Position in the Navajo Nation government
Vice-President of the Navajo Nation Great Seal 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]
Officeholders
List of vice presidents of Navajo Nation
No.
Image
Name
Term
Party
Election
President
1
Marshall Plummer (1948–2010) [4]
January 15, 1991 – January 10, 1995
Unknown
1990
Peterson Zah
2
Thomas Atcitty (1933–2020) [5]
January 10, 1995 – February 19, 1998
Democratic
1994
Albert Hale
3
Milton Bluehouse Sr. (1936–2019) [6]
February 19, 1998 – July 24, 1998
Unknown
–
Thomas Atcitty
Position vacant (July–August 1998)
–
Milton Bluehouse Sr.
4
Frank Chee Willeto (1925–2012) [7]
August 1998 – January 12, 1999
Unknown
5
Taylor McKenzie (1931–2007) [8]
January 12, 1999 – January 14, 2003
Unknown
1998
Kelsey Begaye
6
Frank Dayish (born 1958)
January 14, 2003 – January 9, 2007
Unknown
2002
Joe Shirley Jr.
7
Ben Shelly (1947–2023)
January 9, 2007 – January 11, 2011
Democratic
2006
8
Rex Lee Jim (born 1962)
January 11, 2011 – May 12, 2015
Unknown
2010
Ben Shelly
9
Jonathan Nez (born 1975)
May 12, 2015 – January 15, 2019
Democratic
2015
Russell Begaye
10
Myron Lizer (born TBA)
January 15, 2019 – January 10, 2023
Republican
2018
Jonathan Nez
11
Richelle Montoya (born TBA)
January 10, 2023 –present
Unknown
2022
Buu Nygren
See also
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