| Xhezide Aliu | |
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| Birth: | 5 August 1915 Stancic, Gjilan District, Kingdom of Serbia (present-day Kosovo) |
| Death: | 20 September 2024 Ferizaj, Ferizaj District, Kosovo |
| Age: | 109 years, 46 days |
| Country: |  KOS
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| Centenarian | |
Xhezide Aliu (5 August 1915 – 20 September 2024) was a Kosovan centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Kosovo at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Xhezide Aliu was born in the village Stancic, municipality of Gjilan, Kingdom of Serbia, (present-day Gjilan District, Kosovo) on 5 August 1915 (claimed 1913). She got married at the age of 15. Together with her husband, she had five children. Her husband died when she was 49 years old.
At the age of 102, she was visiting members of her family in Kumanovo, a town in northeastern Macedonia, where she was visited by a team from Skopje Television 21. Then she had over 60 descendants, including five children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The secret of her longevity was to maintain herself by constant work, modest and healthy food, and that she mostly ate corn bread, tomatoes, onions, cabbage and other things, and only drank sheep's milk, Xhezide said in her first interview for media in April 2018.
At the age of 107 she was still in good health, her memory worked perfectly, she had no any health problems and she still used her mobile phone.
On 15 February 2024, following the death of 108-year-old Bahtije Idrizi, she became the oldest known living person in Kosovo.
Xhezide Aliu died in Ferizaj, Ferizaj District, Kosovo on 20 September 2024 at the age of 109 years, 46 days. Following her death, then 107-year-old Taibe Dushica became the oldest known living person in Kosovo.
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References[]
- Semi-supercentenarians Gerontology Research Group
- Super nana sa Kosova ima 105 godina, prezivjela je 4 rata, koristi mobitel bez naočara Info-ks.net, 7 April 2018
- 107 vjeçarja Xhezide Aliu: Kam votuar për Kurtin, e udhëheqtë këtë vend me faqe të bardhë (VIDEO) Klan Kosova, 10 February 2021
- 107 vjeçarja Xhezide Aliu tregon kujt ja qiti votën Kosovarja, 15 February 2021
- Rrëfimi emocionues i 108‐vjeçares që i rriti 10 jetimë: “Natën, me mendu qysh kam jetu, ia nisi veç kaj” Gazeta Express, 2 April 2022
- Me nënëloken më të vjetër në republikën e Kosovës Xhezide Alija 109 vjeçare e lindur në Stançiq të karadakut me 1913. Bajram Isufi on Facebook, 24 April 2022
- 109 vjetori i lokes urime nen edhe 💯tjera me nipa embesa djem vajza gjith jemi sbashku mety Aliu Remzi on Facebook, 5 August 2022
- 110-vjeçarja Xhezide Aliu, gruaja më e moshuar në Kosovë Koha Ditore, 8 March 2023
- 110-vjeçarja, kjo është gruaja më e moshuar në Kosovë e cila përdor teknologjinë dhe s'ka qenë te mjeku as 10 herë T7 on Facebook, 19 March 2023
- Historia rrëqethëse e gruas më të moshuar në Kosovë e cila i ka bërë 110 vite Infokus Plus on Facebook, 9 June 2024
- Vdes 111 vjeçarja nga Ferizaj, Xhezide Alija, një ndër gratë më të vjetrat në Kosovë Gazeta10, 20 September 2024
- Vdes 111-vjeçarja nga Ferizaj Klan Kosova, 20 September 2024
| Kosovo's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Syle Tahiri • Fatime Ahmeti • Ahmet Gashi • Sherife Ninaj • Xhemile Kaloshi Susuri • Xhevahire Mustafa • Bahtije Idrizi • Xhezide Aliu • Taibe Dushica |