Global Mediator

True to his humble ways, former US President Jimmy Carter himself announced that he has cancer. In an Inquirer article from the New York Times News Service, Carter is said to hold the record of the longest postpresidency in American history, despite his family's medical history of the disease. Perhaps, this is due to his wholesome life as well as deep involvement "in the Carter Center, the Atlanta-based nonprofit that he helped found in 1982, which had emerged as one of the most prominent human rights organizations." He is also the face of Habitat for Humanity. In a History channel documentary, Carter was reported to still have been in negotiations for the release of American hostages in the Middle East just before the inauguration of his successor, Ronald Reagan, under whose administration its successful conclusion happened. Hence, post-White House saw Carter mediating in "Haiti, Panama and other countries, and in 2010, securing the release of an American in North Korea." Our hero!!!