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POLITICIAN

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 508,270 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Josef Strauss is the 4,079th most popular politician (down from 3,910th in 2019), the 1,126th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,080th in 2019) and the 337th 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Franz Josef Strauss ranks 4,079 out of 15,577Before him are Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Eric XII of Sweden, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Ricardo Lagos, Sisygambis, and Stefan the First-Crowned. After him are Shamash-shum-ukin, Prince Henry of Battenberg, Dong Biwu, Claudia Acte, Emperor Go-Nara, and Louis III of Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Franz Josef Strauss ranks 44Before him are Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Chung Ju-yung, Denis Thatcher, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Helmut Schön, and Mario Del Monaco. After him are Rudolf Kirchschläger, Alan Watts, Kaoru Ishikawa, Terence Young, Laurent Schwartz, and Peter Medawar. Among people deceased in 1988, Franz Josef Strauss ranks 29Before him are Luis Barragán, André Frédéric Cournand, Tibor Sekelj, Paul Grice, Klaus Fuchs, and Muzafer Sherif. After him are Farida of Egypt, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Raj Kapoor, Hermann Graf, Richard S. Castellano, and Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Josef Strauss ranks 1,126 out of 6,142Before him are Günther Korten (1898), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753), Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765), Leo von Klenze (1784), and Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670). After him are Hrotsvitha (935), Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Walther Flemming (1843), Hans Reichenbach (1891), and Beate Klarsfeld (1939).

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