What is Tekla Juniewicz?
[[File:Spotkanie z najstarszą Polką (48440088871).jpg|thumb|200px|right|Juniewicz in 2019 with Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki.]] '''Tekla Juniewicz''' (born as '''Tekla Dadak'''; 10 June 1906 – 19 August 2022) is the oldest Polish person ever titleholder. She is also the oldest validated person ever from [[Eastern Europe]]. She become the oldest living person in Poland after the death of [[Jadwiga Szubartowicz]] on 20 July 2017. In 2019, she met Polish prime minister [[Mateusz Morawiecki]]. On 23 February 2022, Juniewicz surpassed [[Dina Manfredini]]’s final age to become the oldest validated emigrant ever. Until her death at the age of 116 years and 70 days, she was the second [[Oldest people|oldest living person]] in the world behind [[Lucile Randon]] for 4 months, upon the death of [[Kane Tanaka]].<ref name=ktdies>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2022 |title=World's oldest person Kane Tanaka dies at 119 years-Know who is the oldest person alive now |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/worlds-oldest-person-kane-tanaka-dies-at-119-years-french-nun-is-oldest-person-alive-now-1650969302-1 |access-date=3 September 2022 |website=www.jagranjosh.com |language=en}}</ref> Tekla's record of the oldest validated emigrant ever was surpassed less than a year after her death by [[Maria Branyas Morera]]. == References == {{Reflist|2}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Juniewicz, Tekla}} [[Category:1906 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Polish supercentenarians]]