Hi!Juan Vicente Pérez, from Venezuela, has been officially confirmed as the oldest person living (male) at 112 years and 253 days, as of 4 February 2022.
Today he is 112 years 11 months and 21 days old, with his 113th birthday fast approaching.
Born in El Cobre, Táchira, Venezuela on 27 May 1909, Juan was the ninth child of ten to Eutiquio del Rosario Pérez Mora and Edelmira Mora.
In 1914, his family moved to Los Pajuiles, a village in San José de Bolivar. At the age of five years old, he started working with his dad and brothers in agriculture and assisted with sugar cane and coffee harvesting.
