UAE leaders offer condolences on death of former US VP Dick Cheney

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has led the messages of condolences sent to the family of Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States, who died on Monday.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court, also dispatched similar messages to the family.

Cheney died on Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to his family. He was 84.

Running as vice president from 2001 to 2009, Cheney fought vigorously for an expansion of the power of the presidency, and was also considered  the driving force behind the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.