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[[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]].

'''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".

|image=Wolfowitz.jpg

|party=[[Democrat]] (before 1981)<br>[[Republican]] (1981 – present)

|spouse=Clare Selgin (div.)

|religion=[[Jewish]]

|office=President of the [[World Bank Group]]

|succeeded=[[Robert Zoellick]]

|office=United States Ambassador to [[Indonesia]]

|preceded=John H. Holdridge

 

'''Paul Dundes Wolfowitz''' (born December 22, 1943, age {{age|1943|12|22}}) 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".

 

==Education==

==Education==

Paul Wolfowitz's father Jacob Wolfowitz, was a Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University.  Paul Wolfowitz has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Cornell University; a master's degree and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago.<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/results/leadership/bio_466.html</ref>  From 1994-2001, Paul Wolfowitz served as Dean and Professor of International Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of The [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>[http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/ORGANIZATION/EXTOFFICEPRESIDENT/0,,contentMDK:20519590~menuPK:64260190~pagePK:51174171~piPK:64258873~theSitePK:1014541,00.html Paul Wolfowitz's biography at World Banks site]</ref>  [[Lewis "Scooter" Libby]] was one of his students when Wolfowitz served as a professor of Political Science at Yale University.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1449631,00.html</ref>

Paul Wolfowitz's father Jacob Wolfowitz, was a Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University.  Paul Wolfowitz has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Cornell University; a master's degree and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago.<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/results/leadership/bio_466.html</ref>  From 1994-2001, Paul Wolfowitz served as Dean and Professor of International Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of The [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>[http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/ORGANIZATION/EXTOFFICEPRESIDENT/0,,contentMDK:20519590~menuPK:64260190~pagePK:51174171~piPK:64258873~theSitePK:1014541,00.html Paul Wolfowitz's biography at World Banks site]</ref>  [[Lewis "Scooter" Libby]] was one of his students when Wolfowitz served as a professor of Political Science at Yale University.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1449631,00.html</ref>

Eric Schmitt described Paul Wolfowitz as a "soft-spoken former aspiring-mathematician-turned-policymaker … [whose] world views … were forged by family history and in the halls of academia rather than in the jungles of Vietnam or the corridors of Congress … [His father] … escaped Poland after World War I. The rest of his father's family perished in the [[Holocaust]]."  David Dudley described Wolfowitz as "liv[ing] in a world haunted by atrocities" and deeply affecting his son's personal and intellectual development.  Speaking directly of the influence of the Holocaust on his own world-views, Wolfowitz said: "That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views … It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities. It doesn't mean you can prevent every such incident in the world, but it's also a mistake to dismiss that sort of concern as merely humanitarian and not related to real interest."

Eric Schmitt described Paul Wolfowitz as a "soft-spoken former aspiring-mathematician-turned-policymaker … [whose] world views … were forged by family history and in the halls of academia rather than in the jungles of Vietnam or the corridors of Congress … [His father] … escaped Poland after World War I. The rest of his father's family perished in the [[Holocaust]]."  David Dudley described Wolfowitz as "liv[ing] in a world haunted by atrocities" and deeply affecting his son's personal and intellectual development.  Speaking directly of the influence of the Holocaust on his own world-views, Wolfowitz said: "That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views … It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities. It doesn't mean you can prevent every such incident in the world, but it's also a mistake to dismiss that sort of concern as merely humanitarian and not related to real interest."

In August 1963, Paul Wolfowitz joined the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom led by [[Martin Luther King, Jr]].

In August 1963, Paul Wolfowitz joined the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom led by [[Martin Luther King, Jr]].

==Tenure As President Of The World Bank==

==Tenure As President Of The World Bank==

*[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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*[https://www.aei.org/profile/paul-wolfowitz/ Paul Wolfowitz - AEI]

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