Dick Cheney, the former US Vice President, who served during the George W. Bush era, died at 84, due to complications related to pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. His family said in a statement.

Cheney played a significant role in the US decision to invade Iraq in 2003 in an attempt to disarm the Iraqi government of weapons of mass destruction. He is also considered one of the most powerful Vice Presidents in the history of the US by the country's presidential historians.

As reported by the news agency Reuters, the Republican, a former Wyoming congressman and Secretary of Defence, had established himself as a towering political figure in Washington when Bush chose him as his running companion for the 2000 Presidential Election.

During his tenure as Vice President from 2001 to

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