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Line 2: − − Other nations have been critical of Wolfowitz, and the criticisms intensified to calls for his ouster upon disclosure that in April of 2007 he allegedly obtained a large pay raise and promotion for his girlfriend, Shaha Ali Riza, a former bank official.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/14/MNGHNP8M941.DTL</ref> He resigned on May 17, 2007 (effective June 30, 2007), as a result of an investigation by the World Bank Group's board of executive directors, which accepted his resignation, "ending a protracted and tumultuous battle over his stewardship, sparked by a promotion he arranged for his companion."<ref name=WBGS2> [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21339650~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html "Statements of Executive Directors and President Wolfowitz"], ''[[World Bank Group]]'', May 17, 2007, accessed May 17, 2007.</ref><ref name=JonesUK>Matthew Jones, [http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKSP8524620070518 "Wolfowitz Exit Seen Clearing Way for Progress"], ''[[Reuters]]'' (UK), May 18, 2007, accessed May 18, 2007. </ref> Line 11:
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'''Paul Dundes Wolfowitz''' (b. December 22, 1943) is a [[American]] academic, [[neoconservative]] scholar and political figure; he was one of the main architects of the foreign policy of the [[George W. Bush]] administration and the [[Iraq War]]. 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 in the George W. Bush administration; 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''' (b. December 22, 1943) is a [[American]] academic, [[neoconservative]] scholar and political figure; he was one of the main architects of the foreign policy of the [[George W. Bush]] administration and the [[Iraq War]]. 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 in the George W. Bush administration; 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==
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==
Other nations have been critical of Wolfowitz, and the criticisms intensified to calls for his ouster upon disclosure that in April of 2007 he allegedly obtained a large pay raise and promotion for his girlfriend, Shaha Ali Riza, a former bank official.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/14/MNGHNP8M941.DTL</ref> He resigned on May 17, 2007 (effective June 30, 2007), as a result of an investigation by the World Bank Group's board of executive directors, which accepted his resignation, "ending a protracted and tumultuous battle over his stewardship, sparked by a promotion he arranged for his companion."<ref name=WBGS2> [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21339650~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html "Statements of Executive Directors and President Wolfowitz"], ''[[World Bank Group]]'', May 17, 2007, accessed May 17, 2007.</ref><ref name=JonesUK>Matthew Jones, [http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKSP8524620070518 "Wolfowitz Exit Seen Clearing Way for Progress"], ''[[Reuters]]'' (UK), May 18, 2007, accessed May 18, 2007. </ref>
==Books==
==Books==