Nair Dias

BIOGRAPHY

Nair Dias was born in Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil on 17 November 1914. Dias was born to Joaquim Messias Dias (died 18 January 1976) and Anna Augusta da Fonseca (died 27 February 1920). Her father remarried on 5 July 1922, and Nair gained half-siblings from this union. She was employed at the Post Office.

Nair has been voting since the first election in which Brazilian women gained the right to vote in 1932 and continued to do so even in her centenarian years. At the age of 99, she commented: “I will vote until I die. If I am in a wheelchair, I will. I love my country, I love my city.” She believed there were no excuses for not voting. She often said that voting is everyone’s civic duty, as well as a moral and religious obligation. According to her niece, even in her later years, she maintained a keen interest in politics. She kept herself informed through magazines, newspapers, the internet, and even had her own Facebook account.

On 20 January 2021, at the age of 106, she received the COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first resident of Campanha to get vaccinated.

As of May 2025, she lives with two of her half-sisters, aged 96 and 99.

RECOGNITION

Her age was initially verified by Filipe Lopes, and listed as a pending validation by the LAS as of 21 November 2022. The validation process was later completed by Gabriel Ainsworth and Iara Souza, and her age was validated by LongeviQuest on 27 September 2024.

ATTRIBUTION

* “‘Até morrer eu vou votar’, diz idosa de 99 anos que vota desde 1933 em MG” – G1, 6 October 2014

* “A missa da centenária amiga Nair Fonseca Dias.” – Isto É Campanha, 16 November 2014

* “108 ANOS DE DONA NAIR DIAS” – Facebook (Blog da Cristina), 18 November 2022

* “CAMPANHENSE COMEMORA 109 ANOS” – Facebook (Blog da Cristina), 18 November 2023

GALLERY

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