Franz Josef Strauss, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German politician
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Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
About Franz Josef Strauss
- Franz Josef Strauss (German: Strauß [f?ants j?z?f ?t?a?s]; 6 September 1915 – 3 October 1988) was a German politician.
- He was the long-time chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) 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.
- Strauss is also credited as a co-founder of European aerospace conglomerate Airbus. After the 1969 federal elections, West Germany's CDU/CSU alliance found itself out of power for the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic.
- At this time, Strauss became more identified with the regional politics of Bavaria.
- While he ran for the chancellorship as the candidate of the CDU/CSU in 1980, for the rest of his life Strauss never again held federal office.
- From 1978 until his death in 1988, he was the head of the Bavarian government.
- His last two decades were marked by a fierce rivalry with CDU chairman Helmut Kohl.
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