Romania’s first supercentenarian celebrates 111th birthday

21 July 2026 The oldest person in Romania, a woman from the city of Cugir, central Romania, born in 1915, was celebrated on Monday, July 20, on the occasion of her 111th birthday. Noja Paladia, who ranks 124th in the world among the longest-living people, holds the official status of the oldest living person in Romania. On her birthday, she was visited by Cugir mayor Adrian Teban. During the visit, the mayor presented the celebrant with a certificate of appreciation, a bouquet and a symbolic amount of money, “as a sign of deep respect and public recognition from the entire local community for a life that has crossed, with exemplary dignity, a century and more than a decade,” according to the Orașul Cugir Facebook page. The woman lives in her own home together with her 76-year-old daughter,