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Robert B. Zoellick (1953–)

Robert B. Zoellick - People - Department History

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Non-career appointee
States of Residence: District of Columbia, Virginia
  1. Counselor
    Appointed: March 2, 1989
    Entry on Duty: March 2, 1989
    Termination of Appointment: August 23, 1992
    • Served concurrently as Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs from May 9, 1991.
  2. Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
    Appointed: May 9, 1991
    Entry on Duty: May 20, 1991
    Termination of Appointment: August 23, 1992
    • Continued to serve concurrently as Counselor.
  3. Deputy Secretary of State
    Appointed: February 22, 2005
    Entry on Duty: February 23, 2005
    Termination of Appointment: June 19, 2006

United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick
www.ustr.gov

Robert B. Zoellick assumed office as the 13th U.S. Trade Representative on February 7, 2001.

During his tenure as U.S. Trade Representative, Mr. Zoellick completed the negotiations to bring China and Taiwan into the World Trade Organization; developed a strategy to launch new global trade negotiations at the WTO meeting in Doha and to press the negotiations forward in 2004; completed and enacted Free Trade Agreements with Singapore, Chile, Australia, and Morocco; completed FTAs with five nations of Central America and the Dominican Republic, as well as with Bahrain; worked with Congress to enact the Jordan FTA and the Vietnam Trade Agreement; launched Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the Southern African Customs Union, Panama, the Andean countries, and Thailand; and worked with Congress to pass the Trade Act of 2002, which included new Trade Promotion Authority, and to expand the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA).

During President George H.W. Bush's Administration, Mr. Zoell

Robert Zoellick

11th President of the World Bank Group

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Robert Zoellick

In office
July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2012
Preceded byPaul Wolfowitz
Succeeded byJim Yong Kim
In office
February 23, 2005 – June 19, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRichard Armitage
Succeeded byJohn Negroponte
In office
February 7, 2001 – February 22, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byCharlene Barshefsky
Succeeded byRob Portman
In office
August 23, 1992 – January 20, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byHenson Moore
Succeeded byMark Gearan
In office
May 20, 1991 – August 23, 1992
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byDick McCormack
Succeeded byJoan Spero
In office
March 2, 1989 – August 23, 1992
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byMax Kampelman
Succeeded byTim Wirth
Born

Robert Bruce Zoellick


(1953-07-25) July 25, 1953 (age 71)
Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse