Friedrich von Lindequist (born 15 September 1862 in Wostevitz on

Rügen Rügen (; Rani: ''Rȯjana'', ''Rāna''; , ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic ci ...

; died 25 June 1945 at Macherslust near

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, Germany) was a high colonial official of the

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. He served as Governor of

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from November 1905 until 20 May 1907. During his tenure as Governor he introduced Karakul breeding to the white settlers of the German colony. Lindequist later served in the ''

Reichskolonialamt The Imperial Colonial Office or Reich Colonial Office () was a governmental agency of the German Empire tasked with managing Germany's overseas territories. Dissolved after World War I, on 20 February 1919 the Reich Colonial Ministry () of the ...

'' of

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, as Undersecretary of State from 1907 to 1910. While serving in this post, he "led a commission to the highlands of

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to study the feasibility of expanded settlement from Germany in the colony." He served as Secretary of State in 1910 and 1911. He also served in high political offices during the

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* 1862 births 1945 deaths People from Vorpommern-Rügen People from the Province of Pomerania German untitled nobility German Fatherland Party politicians Colonial people of German South West Africa Herero and Nama genocide perpetrators White supremacists {{Namibia-politician-stub