Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, died on Sunday at the age of 100, the Carter Center confirmed.
"Our founder, former US President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia," the center announced on social media X, formerly known as Twitter.
During Carter's presidency, in December 1978, China and the United States issued the Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America. On January 1, 1979, the two countries officially established diplomatic relations.
Carter signed the Panama Canal Treaties in 1977 which restored Panama's full jurisdiction over the Panama Canal Zone starting from 2000 and guaranteed its neutrality. He also witnessed the inking of the Camp David Accords, which were signed by then-Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and then-Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in 1978.
Since leaving the presidency, Carter and his wife established the non-governmental organization Carter Center.
Carter was born on October 1, 1924, in the southeastern US state of Georgia. His father was a farmer who owned large areas of peanut land.
Carter and his wife Rosalynn, who died in November 2023, had been married for 77 years, making them the longest-married presidential couple in US history.
Carter was the country's longest-living former president.
Jimmy Carter
意思：美国第39任总统，担任总统职务时间为1977年至1981年。
Carter Center
意思：卡特中心，是由吉米·卡特及其妻子罗莎琳·卡特创立的非政府组织，致力于全球公共卫生、民主促进等领域的工作。
passed away
意思：去世，死亡。
diplomatic relations
意思：外交关系，指的是两个国家之间正式的外交联系和沟通。
Joint Communique
意思：联合公报，一种正式的声明或公告，通常由两个或多个国家共同发布。
Panama Canal Treaties
意思：巴拿马运河条约，1977年由卡特签署的条约，规定美国将逐步交还巴拿马运河地区的管辖权给巴拿马。
jurisdiction
意思：司法管辖权，指某个区域或地方的管理、控制和法律权力。
neutrality
意思：中立，指一个国家在冲突或战争中不参与，并保持不偏向任何一方。
Camp David Accords
意思：戴维营协议，1978年由吉米·卡特主持，美国促成了埃及总统安瓦尔·萨达特和以色列总理梅纳赫姆·贝京之间的和平协议。
non-governmental organization (NGO)
意思：非政府组织，指不隶属于政府的独立组织，通常致力于社会服务、公益事业等。
southeastern
意思：东南部的，指美国的一个地理区域，特别是佐治亚州所在的地区。
peanut land
意思：花生种植地，指用于种植花生的土地。
longest-married
意思：最长时间结婚的，用于描述夫妻婚姻持续的年数。
longest-living
意思：最长寿的，用于描述某人活得最久的。