A 112-year-old man from Puerto Rico named Emilio Flores Marquez has become the world’s oldest living person, announced Guinness World Records.
The international body has confirmed his exact age as 112 years and 326 days, as of today.
Born on August 8, 1908, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Marquez is the second-oldest of 11 children born to Alberto Flores Melendez and Margarita Marquez-Garcia, it said in a press release.