Robert Bruce Zoellick 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.
43 Facts About Robert Zoellick
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Robert Zoellick was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs, United States Deputy Secretary of State and US Trade Representative, from February 7,2001 until February 22,2005.
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Robert Zoellick is currently a Senior Counselor at Brunswick Group.
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Robert Bruce Zoellick was born in Naperville, Illinois, the son of Gladys and William T Zoellick.
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Robert Zoellick's ancestors were German and he was raised Lutheran.
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Robert Zoellick served in various positions at the Department of the Treasury from 1985 to 1988.
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Robert Zoellick held positions including Counselor to Secretary James Baker, Executive Secretary of the Department, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy.
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Bush's presidency, Robert Zoellick served with Baker, by then Secretary of State, as Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs, as well as Counselor to the Department.
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Robert Zoellick served as Bush's personal representative or "sherpa" for the G7 Economic Summits in 1991 and 1992.
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Robert Zoellick led the US Delegation to the Two Plus Four talks on German reunification.
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James A Baker's book "The Politics of Diplomacy" notes that Zoellick was one of Secretary Baker's "inner circle".
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Robert Zoellick served as an elected member of the board of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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From fall 1998 to May 1999, Robert Zoellick headed the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Robert Zoellick resigned when founder David Abshire chose not to retire.
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Robert Zoellick was named US Trade Representative in Bush's first term; he was a member of the Executive Office, with cabinet rank.
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Robert Zoellick played a key role in the US-WTO dispute against the European Union over genetically modified foods.
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On January 7,2005, Bush nominated Robert Zoellick to be Deputy Secretary of State.
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Robert Zoellick agreed to serve as Deputy Secretary of State for not less than one year.
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Robert Zoellick was seen as a major architect of the Bush administration's policies regarding China.
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Robert Zoellick correctly argued that China had benefited greatly from the security and prosperity created by a stable, rule-based international economic and political order.
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Robert Zoellick recognized that one of the great challenges facing diplomats in the United States, Europe, and Japan was to persuade China to do more to contribute to the global commons.
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Robert Zoellick made four trips to Sudan during his time as Deputy Secretary.
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Robert Zoellick supported expanding a United Nations force in the Darfur region to replace African Union soldiers.
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Robert Zoellick was involved in negotiating a peace accord between the government of Sudan and the Sudan Liberation Army, signed in Abuja, Nigeria, in May 2006.
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Robert Zoellick was seen by many as the administration's strongest voice on Darfur.
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Robert Zoellick's resignation catalyzed groups, such as the Genocide Intervention Network, to praise his record on human rights issues.
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On 30 May 2007, President George W Bush nominated Zoellick to replace Paul Wolfowitz as President of the World Bank.
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On 25 June 2007, Robert Zoellick was approved by the World Bank's executive board.
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On 1 July 2007, Robert Zoellick officially took office as President of the World Bank.
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Robert Zoellick has served as a board member for a number of private and public organizations, including Alliance Capital, Said Holdings, Rolls-Royce, the Precursor Group, and Laureate International Universities.
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Robert Zoellick is an independent director of Robinhood and a trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society Robert Zoellick is a member of Washington DC based think tank, The Inter-American Dialogue.
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Robert Zoellick chairs the Global Tiger Initiative and is a member of the Global Leadership Council of Mercy Corps, a global humanitarian agency.
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Robert Zoellick is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Jack Dorsey announced on July 19,2018 that Robert Zoellick would be a member of Twitter's Board of Directors.
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Since 2 August 2013, Robert Zoellick has been a board member of Temasek Holdings - Singapore's Sovereign Wealth Fund.
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Robert Zoellick has served on the boards of the German Marshall Fund and the European Institute and on the World Wildlife Fund Advisory Council.
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Robert Zoellick was a member of Secretary William Cohen's Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee.
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Robert Zoellick is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, the Department of State's highest honor, the Alexander Hamilton Award of the Department of the Treasury, and the Medal for Distinguished Public Service of the Department of Defense.
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Robert Zoellick signed the January 26,1998 letter to President Bill Clinton from Project for a New American Century that noted the "inadequacy of relying on Saddam Hussein's cooperation" in refraining from the use of weapons of mass destruction and urged a strategy aimed at the removal of Saddam Hussein's regime from power in Iraq.
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Robert Zoellick's response was to point out the misinterpretation: he did not advocate a return to the gold standard, but a new role for gold in currency markets as an alternative monetary asset, which he termed "reference point gold".
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In March 2016, Robert Zoellick signed an "open letter" in which GOP national security leaders outlined their reasons not to support a ticket headed by Donald Trump.
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Robert Zoellick was one of three Cabinet-level Republican officials to oppose Trump's candidacy.
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Robert Zoellick has written extensively on foreign policy and international economics.