Hans Wilhelm Alexander von Kanitz

Hans Wilhelm Alexander Graf von Kanitz-Podangen (17 April 1841 in Mednicken – 30 June 1913 in Podangen) was a German politician for German Conservative Party and Junker.

Life

Kanitz was born in Mednicken, in the Province of Prussia (now Drushnoye, Zelenogradsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast). In 1894 he proposed the Kanitz Plan: an import monopoly for grain, whereby all grain imports would be made on the government's account and resold on the home market at a price calculated from the average price of the last 40 years. If import prices were below this level, the profits would go into a reserve fund that would be used to subsidise imports when the price rose above the average.

From 1885 to 1913 Kanitz was member of Prussian House of Representatives. Kanitz was from 1890 to 1913 member of German Reichstag for German Conservative Party.