Robert Schwarz Strauss
American diplomat
Born on: October 19, 1918Died on: March 19, 2014
Aged: 95 years 151 days (1145 months)
Birth Sign: Libra
Robert Schwarz Strauss was an influential figure in American politics, diplomacy, and law whose service dated back to future President Lyndon Johnson's first congressional campaign in 1937.
By the 1950s, he was associated in Texas politics with the faction of the Democratic Party that was led by Johnson and John Connally.
He served as the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee between 1972 and 1977 and served under President Jimmy Carter as the U.S.
Trade Representative and special envoy to the Middle East. He later served as the Ambassador to Russia under President George H.
W. Bush. Strauss also served as the last United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
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