Dieter Sauberzweig (17 November 1925 – 28 December 2005) was a prominent commentator on German cultural politics (Kulturpolitiker).
In the same year he was drafted into military service and served in World War II.
After the war he completed an apprenticeship in Schleswig-Holstein in 1947 and studied History, Education, Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Hamburg.
From 1953 he worked at the Education Foundation of the German people (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes).
In 1977 the new SPD Mayor of Berlin, Dietrich Stobbe, invited Dieter Sauberzweig to become a senator for culture in his cabinet.