Jane Dee Hull was an American politician and educator who was the 20th governor of Arizona from 1997 to 2003. She ascended to the office following the resignation of Fife Symington;Hull was elected in her own right in 1998 and served one term. She was the first woman formally elected as Governor of Arizona,and the second woman to serve in the office after Rose Mofford. She was a member of the Republican Party.
Annie Dodge Wauneka was an influential member of the Navajo Nation as member of the Navajo Nation Council. As a member and three term head of the council's Health and Welfare Committee,she worked to improve the health and education of the Navajo. Wauneka is widely known for her countless efforts to improve health on the Navajo Nation,focusing mostly on the eradication of tuberculosis within her nation. She also authored a dictionary,in which translated English medical terms into the Navajo language. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 by Lyndon B. Johnson as well as the Indian Council Fire Achievement Award and the Navajo Medal of Honor. She also received an honorary doctorate in Humanities from the University of New Mexico. In 2000,Wauneka was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Toni Gayle Atkins is an American politician serving as the 51st and current President pro tempore of the California State Senate since 2018. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as the 69th Speaker of the California State Assembly from 2014 to 2016. She has represented the 39th State Senate district since 2016,encompassing most of San Diego.
The Navajo Nation Council is the Legislative Branch of the Navajo Nation government. The council meets four times per year,with additional special sessions,at the Navajo Nation Council Chamber,which is in Window Rock,Arizona.
Joe Shirley Jr. is a Navajo politician who is the only two-term President of the Navajo Nation. He served as president from 2003 to 2011. He lives in Chinle,Arizona,and is Tódíchʼíiʼnii,born for Tábąąhá.
Kenneth Maryboy is an American politician for San Juan County,Utah,and was Navajo Nation Council Delegate. Kenneth is a former San Juan County Commissioner. Maryboy was the third Democrat in a row to have been elected to the Commissioner District 3 position since its inception in 1984 that divided the county into three districts. Kenneth was replaced on the commission in 2015 by Rebecca M. Benally
Mark Maryboy is a retired American politician for San Juan County,Utah,and a former Navajo Nation Council Delegate for the Utah Navajo Section of the Navajo Tribe. He is the brother of Kenneth Maryboy,who currently serves as the Navejo Nation Council Delegate,in the positions he once stood. He is of the Navajo Indian Tribe.
Lawrence T. Morgan is the former Speaker of the Navajo Nation Tribal Council.
Miss Navajo Nation is a pageant that has been held annually on the Navajo Nation,United States,since 1952.
The Navajo Nation Presidential elections took place on November 7,2006. Primary elections took place on August 8,2006. Incumbent President Joe Shirley Jr. was re-elected,defeating 11 candidates,including former New Mexico State senator Lynda Lovejoy.
Kimberly Teehee is a Native American attorney,politician,and activist on Native American issues. She is a Delegate-designate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Cherokee Nation. She served as senior policy advisor for Native American affairs in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2012. In February of 2020,she was named by Time as one of 16 activists fighting for a "More Equal America."
The Navajo Nation presidential election of 2010 was held on Tuesday,November 2,2010. Ben Shelly won the election.
Ben Shelly was the 7th president of the Navajo Nation. He was the first president to have been elected both president and vice president of the Navajo Nation,as well as the first New Mexican Navajo to hold the Navajo presidency.
Jack C. Jackson Jr. (Navajo) is an American attorney and politician from Arizona. A Democrat,he served in the Arizona Senate,representing the state's 2nd district in northern Arizona from 2011 until July 2013 when he left for an appointment with the U.S. Department of State. He is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives,having served from January 2003 to January 2005.
Kimberly Yee is an American politician serving as the 45th Arizona state treasurer. She is the first Asian-American woman elected to the Arizona State Legislature.
Muhterem Aras is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens party. She has been a Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg for the constituency Stuttgart I since May 2011,and Landtagspräsidentin (speaker) since May 2016.
Jonathan Nez is a Navajo politician who served as the 9th President of the Navajo Nation from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as Vice President and as a Navajo Nation Council delegate.
Claudeen Bates Arthur was a Native American lawyer who was the first Navajo woman licensed as a lawyer in the United States and the first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation.
Richelle Montoya is an American politician who is the 11th vice president of the Navajo Nation. She is the first woman elected to the executive office of Navajo Nation.
