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Zoellick OK'd As Next World Bank Chief

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/25/financial/f100403D09.DTL&hw=zoellick&sn=001&sc=1000

June 25, 2007

Robert Zoellick, a seasoned player in international financial and diplomatic circles, won the unanimous approval of the World Bank's board on Monday to become the poverty-fighting institution's next president. Zoellick will succeed Paul Wolfowitz, whose last day is Saturday, ending a stormy two-year tenure. The new president will take the reins Sunday, the first day of his five-year term.

Zoellick, 53, brings to the World Bank years of experience in the foreign and economic policy arenas under three Republican presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan. Zoellick left the Bush administration last year to become an executive at the Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs.

Bush Chooses New World Bank Boss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6701865.stm

May 29, 2007

US President George W Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, former deputy secretary of state, to be president of the World Bank, US officials say. Mr Zoellick would replace Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned amid a scandal over his role in winning a new pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Zoellick

Robert Bruce Zoellick (born July 25, 1953) was a United States Deputy Secretary of State, resigning on July 7, 2006. Before holding this position, he served as U.S. Trade Representative, from February 7, 2001 until February 22, 2005. He announced his resignation on June 19, 2006 to join the investment bank Goldman Sachs as a managing director and chairman of the company's International Advisors department.

Zoellick was one of the signatories (along with Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Elliott Abrams, Zalmay Khalilzad, John R. Bolton, Richard Armitage, Bill Kristol, and others) of a January 26, 1998 letter to President Bill Clinton drafted by the Project for the New American Century calling for removing Saddam's regime from power.

Zoellick was also appointed the President's personal representative for the G7 Economic Summits in 1991 and 1992. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission.

http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/HL710.cfm

In a June 2001 speech to the right-wing Heritage Foundation in Washington, Zoellick made the case that there is no alternative to globalization and that U.S. companies and consumers were already benefiting in countless ways from this new wave of corporate-led economic integration. To drive his point home, Zoellick noted: “Even the funeral business has gone global, with a Houston-based company now selling funeral plots in 20 countries.”

Death Care: A Growth Industry

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