The Financial Times is reporting that Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz has emerged as a leading candidate to become the next president of the World Bank to replace James Wolfensohn. Wolfowitz was a chief architect of the Iraq invasion and is one of the leading neoconservative voices inside the Bush administration. Also being considered is Randall Tobias, former head of pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly.
Paul Wolfowitz Considered to Head World Bank
HeadlineMar 01, 2005