East Germany's last communist leader dies aged 95
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Hans Modrow, who served as the former East Germany's last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country's first and only free election, has died aged 95.r Modrow died early on Saturday, the Left party parliamentary group tweeted.The reform-minded communist took over East Germany shortly after the Berlin Wall fell and later invited opposition forces into the government, but could not slow the gathering momentum for German reunification.
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