[ad_1] Former US President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday (US local time) at the age of 100 at his/her home in Plains, Georgia, The Washington Post reported, quoting his/her son James E. Carter III. Carter's son confirmed his/her death but did not immediately reveal the cause. According to a February 2023 Carter Center statement, after several hospital stays, the former US president decided to stop further medical treatment and spend the rest of his/her time at home under hospice care. In recent years, he/she was treated for an aggressive form of melanoma skin cancer, in which the tumor spread to his/her liver and brain. The Washington Post also noted that the last photo of Carter was taken outside his/her home with his/her family and friends on October 1, as he/she watched a flyover held to mark his/her 100th birthday. Throughout his/her lifetime, Jimmy Carter wore many hats. he/she was a small-town peanut farmer, U.S. Navy veteran, and Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. he/she became the first president from the Deep South since 1837 and the only Democrat elected president between the terms of Lyndon B. Johnson and Bill Clinton. the White House. As the 39th President of the United States, Carter is remembered for signing the Camp David Accords, which led to the first significant Israeli withdrawal from territory occupied in the 1967 Six-Day War and a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Hui. Endure. In recognition of his/her efforts, Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "his/her decades of tireless efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, advance democracy and human rights, and promote economic and social development," according to the Nobel Prize statement. Was honored. , The Washington Post report also highlighted Carter's role in pushing for the Panama Canal treaties, which placed the vital waterway under Panama's control, improving US relations with its Latin American neighbors. Taking advantage of the initiative taken by US President Richard Nixon, Carter granted full diplomatic recognition to China and made human rights a central theme of US foreign policy, the report said. [ad_2]
