Juan Vicente Perez Mora | Gerontology Research Group

Full name: Juan Vicente Perez Mora
Lifespan: (27.05.1909 – 02.04.2024)
Age: 114 years, 311 days
Birthplace: El Cobre, Tachira, Venezuela
Last residence: San José de Bolívar, Tachira, Venezuela
Application date: 27.05.2019
Validation date: 03.02.2023
Validation source: Guinness World Records/Robert Young/Nelyda Perez/Freddy Abreu

Biography

Juan Vicente Perez Mora was born in El Cobre, Tachira, Venezuela on 27 May 1909. His parents were Euquitio Perez and Edelmira Mora. In 1913, his family moved to Caserio Caricuena, San Jose de Bolivar, where they bought a farm. At the age of four, he already had eight brothers. While growing up, Perez Mora worked on the farm with his father and brothers. At the age of 10, he began to study, but only for a month since his teacher became ill. He learned to read and write from a book that the teacher gave him. His brother, Miguel, lived in the nearby village of Los Paujiles, and Perez Mora started working for him. There, he met Ediofina Garcia, and married her in San Jose de Bolivar, in 1938. After marriage, they moved to the village of Los Paujiles in the municipality of Francisco de Miranda, Tachira, where their first son was born. In next years, he saved enough money and bought a farm in Caserio Caricuena, where the rest of his children were born. The couple had six sons and five daughters. His wife died in 1997.

On 4 October 2015, following the death of 107-year-old Jose Gregorio Brito Riera, Perez became the oldest known living man and person in Venezuela.

In May 2019, he celebrated his 110th birthday, becoming the first male supercentenarian in Venezuela. As of May 2020, six of his children were still alive, three sons (Ysabelino, Angel Edecio and Andronico) and three daughters (Mary Elena and Nelida).

On 18 July 2020, he surpassed the final age of Carmen Pacheco de Carrasco (1901–2013) – 111 years, 51 days – to become the oldest validated person ever in Venezuela.

On 18 January 2022, upon the death of 112-year-old Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia of Spain, Perez Mora became the oldest validated living man in the world, which was later confirmed by Guinness World Records. Following the death of 112-year old Delio Venturotti on 1 June 2022, Perez Mora became the last surviving documented man born in the 1900s decade.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora died in San Jose de Bolivar, Tachira, Venezuela on 2 April 2024 at the age of 114 years, 311 days. At the time of his death, he was the second-oldest validated living person in South America, behind Inah Canabarro Lucas, and the fourth-oldest living person in the world whose age is validated, behind Maria Branyas Morera, Tomiko Itooka and Inah Canabarro Lucas. He was the last documented man born before 1911, and his successor as the world’s oldest living man was then 112-year-old Shi Ping of China.

Longevity recognition

WORLD’S OLDEST LIVING MAN (18.01.2022 – 02.04.2024)
Longevity recordholder of Venezuela (18.07.2020 – present)
Oldest living person in Venezuela (04.10.2015 – 02.04.2024)
Oldest living man in Venezuela (04.10.2015 – 02.04.2024)

Validation

Juan Vicente Perez Mora’s age was verified by Guinness World Records, Robert Young, Nelyda Perez, Freddy Abreu, and validated by Guinness World Records in February 2022, and validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 3 February 2023.