US President Jimmy Carter (C) congratulates Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat (L) and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin (R) in three-way handshake on March 26, 1979 on the north lawn of the White House, Washington DC, after signing the historic US-sponsored peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981. AFP

Former US presidents, (from L to R) George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, pose for pictures in front of the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, on November 4, 1991. Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981. AFP

US President Jimmy Carter and Egyptian President Anwar el Sadat meet at the White House on April 04, 1977 during Sadat's visit to the United States. AFP

Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat (L) and US President Jimmy Carter (R) meet prior to talks on the Mideast situation, on April 08, 1980 in Washington DC. Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981. AFP

US President Jimmy Carter (C) congratulates Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat (L) and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin (R) as they shake hands on March 26, 1979 on the north lawn of the White House in Washington DC, after signing the historic US-sponsored peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981. AFP

Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat (L), US President Jimmy Carter (C) and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin (R) listen to national anthems before signing the historic US-sponsored Mideast peace treaty between Israel and Egypt on March 26, 1979 on the north lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981. AFP

Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat (c) surrounded by (l-r) Aliza Begin, Rosalyn Carter, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, US President Jimmy Carter, Israeli Foreign minister Moshe Dayan and Israeli Defence minister Ezer Weizman as they walk 10 September 1978 in Gettysburg during the Camp David Israeli-Egyptian peace negotiations. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, minister of state in Egypt's foreign ministry is standing between Sadat and Dayan and Elyahu Rubinstein, an Israeli advisor, is standing between Dayan and Weizman. AFP

Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso(L) looks on as her Mexican counterpart Ernesto Zedillo(C) congratulates former US President Jimmy Carter(R) following the signing ceremony for the transfer of the US-built and administered Panama Canal to Panama 14 December 1999 in Panama City. Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981. AFP

US President Jimmy Carter (2nd L) signs the order blocking Iranian funds in US banks, on November 14, 1979 in Washington DC, as White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler (L), Secretary of the Treasury G. William Miller (2nd R) and Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti look on. Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981. AFP

Former US President Jimmy Carter (C) waves after meeting 22 September 1990 in Port-au-Prince with authorities about the upcoming elections in Haiti. Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981. AFP