She is 115 years old.
Maria Branyas Morera is the new dean of humanity, following the death on Tuesday of French sister André at the age of 118.
It is the first time since 1973 that the dean of humanity is Spanish.
The exception that confirms the rule ?
Since 1955, the dean of humanity, the oldest person still alive at any given time, has mainly come from the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and then France.
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