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Hans Friedrich (politician, born 1917)

German politician (1917-1998)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ797761 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hans Friedrich (2 February 1917 – 25 June 1998) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and former member of the German Bundestag.

Life

In the 1949 federal elections he was elected to the first German Bundestag on the Hessian state list of the FDP.

Literature

Herbst, Ludolf; Jahn, Bruno (2002). Vierhaus, Rudolf (ed.). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002 [Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002] (in German). München: De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. p. 1715. ISBN 978-3-11-184511-1.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Hans Friedrich (politician, born 1917)” as german politician (1917-1998). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1917, 1998, 1949, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1917-02-02. The account is most persuasive where Hans, Friedrich and politician can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as german politician (1917-1998). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q797761. VIAF identifies the subject as 2126163813690639110000. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1917, 1998, 1949 and 2002.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Hans Friedrich (politician, born 1917)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.