The Sweep of Change

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The Party. After serving as party leader for 47 days, Egon Krenz resigned, along with the entire Politburo and Central Committee. The party's emergency congress then selected Gregor Gysi to replace Krenz.

The Government. With the party in chaos, Prime Minister Hans Modrow and his 28-member Cabinet, eleven of them non-Communists, ran the country. Krenz was replaced as head of state by Manfred Gerlach of the Liberal Democratic Party.

The Opposition. The party and government acknowledged popular unrest by meeting with representatives of nine opposition groups and five non-Communist parties.

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The Party. Since succeeding Milos Jakes as leader three weeks ago, Karel / Urbanek has seen the Politburo shuffled twice. Only a handful of the original members remain.

The Government. After only four days as Deputy Prime Minister, Marian Calfa won the top job last week when Ladislav Adamec quit. At week's end Calfa offered to form a Cabinet in which half the members would have no ties to the Communist Party.

The Opposition. Civic Forum leaders announced plans to run candidates in the parliamentary elections they are demanding by next July. As demands for President Gustav Husak's resignation persisted, Vaclav Havel offered to fill the post.