The CSU has led the Bavarian state government practically since its existence, and without the need for a coalition government for most of the time, which is, to this extent, unique in post-war Germany. On the federal level, it forms a common faction in the Bundestag (Federal Assembly) with the CDU. Edmund Stoiber took over the CSU chairmanship early in 1999.

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1 Chairmen of the Christian Social Union, 1946-present 2 Related articles 3 External links

Chairmen of the Christian Social Union, 1946-present

• Josef Müller 1946-1949
• Hans Ehard 1949-1955
• Hanns Seidel 1955-1961
• Franz Josef Strauss 1961-1988
• Theo Waigel 1988-1999
• Edmund Stoiber 1999-

• Christian Democratic Union of Germany
• Politics of Germany
• Bundestag (Federal Assembly of Germany)

• Christlich-Soziale Union - Official site (English page)