Hans Modrow was a German politician best known as the last communist premier of East Germany.
Modrow in 1989
Modrow addressing the Volkskammer on 17 November 1989
Modrow with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl during the opening of the Brandenburg Gate on 22 December 1989
Modrow giving a speech at a rally on 13 March 1990
Lists of political office-holders in East Germany
These are lists of political office-holders in East Germany. The political leadership of East Germany was distributed between several offices. However, until the Volkskammer removed a section in the GDR's constitution guaranteeing their monopoly on political power on 1 December 1989, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) held ultimate power and authority over state and government. Thus, the head of the SED's Politburo of the Central Committee was the de facto leader of the country.
Image: Opvolger van Pieck, Walter Ulbricht, Bestanddeelnr 911 5926 (cropped)
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R1220 401, Erich Honecker
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Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1989 1117 431, Hans Modrow, Dr