Thomas Roth (born 21 November 1951, in

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) is a German news anchor presenter and television presenter.

Life

He grow up in

and attended the local Justinus-Kerner-Gymnasium. He then studied

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and German in

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. In the early 1980s Roth graduated as

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at the

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and presented on the radio program SDR 3 the youth program '' Point ''. From 1988 to 1991 Thomas Roth was ARD –

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and studio manager in

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, then he worked in the ARD studio in Moscow. In 1995 he was the radio director of the WDR, before returning in 1998 for four years as a studio manager to Moscow. On 1 May 2002 Thomas Roth took over the post as host and chief editor of the ARD studio in

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. From 1 April 2007, he was again head of ARD Studio Moscow. From December 2008 until the summer of 2013 he was head of ARD studio in New York City. From 5 August 2013, Thomas Roth was the host of ''

Tagesthemen ''Tagesthemen'' is one of Germany's main daily television news magazines, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Ingo Zamperoni. Second only to the 20:00 '' Tagesschau'' ("Review of the Day") ''Tagesthemen'' ("Issues of the Day") is ARD's most ...

'' succeeding

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. In April 2016 it was announced that he will leave the show and retire. His successor was

Ingo Zamperoni Ingo Antonio Zamperoni (born May 3, 1974, in Wiesbaden, West Germany) is a German news presenter and journalist. Between 2012 and 2014, he was the presenter of the ''Tagesthemen'' news magazine on the Das Erste channel, a role he continued in Oct ...

Other activities

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(ASF), Member of the Board of TrusteesBoard of Trustees

(ASF). Thomas Roth is a member of the organization

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and held in the Berlin Academy of Arts on 25 September 2014, a speech on the 20th anniversary of the founding of the German section of the organization.

Work by Roth

* ''Südafrika. Die letzte Chance''. Stuttgart, Vienna: Edition Erdmann by Thienemanns, 1991. . * ''Russisches Tagebuch. Eine Reise von den Tschuktschen bis zum Roten Platz.'' Munich: List, 1995. . * ''Russland. Das wahre Gesicht einer Weltmacht.'' Munich: Piper, 2008. .

Awards

* 1995:

Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award The Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award is a German award for excellence in journalism. It was first awarded in 1995. The award is named for the German journalist Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Hanns Joachim "Hajo" Friedrichs (15 March 1927 – 28 March 1 ...

* 1996: Friedrich-Joseph-Haass Award * 2009: Schweizerisch-Russischer Journalistenpreis * 2009:

Liberty Award Nova Civitas was a Flemish think tank based on the principles of classic liberalism in combination with Anglo-Saxon conservatism. Nova Civitas claimed at its founding to be completely independent, although it was recognized and supported by the Fl ...

External links

*
Interview with Thomas Roth at Planet-Interview
* Jens Berger: (Analysis of an interview, led by Thomas Roth as head of ARD-Studio with Wladimir Putin) – Spiegelfechter, 31. August 2008

References

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