Jimmy Carter, America’s oldest president, died at the age of 100.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100, the center he founded has confirmed.

The former president, who was a peanut farmer, lived longer than any other president in history and celebrated his 100th birthday last October.

The Carter Center, which advocates for democracy and human rights around the world, said he died Sunday afternoon at his home in Plains, Georgia.

The Democratic Party served as president from 1977 to 1981, a period mired in economic and diplomatic crises.

After leaving the White House with low approval ratings, his reputation was restored through his humanitarian work, which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize.

“My father was a hero not only to me but to everyone who believed in peace, human rights and selfless love,” his son Chip Carter said in a statement.

“The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we are grateful to honor his memory by continuing to live out these shared beliefs.”

Carter, who was governor of Georgia, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and a farmer before becoming president, is survived by four children, 11 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

His wife of 77 years, Rosalyn, died in November 2023.

After George HW Bush’s death in 2018, he became the oldest living US president.

Last year, Carter stopped receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness and instead began receiving hospice care at home.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden said the world had “lost an outstanding leader, statesman and humanitarian.”

They described him as a “dear friend” and “a man of principle, faith and humility,” adding, “He showed us that we are a great country because we are good people.” .”

“The challenges Jimmy has faced as president come at a pivotal time for our country, and he has done everything he can to improve the lives of all Americans,” President-elect Donald Trump wrote on social media.

“For that we all owe him a debt of gratitude.”

Carter’s presidency will be remembered for his struggle to resolve serious economic problems and several foreign policy challenges, including the Iran hostage crisis that left eight Americans dead.

But there was a notable foreign policy victory in the Middle East when he helped broker the 1978 agreement between Egypt and Israel signed at Camp David in the United States.

But two years later, it seemed like a distant memory when voters overwhelmingly chose Republican Ronald Reagan, who portrayed the president as a weak leader unable to handle inflation and interest rates near record highs.

Carter lost the 1980 election by a landslide, winning only Washington, D.C., and six U.S. states.

In the aftermath of that major defeat, Carter was frequently criticized by Republicans as an example of liberal incompetence.

Meanwhile, many in his own party either ignored him or saw his presidential shortcomings as evidence that their brand of Democratic politics or policy was a better way.

Today, many on the right still deride the Carter era, but as the decades passed, his humanitarian efforts and simple lifestyle began to form a new legacy for many Americans.

After leaving the White House, he became the first and only president to return full-time to his pre-political home, a rustic two-bedroom ranch-style home.

He decided not to pursue the lucrative after-dinner speaking and publishing deals that awaited most former presidents. As told to the Washington Post in 2018 He said he never wanted to be rich.

Instead, he spent the rest of his life trying to solve global problems of inequality and disease.

He also worked with Nelson Mandela to found The Elders, a group of global leaders committed to peace and human rights.

He said this when he became the third U.S. president to receive the Nobel Prize in 2002. “The most serious and pervasive problem is the growing gap between the richest and poorest people on the planet.”

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, said in a statement that he “worked tirelessly for a better, fairer world,” citing his humanitarian, environmental and diplomatic efforts.

He added, “President Carter was guided by his faith and lived to serve others until his final moments.”

Former President Barack Obama paid tribute to Carter’s “dignity,” saying, “He taught us all what it means to live a life of grace, dignity, justice and service.”

Meanwhile, former Republican President George W. Bush said Carter “receives the dignity of his office” and that “his efforts to leave a better world did not end with the presidency.”

President Biden announced that a state funeral will be held in Washington, DC.