US President Joe Biden says the world has misplaced a “remarkable leader” and a “man for all time” after the demise of Jimmy Carter.
Mr Carter, who was US president between 1977 and 1981, died at his house in Georgia whereas surrounded by his household on Sunday afternoon.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner was aged 100.
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Making a televised tackle from his household vacation within the US Virgin Islands, Mr Biden stated his predecessor represented “the most fundamental human values we can never let slip away”.
“Jimmy Carter stands as a model for it means to live a life of meaning and purpose,” he stated.
“I see a man not only not our times, but for all time. We could all do well to be a little more like Jimmy Carter.”
Requested if there have been any classes president-elect Donald Trump might study from Mr Carter, Mr Biden answered: “Decency, decency, decency”.
It was revealed in February final 12 months that Mr Carter was receiving hospice care and would “spend his remaining time at home with his family”.
He had determined in opposition to “additional medical intervention” following a collection of transient hospital stays.
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Jimmy Carter as Georgia’s 76th governor.
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The Carter Heart says there can be alternatives for the general public to pay their respects in Atlanta, Georgia, and Washington DC earlier than a non-public interment in his hometown Plains, whereas remaining preparations for his state funeral are nonetheless being made.
Mr Biden says his group is “working to see to it that he is remembered appropriately.”
The White Home has declared 9 January a nationwide day of mourning.
Amongst those that have paid tribute to Mr Carter are:
US president-elect Donald Trump
The incoming US president Donald Trump, who takes workplace on 20 January, stated: “The challenges Jimmy faced as President came at a pivotal time for our country, and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans.
“For that, all of us owe him a debt of gratitude.”
Former US president Barack Obama
Fellow Democrat Barack Obama honoured Mr Carter’s achievements in the White House, including “the Camp David Accords he brokered that reshaped the Center East… nominating a pioneering girls’s rights activist and lawyer named Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the federal bench… [and] turning into one of many first leaders on the earth to recognise the issue of local weather change”.
He also paid tribute to the “longest, and most impactful, post-presidency in American historical past”, throughout which he monitored greater than 100 nationwide elections, helped just about eradicate Guinea worm illness, and constructed or repaired 1000’s of houses all over the world together with his spouse Rosalynn as a part of Habitat for Humanity.
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The Obamas have bid farewell to Jimmy Carter (second from left). Pic: AP
Former US president George W Bush
Mr Bush stated his predecessor “dignified the office”.
“And his efforts to leave behind a better world didn’t end with the presidency. His work with Habitat for Humanity and the Carter Center set an example of service that will inspire Americans for generations.”
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Carter gathered with fellow former presidents together with George W Bush in 2009. Pic: AP
Invoice and Hillary Clinton
Former president Invoice Clinton, who labored with Jimmy Carter after he left the White Home, and secretary Hillary Clinton stated he “lived to serve others – until the very end”.
“From his commitment to civil rights as a state senator and governor of Georgia; to his efforts as president to… secure peace between Egypt and Israel at Camp David; to his post-presidential efforts at the Carter Center supporting honest elections, advancing peace, combating disease, and promoting democracy… he worked tirelessly for a better, fairer world,” they stated in an announcement.
Former US vice chairman Al Gore
Mr Gore praised Jimmy Carter for residing “a life full of purpose, commitment and kindness” and for being a “lifelong role model for the entire environmental movement”.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer
In his tribute, Sir Keir stated Mr Carter “redefined the post-presidency with a remarkable commitment to social justice and human rights at home and abroad”.
The King
The UK’s monarch stated he discovered of President Carter’s demise with “great sadness”, including that he was “a committed public servant, and devoted his life to promoting peace and human rights”.
The King added: “His dedication and humility served as an inspiration to many, and I remember with great fondness his visit to the United Kingdom in 1977.
“My ideas and prayers are with President Carter’s household and the American folks right now.”
Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
Mr Brown said he was “so unhappy” to hear of the death of his “good pal”.
The former UK leader said Mr Carter would be “rightly remembered as a statesman of unimpeachable integrity, who was admired all over the world for his lifelong charitable work, his unwavering help for human rights and for his great generosity of spirit”.
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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter got conventional Ghanaian apparel as a present from the chief of Tingoli village in northern Ghana, throughout a subject journey to evaluate Carter Heart illness prevention work in Africa. Pic: Carter Centre
French President Emmanuel Macron
“Throughout his life, Jimmy Carter defended the rights of the most vulnerable people and tirelessly led the fight for peace,” the French president wrote on X.
“France sends its heartfelt thoughts to his family and to the American people.”
Husam Zomlot, former Palestinian ambassador to the US
Mr Zomlot, now ambassador to the UK, stated Mr Carter could be “remembered by the Palestinian people as the first US president to advocate for the freedom of Palestine and the first to warn about Israeli apartheid”.
He added: “He worked for decades to achieve a just and lasting peace in Palestine and the rest of the region.”
Chip Carter
Mr Carter’s son Chip stated: “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights and unselfish love.
“My brothers, sister and I shared him with the remainder of the world by means of these frequent beliefs.
“The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honouring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs.”
