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The Modrow government refers to the government of the German Democratic Republic led by Socialist Unity Party official Hans Modrow from November 1989 until East Germany's first democratically-elected
Modrow is interviewed in the Palace of the Republic, the seat of the East German government.
Egon Krenz
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Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic during the Revolutions of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker as the General Secre
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…as a result of his unwillingness to confront the societal problems which had led to the mass exodus and political protest. The relatively youthful Egon Krenz who was chosen as successor proved to be ineffective, and on 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was opened, becoming a symbol of the SED's complete loss…
Official portrait, 1984
Krenz in 2013, at a German-American evening at the U.S. Consulate General in Munich
Krenz (left) officially congratulating Erich Mielke on behalf of the government on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Stasi in 1985. Behind Mielke are other high-ranking officials of the Stasi.
Krenz addressing the Volkskammer on 24 October 1989