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 and chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1984/85.

Later on he worked for Jenoptik AG until 2003. 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.

Preceded by Hans Filbinger	Minister President of Baden-Württemberg 1978–1991	Succeeded by Erwin Teufel

v • d • e Presidents of the Bundesrat (Federal Council)

Karl Arnold • Hans Ehard • Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf • Reinhold Maier • Georg August Zinn • Peter Altmeier • Kai-Uwe von Hassel • Kurt Sieveking • Willy Brandt • Wilhelm Kaisen • Franz-Josef Röder • Franz Meyers • Hans Ehard • Kurt Georg Kiesinger • Georg Diederichs • Georg August Zinn • Peter Altmeier • Helmut Lemke • Klaus Schütz • Herbert Weichmann • Franz-Josef Röder • Hans Koschnick • Heinz Kühn • Alfons Goppel • Hans Filbinger • Alfred Kubel • Albert Osswald • Bernhard Vogel • Gerhard Stoltenberg • Dietrich Stobbe • Hans-Ulrich Klose • Werner Zeyer • Hans Koschnick • Johannes Rau • Franz Josef Strauss • Lothar Späth • Ernst Albrecht • Holger Börner • Walter Wallmann • Bernhard Vogel • Björn Engholm • Walter Momper • Henning Voscherau • Alfred Gomolka • Berndt Seite • Oskar Lafontaine • Klaus Wedemeier • Johannes Rau • Edmund Stoiber • Erwin Teufel • Gerhard Schröder • Hans Eichel • Roland Koch • Kurt Biedenkopf • Kurt Beck • Klaus Wowereit • Wolfgang Böhmer • Dieter Althaus • Matthias Platzeck • Peter Harry Carstensen • Harald Ringstorff