© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Hans Modrow, former prime minister of East Germany, poses on the red carpet during the fourth Semperopernball in the east German city of Dresden, January 16, 2009. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/File Photo
(Reuters) – Hans Modrow, who as East Germany’s last communist prime minister oversaw democratic reforms that paved the way for German reunification, has died at the age of 95, Die Linke, Germany’s hard-left party, said on Saturday.
“Hans Modrow left us last night at the age of 95. With this, our party loses an important personality,” announced the party, the successor to the Communist Party of East Germany.