The Modrow government refers to the final socialist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was led by Socialist Unity Party (SED) official Hans Modrow from November 1989 until East Germany's first democratically elected government took power on 18 March 1990.
Modrow is interviewed in the Palace of the Republic, the seat of the East German government.
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