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Paul Wolfowitz
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American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- James Wolfensohn
- Succeeded by
- Robert Zoellick
- President
- George W. Bush
- Secretary
- Donald Rumsfeld
- Born
- ( 1943-12-22 ) December 22, 1943 (age 82) , New York City, U.S.
- Party
- Democratic (before 1981), Republican (1981–present)
- Spouse
- Clare Selgin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2002 )
- Education
- Cornell University ( BA ), University of Chicago ( MA , PhD )
- Website
- AEI website
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Father
- Jacob Wolfowitz
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- President of the World Bank Group
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- Paul Wolfowitz.jpg
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- Paul Wolfowitz
- date of birth
- 1943-12-22
- name in native language
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- English language
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- Paul Wolfowitz
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, and dean of School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
Having proposed a plan to invade Iraq in 2001, Wolfowitz was an early advocate of the Iraq War and has widely been described as an "architect" of the war. In the aftermath of the insurgency and civil war that followed the invasion, Wolfowitz denied influencing policy on Iraq and disclaimed responsibility. He is a leading neoconservative.
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