge of honor of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, brought to him by his National Security Adviser Colonel Iliya Milushev.

He became the oldest known living man in Bulgaria, following the death of 107-year-old Todor Karagogov on 3 May 2021. At the age of 106, he still lived alone in the house he built in the late 1940s.

Ivanov Stojcev died in Nova Zagora, Bulgaria on 2 January 2023 at the age of 106 years, 258 days.

Gallery

In his younger years

On a trip with his first wife Sultana

On his 100th anniversary, with his second wife Irina in 2016

Aged 104, in September 2020, was presented by the mayor of Nova Zagora Nikolay Grozev and the deputy Svetla Stoyanova with the medal "75 years since the victory over fascism".

Aged 106 in July 2022

References

• 100–годишен юбилей отпразнува ветеранът от Втората световна война Стойчо Стойчев Nova Zagora.org, 19 April 2016
• Дядо Стойчо от Нова Загора получи Почетния знак на президента на 105-ия си рожден ден 24 Часа, 19 April 2021
• 105-годишен ветеран от Втората световна война бе удостоен с почетен знак от Президента Zarata.info, 20 April 2021
• Дядо Стойчо от Нова Загора закръгли 106 години 24 Часа, 19 April 2022
• НАЙ-ВЪЗРАСТНИЯТ ВЕТЕРАН ОТ ВОЙНАТА Е НОВОЗАГОРЕЦЪТ СТОЙЧО СТОЙЧЕВ Sliven Info, 12 July 2022
• Напусна ни най-възрастният ветеран от Втората световна война Otbrana, 3 January 2023

Bulgaria's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Boris Damyanov • Georgi Nencev Stajkov • Pavel Vasilev Hristov • Nedelcho Boikov • Georgi Iliev Georgiev • Todor Karagogov • Stojco Ivanov Stojcev • Unknown