# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludwig-von-friedeburg
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:05:03.558Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludwig-von-friedeburg"
name: "Ludwig von Friedeburg"
slug: "ludwig-von-friedeburg"
description: "Ludwig-Ferdinand Heinrich Georg Friedrich von Friedeburg was a German sociologist and Social Democratic (SPD) politician who served as Hesse’s Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs from 1969 to 1974. A leading figure in West Germany's post-war education reforms, he promoted the introduction of Integrierte Gesamtschulen and upper-secondary reform in Hesse. Earlier, he served in the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War and, at age 20, became one of Germany's youngest U-boat commanders. After leaving politics he directed Frankfurt's Institute for Social Research from 1975 to 2001."
tagline: "German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander, german politician (1924-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig_von_Friedeburg_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-05-21"
deathDate: "2010-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.15
  momentum:             6.455696202531644
  historical:           7.23132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B3_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3"
    title: "Людвіг фон Фрідебург"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC_%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "لودويج ڤون فريديبورج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Friedeburg"
    title: "Ludwig von Friedeburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Friedeburg"
    title: "Ludwig von Friedeburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Friedeburg"
    title: "Ludwig von Friedeburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Friedeburg"
    title: "Ludwig von Friedeburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig-Ferdinand_von_Friedeburg"
    title: "Ludwig-Ferdinand von Friedeburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig-Ferdinand_von_Friedeburg"
    title: "Ludwig-Ferdinand von Friedeburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70474"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump