Friedrich Wilhelm Pleuger

Friedrich Wilhelm Pleuger (born 6 April 1899 in Bonn; died 9 October 1972 in Hamburg) was a German engineer and entrepreneur who developed and patented a number of inventions, in particular water-filled electric motors, submersible pumps and ship rudder systems.

[1] In 1929 Pleuger began to develop submersible pumps with wet rotor motors in Berlin Unter den Linden.

Special new developments made it possible to pump high-quality, bacteria-free drinking water from deep-seated groundwater layers.

Pleuger's company grew rapidly, through major projects such as the construction of the underground railway in Moscow as well as drainage systems in France, Mexico and Argentina.

In October 1945 Pleuger decided to move to Hamburg and set up a small repair workshop in the Altona district.

This expansion led to Pleuger founding various subsidiaries abroad, including in the USA, Mexico, England and Spain.

This entrepreneurial achievement was honoured by the government of Ghana in 1968 when Pleuger was appointed Consul General in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Besides the threats, Pleuger himself stated the political conditions in Ghana and differences of opinion with the Foreign Service as reasons for his resignation.

[7] After the exchange of goods, the Agricultural Chamber of Equatorial Guinea posed as the seller and increased the price of the cocoa many times over.

Therefore, Friedrich Pleuger asked the Geneva Red Cross for help, which brought the medication to Santa Isabel.

[8] During the entire kidnapping, the lawyer Christian L. Jarck, as Friedrich Pleuger's chief representative, negotiated with the government of Equatorial Guinea.