Sylvain Vallee

Sylvain Vallee (born 17 May 1912) is a Belgian centenarian who has been the oldest living man in Belgium since the death of Maurice Stael on 24 January 2020.

Biography
Vallee was born in Boussu, Belgium, on 17 May 1912 to Sylvain Vallée and Julie Debaisse. After leaving school aged 14, he went to work in a mine. He worked there until 1943, when he was called up to serve in World War II.

After the War, Valle settled in Brussels, Belgium, and for a time he worked in the royal castle of Laeken. He then set up his own paintwork company, while his wife started a drugstore.

In 2014, at the age of 102, Vallee and his wife (several years his junior) moved to a retirement home in Mesnil-Saint-Blaise, Belgium. His wife died there in March 2017.

In May 2019, Vallee celebrated his 107th birthday. In January 2020, he became the oldest living man in Belgium following the death of Maurice Stael on 24 January 2020.