- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFranz Strauß
- Nickname
- Der Große Vorsitzende
- Franz Josef Strauß was born on September 6, 1915 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was married to Marianne Strauß. He died on October 3, 1988 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.
- SpouseMarianne Strauß(June 4, 1957 - June 22, 1984) (her death, 3 children)
- Children
- Federal German Minister for Special Affairs (1953-1955), for Nuclear Energy (1955-1956), for Defence (1956-1962) and for Finance (1966-1969). Chairman of the CSU (Bavaria's conservative party) and Minister President (Prime Minister) of Bavaria from 1978 until his death in 1988. In 1980, he was the conservative candidate to become Chanchellor, but lost lost to Helmut Schmidt).
- Had to resign as minister of defence after his decision to arrest Rudolf Augstein, the chief editor of German magazine "Der Spiegel" (1962).
- His daughter Monika Hohlmeier was Minister for School in Bavaria.
- Honorary citizen of Munich (1981) and Regensburg (1985).
- Father of Max Josef Strauß and Franz Georg Strauß.
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