Jimmy Carter, the former US president, passed away at the age of 100, according to the organization he created.
The former peanut farmer celebrated his 100th birthday in October and lived longer than any president in history.
He passed away on Sunday afternoon at his Plains, Georgia, home, according to the Carter Center, a global champion for democracy and human rights.
Between 1977 and 1981, when the Democrat was president, there were diplomatic and economic setbacks.
His humanitarian efforts, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, helped to rebuild his reputation after he left the White House with low approval ratings.
Carter’s four children, eleven grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren survive him.
In November 2023, his 77-year-married wife, Rosalynn, passed away.
He was the oldest surviving US president after George H.W. Bush’s passing in 2018.
Carter started receiving hospice care at home last year after ceasing medical treatment for an unidentified ailment.
His presidency will be noted for his difficulties handling severe economic issues as well as a number of foreign policy difficulties, such as the hostage situation in Iran that claimed the lives of eight Americans.
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He did, however, assist in mediating an agreement between Egypt and Israel that was signed at Camp David in the United States in 1978, marking a significant foreign policy victory in the Middle East.
However, two years later, when voters decisively favored Republican Ronald Reagan, who had painted the president as a weak leader incapable of handling inflation and interest rates that were close to record highs, that appeared like a thing of the past.
Carter won just six US states and Washington, DC, and lost the 1980 election by a wide margin.
He was the first and only president to live in his modest two-bedroom ranch-style home, where he had resided before entering politics, full-time after leaving the White House.
He told the Washington Post in 2018 that he never really wanted to be wealthy, declining the lucrative after-dinner speeches and book deals that most former presidents are expected to pursue.
Rather, he dedicated his remaining years to tackling the world’s issues of disease and inequity.
Following such a crushing defeat, Republicans often cited Carter as a prime example of liberal incompetence.
Many members of his own party, meanwhile, either disregarded him or saw his failures as proof that their own style of Democratic politics or policy worked better.
Many conservatives still mock the Carter years today, yet as the years went by, his altruism and modest way of living started to influence a new legacy for many Americans.
