| Zenepe Piranic | |
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| Birth: | 10 May 1910 Podgorica, Principality of Montenegro (now Montenegro) |
| Death: | 5 July 2021 Shkoder, Shkoder County, Albania |
| Age: | 111 years, 56 days |
| Country: |  MNE ALB
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| Unvalidated | |
Zenepe Piranic (10 May 1910 – 5 July 2021) was a Montenegrin-born Albanian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest living person in Albania and the Balkans. She is also the oldest known person ever in Albania and the oldest Montenegrin-born person ever.
Biography[]
Zenepe Piranic was born in Podgorica, Principality of Montenegro (present-day Montenegro) on 10 May 1910. According to Albanian media, she came to Shkoder from Montenegro in 1925 together with four other sisters and parents. She got engaged very young, at the age of 16 and stayed in Albania, while after the war her family returned to Montenegro. She survived two world wars, but also two world pandemics. She was born before the state in which she lived was formed. Her husband Hasan Piranic died in 2001, after which Zenepe was left alone, without children, they have lived together since 1926, a full 75 years. She always wanted to be educated, but again she was literate enough, but she wanted to be even more educated, but that was not possible then. The biggest pledge she carried in her heart was that she could never have a child.
In March 2021 at the age of 110, she received the Covid-19 vaccine, making her one of the oldest people to receive it. In same month, she was visited by the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama.
In the last three years of her life, she was taken care of by the organization for the care of the elderly from Shkodra "Organizata Alternative Pro", which and buried her.
Zenepe Piranic died in Shkoder, Shkoder County, Albania on 5 July 2021 at the age of 111 years, 56 days. She was buried on 6 July 2021 in Shkoder.
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- 2023 validations Gerontology Research Group
- Vaksinohet 111-vjeçarja në Shkodër, mposhti dy luftëra dhe dy pandemi botërore Gazeta Express, 4 March 2021
- 111-vjeçarja mori vaksinën anti COVID, Rama i plotëson dëshirën e madhe nënës Zenepe për një takim emocionues Shqiptarja.com, 18 March 2021
- STARIJA OD DRŽAVE U KOJOJ ŽIVI Albanka (111) primila vakcinu protiv korone KURIR, 21 March 2021
- Feston ditëlindjen 111 vjeçarja, Shkodër, Zenepe Piraj mori sot dozën e dytë të vaksinës Top-Channel, 10 May 2021
- Historia e veçantë e shkodranes 111-vjeçare, kaloi Covid-in dhe mori dy herë vàksinën Juda, 11 May 2021
- Death mention Esmina Piranić on Facebook, 5 July 2021
- Obituary Aida Piranic on Facebook, 19 February 2022
- IN MEMORIAM Karta Studentore on Instagram, 30 March 2022
- Dikur kemi festuar të gjithë së bashku 111 vjetorin e nënës tonë Zejnepes e cila nuk është më pranë nesh Karta Studentore on Facebook, 4 April 2022
- Gravestone monument Aida Piranic on Facebook, 21 August 2022