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Franz Josef Strauß
Franz Josef Strauß · Robert Ward (DoD photo by), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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Franz Josef Strauß

1915 – 1988 · aged 73

German politician (1915–1988)

Born
6 Sept 1915 · Munich
Died
3 Oct 1988 · Regensburg

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 84 years
  1. 6 Sept 1915BornBorn in Munich
  2. 1946 – 1948RoleLandrat
  3. 1949 – 1953RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  4. 1949 – 1953RoleChairperson
  5. 1953 – 1957RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  6. 1955 – 1956RoleFederal Minister of Research, Technology and Space
  7. 1956 – 1963RoleFederal Minister of Defence
  8. 1957 – 1961RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  9. 1957AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  10. 1958AwardGrand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  11. 1959AwardBavarian Order of Merit
  12. 1960AwardGrand Cross of the Order of George I
  13. 1960AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Crown
  14. 1961 – 1965RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  15. 1961AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Christ
  16. 1962AwardGrand Cross of the National Order of Merit
  17. 1962AwardGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour
  18. 1962AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester
  19. 1963 – 1966RoleChairperson
  20. 1965 – 1969RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  21. 1965TeamFC Bayern Munich
  22. 1966 – 1969RoleFederal Minister of Finance
  23. 1967AwardGrand Officer of the National Order of the Ivory Coast
  24. 1968AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
  25. 1968AwardOrder of Merit of Niger
  26. 1969 – 1972RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  27. 1972 – 1976RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  28. 1976 – 1978RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  29. 1978 – 1988RoleMinister-President of Bavaria
  30. 1983 – 1984RolePresident of the Bundesrat of Germany
  31. 1987RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  32. 3 Oct 1988DiedDied in Regensburg

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1915 – 1988).

  1. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  2. 1917Balfour Declaration
  3. 1917February Revolution
  4. 1917October Revolution
  5. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  6. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  7. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  8. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  9. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  10. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  11. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  12. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1938Munich Agreement
  14. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  15. 1939 – 1945World War II
  16. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  17. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  18. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  19. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  20. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  21. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  22. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  23. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  25. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  26. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  28. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  29. 1956Suez Crisis
  30. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  32. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  34. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  36. 1968Prague Spring
  37. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  38. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  39. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  40. 19781978 FIFA World Cup

Biography

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 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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