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<div>{{Infobox politician|name=Dick Cheney|birth_date=January 30, 1941|birth_place=Lincoln, [[Nebraska]], [[U.S.]]|death_date=November 3, 2025 (age 84)|death_place=North [[Virginia]], [[U.S.]]|death_cause=[[Pneumonia]]|political_orientation=[[Imperialism]]|political_party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]|image=Dick Cheney.jpg}}<br />
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'''Richard Bruce Cheney''' (January 30, 1941 – November 3, 2025) was a [[United States of America|Statesian]] politician and war criminal who served as the 46th [[vice president of the United States]] from 2001 to 2009 under President [[George W. Bush]]. Known as the "most powerful vice president in American history", Cheney played a key role in supporting [[United States imperialism|U.S. imperialism]], particularly in causing the [[Iraq War]].<br />
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As Vice-President Cheney worked to consolidate the President's authority into absolute power over the executive, believing that the Presidency was an elective [[Monarchism|monarchy]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Spencer Ackerman|newspaper=The Nation|title=His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies|date=2025-11-04|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dick-cheney-war-on-terror-executive-power/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105135644/https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dick-cheney-war-on-terror-executive-power/|archive-date=2025-11-05}}</ref> Cheney used this executive he built up through shadow control over the bureaucracy, to commit war crimes in [[Republic of Iraq|Iraq]], most notably the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] torture program, with no consequences. Later in life Cheney would hypocritically decry [[Donald Trump|Donald Trump's]] use of the power and tactics Cheney created, as "a threat to our republic."<ref>{{Web citation|author=John Nichols|newspaper=The Nation|title=Dick Cheney Paved the Way for Donald Trump|date=2025-11-05|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dick-cheney-death-donald-trump-legacy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105183235/https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/dick-cheney-death-donald-trump-legacy/|archive-date=2025-11-05}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:2025 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Republican Party (United States)]]<br />
[[Category:Statesians of English descent]]<br />
[[Category:Statesians of French descent]]<br />
[[Category:Statesians of Welsh descent]]<br />
[[Category:United States secretaries of defense]]<br />
[[Category:Vice Presidents of the United States]]<br />
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