Franz Josef Strauss and Edmund Stoiber, CSU, Germany

Jan. 09 CSU-Party-Congress in Munich, West Germany: The Party Congress of the Chrislan Socialist Union took place in Munich, West Germany on September 28th and 29th, 1979. The meeting took a special national and International interest because of the fact that the Chairman of this party, Franz Josef Strauss, after a dramatic confrontation within the CDU/CSU sister parties, was nominated as common candidate for chancellorship for the coming elections in autumn 1980. At the Munich Party Congress Franz Josef Strauss was re-elected as chairman of the CSU with an overwhelming majority (by 857 of 886 legal votes). Photo shows CSU chairman Franz Josef Strauss (L) and the secretary-general of the Christian Socialist Union, Dr. Edmund Stoiber (R)

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