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Paul Wolfowitz

1943 - Today

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Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, and dean of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Having proposed a plan to invade Iraq in 2001, Wolfowitz was an early advocate of the Iraq War and has widely been described as an "architect" of the war. In the aftermath of the insurgency and civil war that followed the invasion, Wolfowitz denied influencing policy on Iraq and disclaimed responsibility. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Wolfowitz is the 7,577th most popular politician (down from 5,655th in 2019), the 2,765th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,810th in 2019) and the 234th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Paul Wolfowitz ranks 7,577 out of 19,576. Before him are Nepherites II, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, Azarmidokht, Marcus Antonius Creticus, Frits Bolkestein, and Peire Vidal. After him are Senjūrō Hayashi, Jean Rey, Sobekhotep IV, Bruno Streckenbach, Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, and Sophia of Halshany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Paul Wolfowitz ranks 170. Before him are Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Köbi Kuhn, Raphael, Wallace Shawn, Hervé Villechaize, and Jan de Bont. After him are Angelo Bagnasco, Teruo Nimura, James Levine, David Soul, Lauren Hutton, and Kurtwood Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Wolfowitz ranks 2,765 out of 20,380. Before him are Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Claude Akins (1926), Paul Sorvino (1939), Robert Plutchik (1927), Albert R. Broccoli (1909), and Merian C. Cooper (1893). After him are Doc Holliday (1851), Lionel Barrymore (1878), Bobby McFerrin (1950), Jerry Butler (1939), Robert Metcalfe (1946), and Cochise (1805).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Paul Wolfowitz ranks 234. Before him are Eugene Meyer (1875), Mitch McConnell (1942), Nancy Kassebaum (1932), Thomas Watson Jr. (1914), Phil Murphy (1957), and Brian Kemp (1963). After him are Cochise (1805), Loretta Lynch (1959), Caroline Kennedy (1957), Ella Grasso (1919), Jeb Bush (1953), and Richard Bassett (1745).

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