Jimmy Carter – a life in pictures

The former US president has died at the age of 100. Born in 1924, he became the 39th president of the United States in 1977, and won the Nobel peace prize in 2002 for his dedicated work for human rights and peacemaking. Here we look back at his life

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Main image: President Jimmy Carter in Oklahoma in 1979. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive

  • Jimmy Carter aged seven in Plains, Georgia, in 1932
    A 1932 photo of Jimmy Carter aged seven in Plains, Georgia.

  • Jimmy Carter with his pet dog, Bozo, in 1937
    Jimmy Carter with his pet dog Bozo, 1937.

  • Carter, then a presidential candidate, at a Valentine’s Day fundraiser with his wife Rosalynn at the Royal Coach Inn, Atlanta, in February 1976
    Carter, then a presidential candidate, at a Valentine’s Day fundraiser with his wife Rosalynn at the Royal Coach Inn, Atlanta, in February 1976.

  • Something for the weekend: Carter gets a trim
    Jimmy Carter getting a haircut.

  • Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter wave to delegates at the Democratic national convention in 1976, where Carter was nominated to run for president
    Carter and Rosalynn wave to delegates at the Democratic national convention in 1976, where Carter was nominated to run for president

  • As governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter joins the Rockettes at radio City Music Hall in New York in 1973 to promote the film industry in his home state
    Jimmy Carter doing the can can with the rockettes.

  • 20 January 1977: Carter shares the presidential limousine ride to Capitol Hill for the inauguration with Gerald Ford, who Carter beat in the November election, Senator Howard Cannon, and Ford’s old friend Tip O’Neill, the speaker of the House
    Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Howard Cannon and Tip O’Neill in a limousine

  • Carter, with his wife Rosalynn and daughter Amy, waves to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue en route from the Capitol to the White House
    Carter, with his wife Rosalynn and daughter Amy, waves to the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue en route from the Capitol to the White House.

  • The newly inaugurated president and first lady greet supporters at the Inaugural Ball
    The newly inaugurated president and first lady greet supporters at the Inaugural Ball.

  • Carter, the Egyptian president, Anwar Sadat, and the Israeli prime minister, Menachem Begin, join hands at the White House in September 1978 after the Camp David accords
    Carter, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli PM Menachem Begin join hands at the White House in September 1978 after the Camp David accords.

  • Carter hosts the Rev Jesse Jackson in the Oval Office, August 1979 [• This caption was amended on 31 December 2024 to correct the spelling of Jesse Jackson’s first name]
    Carter hosts the Rev Jesse Jackson in the Oval Office, August 1979  

  • Pope John Paul II visits Carter and his family at the White House to present them with a silver relief plaque mounted on wood in October 1979
    Pope John Paul II visits Carter and his family at the White House to present them with a silver relief plaque mounted on wood, October 1979.

  • Carter with an emotional daughter Amy and wife Rosalynn, after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as president, January 1981
    Carter with an emotional daughter Amy and wife Rosalynn, after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as president, January 1981.

  • Five presidents at the Reagan Library opening in Simi Valley, California, in November 1991: incumbent George HW Bush with Reagan, Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon. It was the first time five presidents had been together in one place
    George HW Bush with Reagan, Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon

  • Carter and his wife Rosalynn work on a Habitat for Humanity building project in LaGrange, Georgia, in June 2003. The Carters became involved in the charity in the 1980s
    Carter and his wife Rosalynn attach at a Habitat for Humanity building project in LaGrange, Georgia, June 2003.

  • Carter receives a standing ovation at Saint Genevieve high school in Panorama City, California, in October 2010
    Carter receives a standing ovation at Saint Genevieve high school in Panorama City, California in October 2010

  • Jimmy Carter photographed at home in Plains, Georgia, in 2011
    Jimmy Carter photographed at home in Plains, Georgia, in 2011.

  • Carter signs the guest book at the end of his visit to the Cuban Jewish Community centre in Havana in March 2011. Carter launched a three-day mission in Cuba aimed at easing tensions with Havana
    Carter signs the guest book at the end of his visit to the Cuban Jewish Community centre in Havana, March 2011.

  • The Carters arrive at the US Capitol in January 2017 for Donald Trump’s inauguration as America’s 45th president
    The Carters arrive at the US Capitol in January 2017 for Donald Trump’s inauguration as America’s 45th president

  • Carter at his home in Plains, Georgia, following a morning church service at Maranatha Baptist church. Carter was born in Plains and stayed in the town following his presidency. The painting on the right was also Carter’s work
    Carter in a room with a green painting of a chair

  • Carter and Rosalynn in Plains, Georgia
    Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter holding hands photographed from behind
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