Vice-President of the Navajo Nation | |
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Residence | Window Rock, AZ |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Navajo Nation Code & Treaty of 1868 |
Inaugural holder | Marshall Plummer |
Formation | January 15, 1991 |
Salary | $45,000.00 USD per year |
Website | Vice President |
The office of Vice-President of the Navajo Nation was created in 1991 following restructuring of the Navajo Nation government. The president and vice president are elected every four years. The Navajo Nation Vice-President shall serve no more than two terms. [1]
In 2010, Ben Shelly became the first vice president to be elected president of the Navajo Nation. [2]
In 2022, Richelle Montoya was the first woman to be elected into the Executive Branch of the Navajo Nation. [3]
No. | Image | Name | Term | Election | President |
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1 | Marshall Plummer (1948–2010) | January 15, 1991 [4] – January 10, 1995 | 1990 | Peterson Zah | |
2 | Thomas Atcitty (1933–2020) | January 10, 1995 – February 19, 1998 [5] | 1994 | Albert Hale | |
3 | Milton Bluehouse Sr. (1936–2019) | February 19, 1998 – July 24, 1998 [6] | Thomas Atcitty | ||
vacant | Milton Bluehouse Sr. | ||||
4 | Frank Chee Willeto (1925–2012) | August 1998 [7] – January 12, 1999 | |||
5 | Taylor McKenzie (1931–2007) | January 12, 1999 [8] – January 14, 2003 | 1998 | Kelsey Begaye | |
6 | Frank Dayish (born 1958) | January 14, 2003 – January 9, 2007 | 2002 | Joe Shirley Jr. | |
7 | Ben Shelly (1947–2023) | January 9, 2007 – January 11, 2011 | 2006 | ||
8 | Rex Lee Jim (born 1962) | January 11, 2011 – May 12, 2015 | 2010 | Ben Shelly | |
9 | Jonathan Nez (born 1975) | May 12, 2015 – January 15, 2019 | 2015 | Russell Begaye | |
10 | Myron Lizer (born TBA) | January 15, 2019 – January 10, 2023 | 2018 | Jonathan Nez | |
11 | Richelle Montoya (born TBA) | January 10, 2023 – present | 2022 | Buu Nygren |
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