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Robert B. Zoellick (1953–)
Robert B. Zoellick - People - Department History
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States of Residence: District of Columbia, Virginia
- 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.
- 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.
- Deputy Secretary of State
Appointed: February 22, 2005
Entry on Duty: February 23, 2005
Termination of Appointment: June 19, 2006
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United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick
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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
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Robert Zoellick
11th President of the World Bank Group
Robert Zoellick | |
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| In office July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Wolfowitz |
| Succeeded by | Jim Yong Kim |
| In office February 23, 2005 – June 19, 2006 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Richard Armitage |
| Succeeded by | John Negroponte |
| In office February 7, 2001 – February 22, 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Charlene Barshefsky |
| Succeeded by | Rob Portman |
| In office August 23, 1992 – January 20, 1993 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Henson Moore |
| Succeeded by | Mark Gearan |
| In office May 20, 1991 – August 23, 1992 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Dick McCormack |
| Succeeded by | Joan Spero |
| In office March 2, 1989 – August 23, 1992 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Max Kampelman |
| Succeeded by | Tim Wirth |
| Born | Robert Bruce Zoellick (1953-07-25) July 25, 1953 (age 71) Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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