Ana Vela Rubio

Ana María Vela Rubio (29 October 1901 – 15 December 2017), was a Spanish supercentenarian. She is the oldest verified Spaniard ever from 6 June 2016, however now Maria Branyas Morera is holding the record for the oldest person to have ever lived in Spain. Vela Rubio was also the third-oldest living person in the world, behind Nabi Tajima and Chiyo Miyako.

 Biography 
Vela Rubio was born 29 October 1901 in Puente Genil, Andalusia. She used to work as a dressmaker. She never married her partner as her parents did not agree to their marrying, but the couple had two children. Her daughter, also named Ana, lives with her.

She became the oldest European since the death of oldest person Emma Morano on 15 April 2017.La española Ana Vela se convierte en la más longeva de Europa tras la muerte de Emma Morano 

She died on 15 December 2017.Muere la española Ana Vela, la persona más longeva de Europa, a los 116 años  Vela Rubio was succeeded as the Europe's oldest living person by Giuseppina Projetto-Frau of Italy.

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Category:1901 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:People from Andalusia
Category:Spanish supercentenarians