WASHINGTON.- Yesterday, Monday, November 3, at the age of 84, he died Dick Cheney, former vice president of USA during the presidency of George W. Bush between 2001 and 2009, due to complications from a pneumonia and cardiovascular problems.
“Richard B. Cheney, the 46th vice president of the United States, died last night,” the family of the former US vice president, who developed a extensive public career.
“War on terrorism”
Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. pic.twitter.com/UPjyG10bdd
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 4, 2025
Considered one of the architects of the call “war on terrorism” and key figure in the US war against IraqCheney died from complications of pneumonia and cardiovascular problems, accompanied by his wife and daughters.
“For decades, Dick Cheney served our nation as White House Chief of Staff, Congressman from Wyoming, Secretary of Defense and Vice President of the United States,” lists the note released by his family.
It was in his time like secretary of defense with George HW Bush, when he led the US military intervention in the Persian Gulf in 1991 and, in his later stage as vice president of Bush Jr., he served as one of the main architects of the “war on terrorism” after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Dominant figure in Washington politics and representative of the “hawkish” policy Republicans, over the years, however, their conservative line distanced themselves from the course of the Republican Partyparticularly for his criticism of the president Donald Trumpwhom he described as “cowardly” and “the greatest threat the republic has ever known.”
Statement from Dick Cheney’s family
In the statement, the family of the deceased described him as “a good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love his country and to live their lives with courage, honor, love and kindness,” and said they felt “deeply grateful for everything Dick Cheney did for our country.”
“And blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man,” concludes the family of the politician, born in 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Extensive public career
Dick Cheney, the influential GOP vice president to George W. Bush and chief architect of the “war on terror,” has died. He was 84. pic.twitter.com/AT2oBJXV2d
— CNN (@CNN) November 4, 2025
Cheney developed a extensive public career. Was Congressman from Wyoming, chief of staff from the White House with Gerald Ford and Secretary of Defense under George HW Bush, a position from which he directed the military intervention in the Persian Gulf in 1991.
He later chaired the energy company Halliburton before accompanying Bush Jr. in the White House.
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