The 39th President of the United States (197765438+1October 20th-198165438+1October 20th)
Name: Jimmy Carter
Nickname: "Jimmy"
Birth: 1924 65438+ 10/month, Georgia.
Father: james earl carter.
Mother: Lillian Gordy Carter
Wife: Eleanor Rosalyn Smith (1928-),1married on July 7, 946.
Child: john william carter (1947-);
James earl carter III (1950-);
Donna jeffrey carter (1952-);
Amy Lynn Carter (1967-)
Religion: Baptist.
Education: Graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland (1946).
Occupation: farmer, official
Political Party: Democratic Party
Other government posts: Senator of Georgia, 1963-66.
Governor of Georgia, 197 1-75
Annual salary of president: 200,000 USD/year+50,000 USD expenditure account.
biography
Jimmy Carter was born on 1924 65438+ 10 1 in a peanut farmer's family in Pulan, Georgia, USA. Carter has the same name as his father, so he is called Little james earl carter. Carter Sr is engaged in agriculture and commerce, and is a member of the state legislature. Mother Lillian Gordy is an easy-going woman, not as strict as old Carter. 194 1 to 1943 studied at Southwest University and Georgia Institute of Technology. 1943 entered the United States Naval Academy in Maryland (Annapolis Naval Academy), 1946 graduated with a bachelor's degree in science, and then joined the navy for 7 years until 1953. Carter married Rosalyn Smith on 1946. Rosalyn is his compatriot. They have three sons and a daughter.
Carter's father died in 1953. He retired and returned to his hometown to run Carter Farm, Carter Warehouse and other businesses, and engaged in political activities. He is a deacon of Christian Southern Baptist Church and a Sunday school teacher. From 1955 to 1962, he served as the chairman of the school board of Sumter County, Georgia. From 1962 to 1966, he was a senator from Georgia. During this period, he also served as the general manager of Plain Development Company, the general manager of Sumter County Development Company, the chairman of the Planning and Development Committee of the Midwest of Georgia, and the chairman of the Georgia Crop Improvement Association. Governor of Georgia 1970 rpm 1974. Among the young governors in the south at that time, he won a reputation for his effective and active elimination of racial discrimination.
1974 Carter announced his candidacy for the presidency and easily won the Democratic nomination.
1977, after a hard campaign, he defeated President Ford by a narrow margin and became the 39th president of the United States. At home, Carter wanted to carry out administrative and economic reforms, but it was strongly opposed by Congress. Internationally, human rights are emphasized. During his administration, he returned the management of the Panama Canal to Panama, normalized relations with the people of China and formally established diplomatic relations between China and the United States. And promoted peace talks in the Middle East. Iran's seizure of "hostages" and the Soviet Union's sending troops to Afghanistan have become a headache for Carter. Carter played an important role in the peace talks between Egypt and Israel and the signing of the Camp David agreement. Carter has made a series of achievements in domestic and foreign affairs during his tenure, but his support rate among voters plummeted because he rashly ordered the special forces to launch "blue light operation" to rescue American hostages in Iran. 1980, he lost to Reagan for re-election, but he never gave up his efforts to save the hostages. On the day Carter left the White House, Iran finally released all the hostages.
Since 1982, he has been an honorary professor at emory university in Atlanta, Carter. After leaving office, he returned to his hometown, wrote memoirs, accepted temporary tasks from time to time, traveled around the world and acted as a messenger of peace. After retirement, Carter fell into financial difficulties. When he was president, the peanut farm entrusted by others went bankrupt and he had to write a book to pay off his debts. Even his wife Rosalyn had to make money by publishing her memoirs. It is in this situation that the Carter couple co-founded the Carter Center, dedicated to coordinating international conflicts. In the Haitian crisis in the 1980s, although American warplanes had already taken off, Carter risked his life to stay in the Haitian capital to negotiate until the last minute, and finally persuaded the military government to hand over power, thus avoiding a bloody war. This incident made Carter win great prestige in the world.
Carter published his autobiography Why Not the Best 1975? ",and later wrote an honest government for its people" (1977) and "keep confidence, a memoir of a president" (1982).
1On July 4th, 990, Carter won the Philadelphia Medal of Freedom. 199565438+1October 10 won the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize established by UNESCO in 1994. 1997165438+1October, India's British Gandhi Memorial Foundation awarded him the1997 British Gandhi Award in recognition of his contribution to global peace, disarmament and development. 1998 12 10, and won the 1998 United Nations Human Rights Award.
Carter was also the first person to visit Cuba. Carter visited Cuba and held talks with Castro. He was the first American president to visit Cuba since the victory of the Cuban Revolution 1959, and played a positive role in improving the relations between the United States and Cuba.
In addition to serving as the coordinator of international peace, Carter and his wife also actively start housing projects for homeless people all over the world, often taking part in the construction in person, and building welfare houses for the homeless, regardless of age.
Main work
Novels, poems and literary works include: Why not the best? "An honest government", "Keeping confidence, a memoir of a president", "Advantages of aging" and so on.
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