Cal Ludeman

Cal Ludeman
Ludeman as a state representative
Secretary of the Minnesota Senate
Assumed office
January 3, 2017
PresidentMichelle Fischbach
Jeremy Miller
David Tomassoni
Jeremy Miller
David Osmek
Preceded byJoAnne Zoff
In office
January 4, 2011 – January 7, 2013
PresidentMichelle Fischbach
Preceded byJoAnne Zoff
Succeeded byJoAnne Zoff
Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health
In office
July 2006 – January 2011
GovernorTim Pawlenty
Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employee Relations
In office
January 2003 – July 2006
GovernorTim Pawlenty
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 27A district
20B (1979–1983)
In office
January 3, 1979 – January 7, 1985
Preceded byRussell Stanton
Succeeded byJim Boerboom
Personal details
BornApril 1951 (age 73)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDeb
Children3
Alma materSouth Dakota State University
University of Wyoming

Cal R. Ludeman (/ˈldəmən/ LOO-də-mən; born April 1951) is an American politician who most recently served as Secretary of the Minnesota Senate. He is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from southwestern Minnesota. First elected in 1978, he was re-elected in 1980 and 1982. He represented the old District 20B and, after redistricting in 1980, District 27A, which included all or portions of Lincoln and Lyon counties.