What is Hans Modrow?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Hans Modrow |image = DIE LINKE Bundesparteitag Mai 2014 Modrow, Hans.jpg |office1 = [[Member of the European Parliament]] |term_start1 = 20 July 1999 |term_end1 = 19 July 2004 |office2 = [[Bundestag|Member of the Bundestag]] |term_start2 = 3 October 1990 |term_end2 = 1994 |office3 = [[Leadership of East Germany|Prime Minister of East Germany]] |term_start3 = 18 November 1989 |term_end3 = 12 April 1990 |president3 = [[Egon Krenz]]<br>[[Manfred Gerlach]]<br>[[Sabine Bergmann-Pohl]] <small>(acting)</small> |deputy3 = [[Lothar de Maizière]]<br>Christa Luft<br>[[Peter Moreth]] |predecessor3 = [[Willi Stoph]] |successor3 = [[Lothar de Maizière]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|1|27|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Jasienica, Police|Jasenitz]], [[Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)|Province of Pomerania]], [[Weimar Republic]]<br><small>(now Jasienica, [[Poland]])</small> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|02|10|1928|01|27|df=y}} | death_place = [[Berlin]], Germany |party = [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]<br><small>(2007–2023)</small> |otherparty = [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]<br><small>(1949–1989)</small><br>[[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]]<br><small>(1989–2007)</small> |spouse = Annemarie Straubing <small>(d. 2003)</small> |children = 2 daughters |profession = [[Politician]] }} '''Hans Modrow''' ({{IPA-de|ˈhans ˈmoːdʁo}}; 27 January 1928 – 10 February 2023) was a [[Germany|German]] politician. He was best known as the last [[communist]] [[Premier of the German Democratic Republic|premier]] of [[East Germany]]. He was the honorary Chairman of the [[Left Party (Germany)|Left Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,655350,00.html|title=West German Secret Service Opens GDR Files|publisher=Der Spiegel|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> After the [[German reunification]], Modrow served as a member of the [[European P