Christian-Social Union (Bavaria, Germany)

Christlich-Soziale Union, CSU

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
Keywords: bavaria | christian-social union | christlich-soziale union | csu | lion: rampant sinister (gold) | lozenge (blue) | letters: 3 (blue) | letters: 3 (black) |
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5:2 200×500 cm and 80×200 cm by Marcus Schmöger Flag used since c.1998

• Introduction
• Description
• Horizontal Flag Variant
• Flag c.1974-c.1998
• Horizontal Flag Variant c.1974-c.1998
• Young Union ca.1953-ca.1970 (Junge Union / JU)

See also:

• Christian Democratic Union (Christlich-Demokratische Union / CDU)
• Political Parties (Germany)
• Bavaria (Bayern, Germany)
• Germany

The CSU (Christlich-Soziale Union or Christian Social Union) is the conservative party in Bavaria. It is the sister-party of the CDU that is active in the rest of Germany. Although it is its own party with its own leader (from 1961-1988 this was Franz-Josef Strauß, 1988-1999 Theo Waigel, since 1999 Edmund Stoiber) and its own symbols, it cooperates with the