and social Croatia), was published in 2015. Personal life In 1945, Manolić married his first wife, Marija Eker (1921 – 15 April 2003), who died in a house fire, at the age of 82. On 30 April 2016, at the age of 96, Manolić married his second wife, Mirjana Ribarić (5 March 1956 –⁠ 18 August 2020), 35 years his junior, who died of lung cancer, at the age of 64. He has three children: Darko, Zrnka and Jasna. Longevity and health Manolić is the oldest living former Croatian prime minister and the longest-lived person to have ever held the office. His advanced age has earned him notability both on social media and in the press. Namely, he was found to be one of the oldest holders of a valid driver's license in Croatia and also became allegedly the first Croat to have undergone a sequencing of his genome. There is also a satirical Facebook page dedicated to his longevity with the title Joža Manolić je nadživio (Joža Manolić has outlived). He turned 100 on 22 March 2020. In April 2021, Manolić contracted COVID-19. Despite initially showing signs of mild pneumonia, he was not hospitalized, and he ultimately made a recovery within a little over two weeks. See also List of Croatian prime ministers by time in office Cabinet of Josip Manolić List of oldest living state leaders Lists of state leaders by age List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants) References 1920 births Living people People from Kalinovac League of Communists of Croatia politicians Croatian Democratic Union politicians Croatian Independent Democrats politicians Prime Ministers of Croatia Yugoslav Partisans members Croatian centenarians Men centenarians