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Paul Wolfowitz
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American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
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Paul Wolfowitz is a male person from the United Kingdom, born on December 22, 1943. He is associated with the genres of 70s, 80s, 90s, british, and classic pop and rock. According to Open Library, he has authored 17 works, including "Trilateral forum on North Pacific security," "Accounting for American POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia," "Cambodia, the search for peace," "Developments in the Philippines," and "Nuclear proliferation in the Middle East." Crossref lists five works under his name.
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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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Wikidata facts
- 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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- member of
- Trilateral Commission
- Commons category
- Paul Wolfowitz
- date of birth
- 1943-12-22
- name in native language
- Paul Wolfowitz
- Commons gallery
- Paul Wolfowitz
- writing language
- English language
- P10632
- 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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