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Franz Josef Strauss

1915 - 1988

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Franz Josef Strauss (German: Strauß [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Josef Strauss has received more than 548,624 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Franz Josef Strauss is the 4,323rd most popular politician (down from 4,069th in 2019), the 1,173rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,126th in 2019) and the 338th most popular German Politician.

Franz Josef Strauss was a German politician who served as Minister President of the state of Bavaria from 1958 to 1988. He was a leading figure in the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, a member of the European Parliament, and a long-time member of the Bundestag.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

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  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Franz Josef Strauss ranks 4,323 out of 19,576. Before him are Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Eric XII of Sweden, Agis II, Harald Greycloak, Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, and Jean-Claude Duvalier. After him are Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, Yusuf I of Granada, Carausius, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Karel Čurda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Franz Josef Strauss ranks 40. Before him are Brother Roger, Shoichi Yokoi, Rudolf Kirchschläger, Chung Ju-yung, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, and Bob Kane. After him are Mario Del Monaco, Robert A. Dahl, Laurent Schwartz, Rashid Behbudov, Denis Thatcher, and Mario Monicelli. Among people deceased in 1988, Franz Josef Strauss ranks 34. Before him are Gert Fröbe, Luis Barragán, Valerie Solanas, Christina Onassis, Farida of Egypt, and Giuseppe Saragat. After him are Hermann Graf, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Henryk Szeryng, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Ana Aslan, and Willem Drees.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Josef Strauss ranks 1,173 out of 7,253. Before him are Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Alfred Krupp (1812), Johann Elert Bode (1747), and Mesut Özil (1988). After him are Horst Tappert (1923), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), and Hermann Alexander Diels (1848).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Franz Josef Strauss ranks 338. Before him are Otto Georg Thierack (1889), Josef Terboven (1898), Theodelinda (570), Carl Clauberg (1898), Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826), and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575). After him are Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785), August Landmesser (1910), Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Amalia of Oldenburg (1818), Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907), and Franz Seldte (1882).

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