39th US President
Jimmy Carter’s life in pictures
He started out as a peanut farmer. Jimmy Carter later became US President and eventually Nobel Peace Prize winner. He died at the age of 100.
The world is mourning someone who made this planet a little better with his life: Former US President Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100. Before becoming president, he first took over his family’s peanut farm in the US state of Georgia. In 1970 he became governor of Georgia – six years later he ran for the Democrats for the White House and ultimately won against the Republican challenger Gerald Ford. Jimmy Carter was the 39th US President from 1977 to 1981.
After its political career ended in 1981, it became involved in humanitarian aid worldwide. In 1982, Carter founded his non-governmental organization, the Carter Center, which, among other things, promotes peaceful conflict resolution around the world. Wherever conflict broke out and people were in distress due to poverty, disease or violence, Carter showed up. He traveled to more than 140 countries. In 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this.
The world honors Jimmy Carter
Carter spent the last years of his life in seclusion and in palliative care. In 2015, he had to undergo radiation treatment for a brain tumor. Carter overcame cancer, although further hospital stays followed in the years to come. In 2023, the ex-president decided to “spend the time he had left at home with his family.” On December 29, 2024, Carter died at the age of 100. To date, he is the oldest former president in US history.
“His legacy as a peacemaker, human rights advocate and humanitarian will live on,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres after Carter’s death. His son Chip Carter praised him as a “hero (…) for all who believe in peace, human rights and selfless love.”
In a statement, Biden wrote of Carter: “America and the world have lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian.” “If anyone is looking for what a life full of meaning and meaning is – a good life – look to , a man of principles, faith and humility,” the US President wrote. Biden announced a state funeral for Carter. He also designated January 9 as a national day of mourning.
Source: Stern
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