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  Hans Modrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hans Modrow (born January 27, 1928) served as one of the last leaders of East Germany and as of 2003 functions as honorary Chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism.
Hans Modrow was born in Jasenitz, now to Police, Poland.
In 1993 the German Federal Court found Modrow guilty on three counts of electoral fraud committed in the Dresden municipal elections in May 1989.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hans_Modrow   (216 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Hans Modrow (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
He served in the German Army, and was a prisoner of war until 1949.
Modrow served in the enlarged Bundestag after unification and won reelection in Dec., 1990.
In 1993 he was convicted of vote rigging in the municipal elections held in Dresden in May, 1989.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Modrow-H.html   (269 words)

  
 Communist Party of Britain
At the invitation of the Communist Party of Britain Hans Modrow — former prime minister of the German Democratic Republic — spoke to a large crowd at the graveside of Karl Marx on the anniversary of the death of the founder of scientific socialism.
HANS MODROW marks the 122nd anniversary of Karl Marx's death by assessing the relevance of the philosopher in the 21st century.
Hans Modrow is former leader of the German Democratic Republic and honorary chairman of Germany's Party of Democratic Socialism.
www.communist-party.org.uk /php/newsTemplatePrint.php?story=68   (1242 words)

  
 At the helm when the GDR fell / Features / Home - Morning Star
HANS Modrow, the last but one prime minister of the German Democratic Republic, was born in 1928 in a working-class family and, as a child, had to live through nazi Germany.
The GDR gave Modrow the chance to study and, later, he was able to write and defend his doctorate in political economy.
Modrow came to prominence at the time of the turbulent events of autumn 1989.
www.morningstaronline.co.uk /index2.php/ex/features/at_the_helm_when_the_gdr_fell   (1086 words)

  
 Modrow, Hans on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Modrow's last hours in power: in another day, the East German Prime Minister might have been hailed as a Gorbachev; but who said history was fair?
The turning point: Modrow knows the end is near.
Below the speed limit: as communist leaders cruise slowly toward reforms, the people urge swifter action - and perhaps new drivers.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Modrow-H1.asp   (493 words)

  
 `Conqueror's justice' rules in Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
PDS chairperson Lothar Bisky, honorary chairperson Hans Modrow and parliamentary leader Gregor Gysi issued a statement pointing out that all of the Warsaw Pact countries had had similarly harsh border laws, yet only East German officials were being prosecuted.
Modrow is accused of perjury during 1992 testimony to a committee of the Saxon parliament investigating events in Dresden in the autumn of 1989.
This is the only basis for the charge against Modrow, who commented to journalists after the appeals court ruling that he is now in the anomalous position of being prosecuted by the FRG for failing to follow orders from Erich Honecker.
www.greenleft.org.au /back/1996/256/256p21b.htm   (716 words)

  
 Historical data: 19.12.1989   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He is received at his hotel with cries of »Helmut, Helmut!« and »Germany, united fatherland!« He declares himself »very satisfied« after talks with East German Premier Hans Modrow.
At a press conference, the two politicians announce the results of their talks: the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin will be opened before Christmas, and travel will be free for West Germans starting on Christmas Eve.
Modrow mentions that a »Treaty on Cooperation and Good Neighborliness« will be drafted, in order to gradually develop a treaty partnership with West Germany.
www.chronik-der-wende.de /english/historicaldata.jsp?key=EHD19.12.1989   (319 words)

  
 "Modrow Says Berlin Wall Should Remain, Promises Coalition"
Berlin--Hans Modrow, East Germany's new premier, said the Berlin Wall, though open to travel, must remain standing to keep out AIDS, crime, and other Western problems.
Our people are asking themselves why they shouldn't just leave that as it is," Modrow said, according to West Germany's Bild newspaper.
Modrow, considered a reformer, also called for a coalition government but gave no indication that opposition parties would be a part of it despite widespread calls for an end to the Communist power monopoly.
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 Five Years of the PDS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The case of Hans Modrow who was the last Prime Minister of the GDR offers an example of settling accounts in action.
As head of the Dresden SED in the 1980s, Modrow had been considered the East German Gorbachev and lauded in the West German media as a reformer and bearer of hope.
The only difference is that Hans Modrow no longer has power of any kind while the other gentlemen in question were still in positions of authority.
www.wpunj.edu /~newpol/issue19/gysi19.htm   (4286 words)

  
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Born in 1937, Krenz is the successor to Erich Honecker as head of state in the GDR in October 1989 and presides over the opening of the Berlin Wall and the decision not to resist the opposition in east Germany militarily.
Born in 1928, Modrow was a key member of the east German Politbüro in the 1970s and 1980s.
After his replacement as prime minister by Lothar de Maizière in March 1990, Modrow went on to represent the PDS in the Bundestag from December 1990 to 1994.
www.well.ac.uk /cgol/economiclegacy/biographies.asp   (536 words)

  
 A quick turnover for eastern politicians
Hans Modrow was the last prime minister of the
The offence is said to have been committed during local elections in Dresden in May 1989, The ex-mayor of this city, Wolfgang Berghofer, was recently given a suspended jail sentence for his part in the affair but is to appeal against the verdict.
Modrow also declared that, “the trial is a farce and an attempt to make the socialist idea a crime”.
www.greenleft.org.au /back/1992/50/50p16b.htm   (548 words)

  
 Germany: Defeat for "reformers" at PDS conference in Gera
The reaction to the election debacle by the fraction led by Zimmer was to distance itself from the SPD and mildly criticise the practice of those members of the PDS who had shared state government responsibility.
The honorary chairman of the PDS, Hans Modrow, who was a long time member of the central committee of the SED and East German prime minister at the time of reunification, set the tone for the conference with his opening speech.
The faction lead by Gysi, Bartsch, Claus and Pau is moving closer and closer to the SPD and open defence of the state against growing political and social opposition, while for its part, the group around Zimmer, Modrow, et al, is determined to once again don the fig-leaf of verbal opposition.
www.wsws.org /articles/2002/oct2002/pds-o19.shtml   (1709 words)

  
 Modrow
Hans Modrow is on trial under accusation for supposedly ha-
In the 80s, Dr. Hans Modrow, was celebrated in the West, as
Personal Statement of Dr. Hans Modrow At his Trial before the Third Criminal Chamber of the State Court of Dresden April 1993 (Translation from the original German by George Pumphrey)
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 Hans Modrow - TheBestLinks.com - Bundestag, European Parliament, German Democratic Republic, January 27, ...
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 ON THIS DAY | 22 | 1989: Brandenburg Gate re-opens
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl walked through to be greeted by Hans Modrow, the East German Prime Minister.
Mr Modrow made an impassioned speech before an audience of millions, broadcast live on television to East and West Germans.
The decision to open the gate was taken on Tuesday in Dresden by Dr Kohl and Mr Modrow during their first meeting.
news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/22/newsid_2539000/2539765.stm   (449 words)

  
 Text 2+4 Chronik
With nearly 2,000 East Germans daily moving to West Germany and with those left behind clamoring for unity, East German Prime Minister Hans Modrow finally grave in last week.
Modrow departed from the Kohl plan in proposing that a united Germany be neutral.
Modrow voiced the neutrality idea after visiting Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow.
www.2plus4.de /USA/chronik.php3?date_value=06.02.90&sort=001-000   (1036 words)

  
 Bundestag
Hans Modrow - Modrow, Hans, 1928–, German politician.
He served in the German Army, and was a prisoner of...
Hans Dietrich Genscher - Genscher, Hans Dietrich, 1927–, German politician; foreign minister (1974–92).
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 Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 98-10-14
Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) -- Honourary chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism and last premier of the German Democratic Republic, Hans Modrow, said the procedures for Cyprus' accession to the European Union could facilitate efforts for a settlement to the Cyprus problem.
Modrow, who is visiting Cyprus at the invitation of left-wing AKEL party, today called on President Glafcos Clerides and House of Representatives President Spyros Kyprianou.
Speaking after his meeting with the President, Modrow underlined that a settlement to the Cyprus problem should not be a condition for the Republic's European Union accession.
www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/cyprus/cna/1998/98-10-14.cna.html   (634 words)

  
 McNair Paper 39 - Chapter 3
When the People's Chamber replaced Willi Stoph with Hans Modrow as prime minister on 13 November 1989, they also elected Guenter Maleuda, of the small Democratic Farmer's Party, to replace Horst Sindermann as People's Chamber president and replaced 27 members of the old Parliament.
Note 25 When Kohl and Modrow met for the first time on 19 December, they agreed to reopen Berlin's Brandenberg Gate, introduce free movement for all Germans by Christmas, and sign a treaty establishing future forms of cooperation.
On 29 January the opposition finally agreed to create a "grand coalition" on the condition that Modrow and all cabinet members renounced their party affiliation until after the elections (which were moved up to 18 March from 6 May), that the opposition get key cabinet posts, and that the round-table approve all legislation.
www.ndu.edu /inss/McNair/mcnair39/m039ch03.html   (2573 words)

  
 German unification - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
Hans Modrow became the new leader of the communist party.
He and the government he led were sworn in on November 18.
Mikhail Gorbachev said during a visit to Moscow by GDR Prime Minister Hans Modrow that, in principle, no one doubted that the unification of Germany could become a reality.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /columns/html/20021003T190000-0500_33000_OBS_GERMAN_UNIFICATION.asp   (908 words)

  
 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Around the Bloc -- Feb. 05, 1990
With his ruling coalition threatening to implode, Prime Minister Hans Modrow invited twelve opposition groups to join the government.
They agreed on condition that Modrow suspend his Communist Party membership and the new Cabinet include no other Communists.
Egon Krenz, Modrow's predecessor for only six weeks, was summarily expelled from the Communist Party he once led.
www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,969299,00.html   (368 words)

  
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But activists in Armenia and Azerbaijan said they were skeptical the truce would be kept.
2Premier agrees to give opposition role in governmentEast Berlin Communist Premier Hans Modrow agreed Monday to open his cabinet to the pro democracy opposition, and former leader Egon Krenz apologized for his role in past secret police operations.
Modrow and Krenz spoke during negotiations on East Germany's future government with the opposition groups, which immediately took up Modrow's offer.
www.mndaily.com /daily/gopher-archives/1990/01/23/News_Digest.txt   (641 words)

  
 modrow hans - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Hans Modrow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Search old newspapers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In an address to the Modrow also said he would seek agreement with the opposition on plans to create a new police agency before multiparty elections on May 6.
The Communist-led government had appeared in danger of collapse over charges the discredited Com- munists were seeking to revive secret police activity in an under- handed bid to cling to power.
Modrow told Parliament that the government cannot function if other political forces try to exer- cise a over and he reiterated the need to stop drugs and ecological the interests of our country's there cannot be a security Modrow said.
www.newspaperarchive.com /newspapers2/na0034/6771726/27747912.html   (1037 words)

  
 The Fall of the Wall - Historical data   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Peoples' Chamber elects Hans Modrow as new Premier
Swearing-in of the new coalition government under Hans Modrow.
Premier Hans Modrow decides not to build up a office for the protection of the constitution before the elections on 6 May
www.chronikderwende.de /english/overview.jsp   (312 words)

  
 Full Circle
And if I ever come back here again it will be to see you pissing yourself because you have come to the end of the line with this bullshit theatre and all your bullshit little sensitive bullshit.
People are yelling and chanting--and Honecker and Modrow and Krenz are blown back into the theatre lobby, and Modrow and Krenz strain to close the doors on the crowd outside.]
Hans Modrow is a personal friend of mine.
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