Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. He was a member of the Democratic Party and also served as the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. During his presidency, Carter pursued a foreign policy that emphasized human rights, and he played a key role in negotiating the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt. He also established the Department of Energy and the Department of Education, and signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which protected more than 100 million acres of land in Alaska. After leaving office, Carter continued to be active in public life, working on humanitarian causes through the Carter Center, which he founded in 1982.
