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East Germany's last Left leader passes away
The New Indian Express|February 12, 2023
BERLIN: Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany’s last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country’s first and only free election, has died. He was 95.
East Germany's last Left leader passes away

Modrow died early Saturday, the Left party parliamentary group tweeted.

Modrow, a reform-minded communist, took over East Germany shortly after the Berlin Wall fell and later invited opposition forces into the government. However, he could not slow the gathering momentum for German reunification. The entire peaceful course of establishing German unity was precisely a special achievement of his,” the Left wrote on Twitter. That will remain his political legacy.”

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