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Robert Zoellick

Robert Zoellick
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11th President of the World Bank Group
In office
July 1, 2007 – July 1, 2012
Preceded by Paul Wolfowitz
Succeeded by Jim Yong Kim
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
United States Trade Representative
In office
January 20, 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
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
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
(1953-07-25) July 25, 1953 (age 63)
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.


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