In 1945, Manolić married his first wife, Marija Eker (1921 – 15 April 2003).[7] On 30 April 2016, at the age of 96, Manolić married his second wife, Mirjana Ribarić (5 March 1956 –⁠ 18 August 2020),[8] 35 years his junior.[9]