Robert Zoellick | |
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11th President of the World Bank Group | |
In office July 1, 2007 – July 1, 2012 |
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Preceded by | Paul Wolfowitz |
Succeeded by | Jim Yong Kim |
United States Deputy Secretary of State | |
In office February 23, 2005 – June 19, 2006 |
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President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Richard Armitage |
Succeeded by | John Negroponte |
United States Trade Representative | |
In office January 20, 2001 – February 22, 2005 |
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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 |
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President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Henson Moore |
Succeeded by | Mark Gearan |
Undersecretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs | |
In office May 20, 1991 – August 23, 1992 |
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President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Dick McCormack |
Succeeded by | Joan Spero |
Counselor of the United States Department of State | |
In office March 2, 1989 – August 23, 1992 |
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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(s) | Sherry Zoellick |
Education |
Swarthmore College (BA) Harvard University (JD, MPP) |
Robert Bruce Zoellick (/ˈzɛlɪk/; German: [ˈtsœlɪk]; born July 25, 1953) is an American banker who was the eleventh president of the World Bank, a position he held from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2012. He was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs, 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 his alma mater Harvard Kennedy School since retirement from the World Bank in July 1, 2012.
Robert Bruce Zoellick was born in Naperville, Illinois, the son of Gladys (Lenz) and William T. Zoellick. His family is of German origin and he was raised Lutheran. He graduated in 1971 from Naperville Central High School, graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1975 from Swarthmore College as a history major, and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1981.