Robert Zoellick | |
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11th President of the World Bank Group | |
In office July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Paul Wolfowitz |
Succeeded by | Jim Yong Kim |
14th United States Deputy Secretary of State | |
In office February 23, 2005 – June 19, 2006 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Richard Armitage |
Succeeded by | John Negroponte |
13th United States Trade Representative | |
In office February 7, 2001 – February 22, 2005 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Charlene Barshefsky |
Succeeded by | Rob Portman |
White House Deputy Chief of Staff | |
In office August 23, 1992 – January 20, 1993 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Henson Moore |
Succeeded by | Mark Gearan |
12th Undersecretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs | |
In office May 20, 1991 – August 23, 1992 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Dick McCormack |
Succeeded by | Joan Spero |
24th Counselor of the United States Department of State | |
In office March 2, 1989 – August 23, 1992 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Max Kampelman |
Succeeded by | Tim Wirth |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Bruce Zoellick July 25, 1953 Naperville, Illinois, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Sherry Zoellick |
Education | Swarthmore College (BA) Harvard University (JD, MPP) |
Robert Bruce Zoellick (/ˈzɛlɪk/; German: [ˈtsœlɪk]; born July 25, 1953) is an American public official and lawyer who was the 11th president of the World Bank Group, a position he held from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2012.[1] He was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs,[2] United States Deputy Secretary of State (resigning on July 7, 2006) and U.S. Trade Representative, from February 7, 2001, until February 22, 2005. Zoellick has been a senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs since ending his term with the World Bank.[3] He is currently a Senior Counselor at Brunswick Group.[4]
A graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard University, Zoellick served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under James A. Baker III from 1992 to early 1993.
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