'An extraordinary leader': Tributes to former US president Jimmy Carter
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Fellow politicians and family members have paid tribute to former US president Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday afternoon in Georgia, aged 100. The centenarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner died at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family, the Carter Center said.
Joe and Jill Biden. The current US president and first lady paid tribute, calling him "an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian". In a statement, they added: "Over six decades, we had the honour of calling Jimmy Carter a dear friend. "But, what's extraordinary about Jimmy Carter, though, is that millions of people throughout America and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well.".
Bill and Hillary Clinton. Former president Bill Clinton, who worked with Jimmy Carter after he left the White House, and secretary Hillary Clinton said 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 said in a statement.
