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May 17, 2018 · The West German politician Franz Josef Strauss (1915-1988) was a founder of the Christian Social Union and its standard bearer for four decades. He was minister president of Bavaria beginning in 1978. Franz Josef Strauss was born on September 6, 1915, in the Bavarian capital of Munich.
Oct 4, 1988 · Franz Josef Strauss, the butcher's son who helped shape the West German state and exercised a caustic and often contentious influence over its politics from his stronghold in Bavaria, died...
Franz Josef Strauss was a German politician. He was the long-time chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria from 1961 until 1988, member of the federal cabinet in different positions between 1953 and 1969 and minister-president of the state of Bavaria from 1978 until 1988.
"Franz Josef Strauss" published on by null. (b. 6 Sept. 1915, d. 3 Oct. 1988).Bavarian Minister President 1978–88 One of the co‐founders of the CSU in 1946, he became its general secretary in 1949, deputy president in 1952, and president in 1961.
Oct 4, 1988 · BONN, OCT. 3 -- Franz Josef Strauss, the outspoken, conservative premier of the state of Bavaria and one of the leading politicians of West Germany's postwar era, died today of heart failure after ...
Franz Josef Strauß (IPA: [fʁants jozɛf ʃtraʊs]) (6 September 6 1915 – 3 October 1988) was a German politician and minister-president of the state of Bavaria. Press reports called him the "Strong Man of Europe".
The largest political party in Bavaria was the Christian Social Union (CSU), an extremely conservative, even reactionary, regional party. In the ensuing twenty years, the leaders of the CSU's small liberal wing (in particular Franz Josef Strauss, long-time party chair and the most colorful and polarizing politician in postwar Germany) broke ...
