# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-josef-strau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:59:15.728Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-josef-strau"
name: "Franz Josef Strauß"
slug: "franz-josef-strau"
description: "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."
tagline: "German politician (1915–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franz_Josef_Strau%C3%9F_1982.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1915-09-06"
deathDate: "1988-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           24.795976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump