management as well as his party's working committee on foreign policy and defence. After the death of Max Becker, Dehler was elected vice-president of the Bundestag on 28 September 1960, which he remained until his death. In 1960 to 1961, he was the Bundestag's representative in front of the Federsl Constitutional Court in a case and after 1963, he chaired the Bundestag's committee charged with nominating federal judges. On 21 July 1967, Dehler died of a heart attack while swimming at a bath at Streitberg, Upper Franconia. Legacy In 1993, the federal FDP honoured Dehler's memory by naming their headquarters in Bonn Thomas-Dehler-Haus. When government moved to Berlin in 1999, the FDP new headquarters were also named in Dehler's honour. The Thomas-Dehler-Stiftung, a foundation affiliated with the Bavarian FDP, is also named in his honour. Works Die Begründung des Strafurteils, Dissertation, Würzburg 1920. Die Rechtsentwicklung in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie, Köln 1952. "Das Parlament im Wandel der Staatsidee", in: Macht und Ohnmacht der Parlamente, Stuttgart, 1965, S. 9ff. Lob auf Franken: Ein Bekenntnis, Glock u. Lutz, Nürnberg 1967 "Parlament und Presse", in: Zeitungsverlag und Zeitschriften-Verlag Heft 43/44 (1965), S. 1990f. Reden und Aufsätze (postum), Westdeutscher Verlag, 1969. References Further reading External links Dehler's profile at Friedrich-Nauman-Stiftung 1897 births 1967 deaths People from Lichtenfels, Bavaria German Roman Catholics German Democratic Party politicians People from the Kingdom of Bavaria Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 1965–1969 Members of the Bundestag 1961–1965 Members of the Bundestag 1957–1961 Members of the Bundestag 1953–1957 Members of the Bundestag 1949–1953 Justice ministers of Germany Federal government ministers of Germany University of Würzburg alumni University of Freiburg alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany) Members of Parlamentarischer Rat