Josef Flandera

Josef Flandera (21 June 1902 – 6 March 2010) was a Czech centenarian who was the oldest living person in the Czech Republic.

Biography
Josef Flandera was born in Volhynia, which is currently part of Northwestern Ukraine, on 21 June 1902. During World War II, he served in the Czechoslovak army on the Eastern Front. In 1947 he settled in Sumperk [Czech: Šumperk], Olomouc county, where he remained for the rest of his life. Flandera became the oldest living person in the Czech Republic following the passing of Marta Pokorna on 30 December 2008. He died on 6 March 2010.