US President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100.
Carter, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, was elected president in 1976 and served one term in office.
He lived to become the oldest living US president of all time.
The former president’s health had been declining over the past five years after surviving metastatic brain cancer, liver cancer, and several health scares, including brain surgery following a fall in 2019.
In February 2023, he entered hospice care.
Carter’s wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, died in November at the age of 96. As first lady, she worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalised the role of the president’s spouse.
Carter served as the 39th US president between 1977 and 1981, and was defeated by Ronald Reagan.
He is widely revered for his championing of human rights. His brokering of the Camp David Accords in 1978 with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin remains central to his legacy.
A peanut farmer and US Navy lieutenant before going into politics, Carter, a Democrat, served one term as governor of Georgia before serving as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
In his post-presidency years, Carter founded The Carter Center along with his wife in hopes of advancing world peace and health.
The couple traveled to hot spots around the world, including Cuba, Sudan and North Korea, monitoring elections and working to eradicate Guinea worm disease and other neglected tropical diseases. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
