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{{Officeholder
|name=Paul Wolfowitz
|image=Wolfowitz.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]] (before 1981)<br>[[Republican]] (1981 – present)
|spouse=Clare Selgin (div.)
|religion=[[Jewish]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=President of the [[World Bank Group]]
|terms=June 1, 2005 – July 1, 2007
|preceded=James Wolfensohn
|number=10th
|succeeded=[[Robert Zoellick]]
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Deputy Secretary of Defense
|terms=March 2, 2001 – June 1, 2005
|preceded=Rudy de Leon
|former=y
|succeeded=Gordon England
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=United States Ambassador to [[Indonesia]]
|terms=April 11, 1986 – May 12, 1989
|preceded=John H. Holdridge
|former=y
|succeeded=John Cameron Monjo
}}
}}
[[Image:89698iukhbn.jpg|right|thumb|Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz briefs reporters at the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] about the ongoing campaign against the [[al Qaeda]] terrorist organization and the military capability of [[Taliban]] regime in [[Afghanistan]].
[[Image:89698iukhbn.jpg|right|thumb|Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz briefs reporters at the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] about the ongoing campaign against the [[al Qaeda]] terrorist organization and the military capability of [[Taliban]] regime in [[Afghanistan]].
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'''Paul Dundes Wolfowitz''' (born December 22, 1943) is an American academic, [[neoconservative]] scholar and political figure; In the early 1970s, Paul Wolfowitz served as an aide to [[Democratic Party]] Senator [[Henry Jackson|Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson]]; from 1986 to 1989, he served as ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia; then as undersecretary of Defense under [[Ronald Reagan]]; from 2001 to 2005, he served as the Deputy Secretary of Defense under [[George W. Bush]] where he was one of the main architects of the foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration and of the [[Iraq War]]; from 2005 to June 2007, he served as the President of the [[World Bank]]. He is currently a visiting scholar at the [[American Enterprise Institute]].<ref>http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.126,filter.all/scholar.asp</ref> Wolfowitz described himself as a "Scoop Jackson Republican".
'''Paul Dundes Wolfowitz''' (born December 22, 1943) is an American academic, [[neoconservative]] scholar and political figure; In the early 1970s, Paul Wolfowitz served as an aide to [[Democratic Party]] Senator [[Henry Jackson|Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson]]; from 1986 to 1989, he served as ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia; then as undersecretary of Defense under [[Ronald Reagan]]; from 2001 to 2005, he served as the Deputy Secretary of Defense under [[George W. Bush]] where he was one of the main architects of the foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration and of the [[Iraq War]]; from 2005 to June 2007, he served as the President of the [[World Bank]]. He is currently a visiting scholar at the [[American Enterprise Institute]].<ref>http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.126,filter.all/scholar.asp</ref> Wolfowitz described himself as a "Scoop Jackson Republican".
During the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], Wolfowitz expressed opposition towards [[Donald Trump]], asserting in late August that year that he “might have to vote for [[Hillary Clinton]]”.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-wolfowitz-idUSKCN1111XS Former Bush adviser Wolfowitz to vote for Clinton: Spiegel]
*[https://dailycaller.com/2016/08/26/iraq-war-architect-trump-is-dangerous-im-backing-hillary/ Iraq War Architect: Trump Is Dangerous, I’m Backing Hillary]
*[https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/26/politics/paul-wolfowitz-voting-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/index.html Paul Wolfowitz 'might have to vote' for Hillary Clinton]</ref> However, he later stated at a podcast in April 2017 that he did not vote for Clinton nor Trump.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/24/paul-wolfowitz-the-full-transcript-215060 Paul Wolfowitz: The Full Transcript]</ref>
==Education==
==Education==
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18628587/site/newsweek/ With the Best of Intentions] by Michael Hirsh, ''Newsweek'', May 21, 2007.
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18628587/site/newsweek/ With the Best of Intentions] by Michael Hirsh, ''Newsweek'', May 21, 2007.
== References ==
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.aei.org/profile/paul-wolfowitz/ Paul Wolfowitz - AEI]
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