deaths
October 3, 1988
Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (born 1915)
Franz Josef Strauss
Franz Josef Strauss 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.
List of minister-presidents of Bavaria
Below is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister-President or equivalent office in the German state of Bavaria from the 17th century to the present.