Hans Modrow

Chairman of the Council of Ministers

27 January 1928 Jasenitz, Province of Pomerania, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic

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13 November 1989 – 12 April 1990

German politician Hans Modrow (German pronunciation: ; born 27 January 1928) is a German politician best known as the last communist premier of East Germany. Taking office in the middle of the Peaceful Revolution, he was the de facto leader of the country for much of the winter of 1989 and 1990, attempting to delay German reunification. After the end of Communist rule and reunification of Germany, he was singled out by the new government and convicted of electoral fraud and perjury by the Dresden District Court in 1995, on the basis that he had been the SED official nominally in charge of the electoral process. He was the honorary chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and has been the president of the "council of elders" of the Left Party since 2007.