Philip Strauss was a prominent Hulstrian royalist politician during the People's Socialist Republic of Gishoto. The leader of the Imperial Hulstrian Party, Strauss was elected Comrade Premier first in February and serving four consecutive terms, before losing to Grigor Stoyanvich in the elections of August 2257, which he charged were rigged. He was elected once again for a fifth term in August 2282. Strauss was also the patriarch of the Hulstrian noble family the House of Strauss and fought for the restoration of the Hulstrian Monarchy