The office of Vice-President of the Navajo Nation was created in 1991 following restructuring of the

Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native Americans in the United States, Native American Indian reservation, reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwe ...

government. The

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and vice president are elected every four years. The Navajo Nation Vice-President shall serve no more than two terms. In

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Ben Shelly Ben Shelly (born July 6, 1947) was the 7th one-term president of the Navajo Nation. Shelly was the first president to have been elected both president and vice president of the Navajo Nation. He is also the first New Mexican Navajo to hold the Na ...

became the first vice president to be elected president of the Navajo Nation.

Office holders

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{{Navajo Nation * Navajo Nation politicians