Jimmy Carter: Peanut Farmer Who Became US President
By: EjazUlHaqBhat
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Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived US President and Nobel peace laureate, has died at the age of 100
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Jimmy Carter had been in hospice care since February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia
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Jimmy Carter was born in the same town and once ran a peanut farm before becoming governor of Georgia
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A Democrat, he served as president from January 1977 to January 1981 after defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford in the 1976 US election
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Carter lived longer after his term in office than any other US president. He once said he was better as ex president than he was president
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His one-term presidency was marked by the highs of the 1978 Camp David accords between Israel and Egypt, bringing some stability to the Middle East
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But it was dogged by an economy in recession, persistent unpopularity and the embarrassment of the Iran hostage crisis that consumed his final 444 days in office
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He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 in recognition of his tireless efforts to promote social and economic justice
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