Hans Modrow

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Hans Modrow (born January 27, 1928) is German politician, best known as the last communist premier of East Germany. He currently is the honorary Chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism.

Hans Modrow was born in Jasenitz, now in Police, Poland. He briefly served in the Volkssturm towards the end of World War II and was subsequently held as a prisoner of war. Upon release in 1949, he joined the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

He had a long political career in East Germany, including periods as the First Secretary of the SED in Dresden in 1973 and as a member of the Volkskammer. He became premier following the resignation of Willi Stoph on November 13, 1989 and held this office until the first free elections on March 18, 1990.

After the German reunification, he served as a member of the Bundestag and currently serves as a member of the European Parliament.

In 1993 the German Federal Court found Modrow guilty on three counts of electoral fraud committed in the Dresden municipal elections in May 1989.

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