Gerhard von Kanitz

Gerhard Theodor Alexander Graf von Kanitz (9 April 1884 – 13 June 1949) was a German politician of the German National People's Party (DNVP) and the German People's Party (DVP). He was a member of several Prussian and German Parliaments and served as Weimar Germany's Minister of Food and Agriculture from 1923 to 1926

Gerhard Graf von Kanitz
Gerhard von Kanitz in 1925
Prussian National Assembly
In office
1919–1921
ConstituencyEast Prussia
Reichstag (Weimar Republic)
In office
1921–1924
ConstituencyEast Prussia
Minister of Food and Agriculture
In office
6 October 1923 – 19 January 1926
Prussian House of Representatives
In office
1928–1932
ConstituencyEast Prussia
East Prussian Landtag
In office
1929–1933
ConstituencyPr. Holland
Personal details
Born(1884-04-09)9 April 1884
Podangen, East Prussia, German Empire (Podągi, Poland)
Died13 June 1949(1949-06-13) (aged 64)
Frankfurt–Sossenheim, Germany
Political partyGerman National People's Party (DNVP)
German People's Party (DVP)
SpouseValeska von Tiele-Winckler (1893–1949)

Biography
Castle Podangen, Alexander Duncker
Grave of Valeska and Gerhard von Kanitz

Kanitz was born in Podangen, East Prussia (current-day Podągi, Poland), the son of the conservative politician Hans von Kanitz. He attended the Wilhelmgymnasium in Königsberg and served in the 3rd (East Prussian) Cuirassiers "Count Wrangel". Kanitz took over his family estate at Podangen after his father's death in 1913[1][2][3]

Following his service in World War I he became chairman of the agricultural association in the district of Preußisch Holland (Pasłęk) and member of the provisional German economic council (Vorläufiger Reichswirtschaftsrat). He joined the DNVP after the German Revolution of 1918–1919 but left the party in 1923; later on he joined the German People's Party (DVP).[1]

From 1919 to 1921 Kanitz was a member of the Prussian Constitutional Assembly and member of the Weimar German Parliament from 7 March 1921 until May 1924 representing the constituency of East Prussia. From 1928 to 1932 he represented the DVP in the Prussian House of Representatives and from 1929 to 1933 he was a member of the East Prussian provincial parliament.[1]

Kanitz served as Minister of Food and Agriculture from 6 October 1923 to 19 January 1926 in the Second Stresemann cabinet, the First and Second Marx cabinet and the First Luther cabinet.[1]

Kanitz died in 1949 in Frankfurt-Sossenheim.[1]

Family

Kanitz married Valeska Freiin von Tiele-Winckler (1893–1949) in 1912.[4]

References
  1. "biography" (in German). Bundesarchiv.
  2. Korfmacher, Norbert (2018). "Vorläufiges Mitgliederverzeichnis des ostpreußischen Provinziallandtages 1919 bis 1933" (PDF) (in German). p. 30.
  3. Volz, Robert (1930). Reichshandbuch der deutschen Gesellschaft (in German). Vol. Band 1: A–K. Berlin: Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag. p. 880.
  4. Kamzelak, Roland (2004). Harry Graf Kessler – Das Tagebuch (in German). Vol. 8 (1923-1926). Klett-Cotta. p. 939. ISBN 978-3-768-19818-9.
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