Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967. At age 99, Carter is both the oldest living former U.S. president and the longest-lived president in U.S. history.
Some of the key events about Jimmy Carter
- 1946Graduated from the United States Naval Academy
- 1962Won election to the Georgia State Senate
- 1962Lost first bid for Georgia State Senate amid allegations of vote fraud by his opponent
- 1966Publicly supported segregationist Lester Maddox for Governor of Georgia
- 1971Became the 76th Governor of Georgia
- 1976Elected as the 39th President of the United States
- 1976Gave a controversial interview to Playboy magazine, admitting he had "looked on a lot of women with lust"
- 1978Brokered the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt
- 1979Established the Department of Education as a cabinet-level agency
- 1979Delivered the "malaise speech" which was criticized for blaming the American people for the country's problems
- 1979Failed to secure the release of American hostages in Iran, leading to a 444-day crisis
- 1980Signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, protecting over 100 million acres of land
- 1980Authorized a failed military rescue mission of the hostages in Iran, resulting in the deaths of eight American servicemen
- 1980Suffered a landslide defeat to Ronald Reagan in the presidential election
- 1982Founded The Carter Center, a non-profit organization promoting human rights
- 1994Engaged in unauthorized diplomacy with North Korea, complicating official U.S. efforts
- 2002Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts
- 2006Published a book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" which was criticized for alleged anti-Israel bias
- 2014Publicly criticized President Obama's handling of foreign policy issues, breaking with tradition of former presidents
- 2015Announced that he was cancer-free after undergoing treatment for melanoma
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