Former Vice President Dick Cheney died on Monday, in response to an announcement launched by his household.
“Richard B. Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States, died last night, November 3, 2025. He was 84 years old,” Cheney’s household mentioned in an announcement.
“His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he passed. The former Vice President died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.”
Cheney served as vice chairman throughout former President George W. Bush’s administration from 2001 to 2009. He’s thought of one of the crucial influential vice presidents in trendy U.S. historical past, having helped lead the U.S. “war on terror” following the September 11, 2001 terror assaults. He and different Bush administration officers confronted fierce criticism following the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 over false claims the nation possessed weapons of mass destruction.
Cheney additionally served as Protection secretary in former President George H.W. Bush’s administration from 1989 to 1993.
In 1978, Cheney was elected to symbolize Wyoming within the Home of Representatives, happening to function Home Republican Convention chair and Home minority whip. Previous to his tenure within the Home, Cheney was former President Gerald Ford’s chief of employees.
Regardless of his standing as a hawkish conservative, Cheney was a vocal critic of President Trump and backed former Vice President Kamala Harris’s (D) presidential bid final yr.
“As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution,” Cheney mentioned on the time. “That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.”
Cheney’s daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), was additionally an outspoken Trump critic, breaking with the president following the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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