Lothar Späth

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Lothar Späth (born 16 November 1937 in Sigmaringen) is a German politician of the CDU.

From 30 August 1978 to 13 January 1991 he was minister-president of Baden-Württemberg. Later on he worked for Jenoptik AG until 1996. Then he became president of the Industrie- und Handelskammer East-Thuringia in Gera.

In September 1992 he was awarded the title of Royal Norwegian Generalkonsul for Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt.

Hosts a TV talk show called "Späth am Abend", broadcast in Germany (2006). The title is a play on words between "Late at night" (Spät am Abend) and "Späth in the evening", a reference to the host's name.