Richard Keith "Dick" Armey (born July 7, 1940 in Cando, North Dakota) is a former U.S. Representative from Texas's 26th congressional district (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). He was one of the architects of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades, and the chief author of the Republican Contract with America.

Armey grew up in rural North Dakota, living in the farming town of Cando. He attended Jamestown College, earning his bachelor's degree. Armey then received a master's degree from the University of North Dakota and a Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma. Armey is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Armey, a member of the Republican Party and former economics professor at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) in Denton, was first elected to the House in 1984 in the 26th District of Texas, defeating freshman congressman Tom Vandergriff in what is still considered a huge upset (Vandergriff is well-known in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, most notably for bringing Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers to the area). Armey was thus one of six freshmen Republican congressmen elected from Texas in 1984 known as the Texas Six Pack. Due to the increasingly Republican tilt of the Metroplex, Armey would never face another tough race again, and was reelected eight times.