Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council
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Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council | |
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Style | Madam Speaker (informal) Honorable Speaker (formal) |
Status | Presiding Member of the Navajo Nation Council |
Residence | Window Rock, AZ |
Seat | Navajo Nation Council Chamber |
Appointer | The Navajo Nation Council |
Term length | Two years |
Constituting instrument | Navajo Nation Code & Treaty of 1868 |
Inaugural holder | Chee Dodge |
Salary | ~$55,000.00 USD per year |
Website | https://www.navajonationcouncil.org/speaker-otto-tso-biography/ |
The office of the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council was created in 1991 following restructuring of the Navajo Nation government.[1] The Speaker is the head of the legislative branch and presides over sessions of the council.[2] The Speaker of the council serve a term of two years during the administration of the incumbent President. The Office of the speaker is located in Window Rock, AZ at the Council Chambers.
Office holders[edit]
# | Image | Name | Chapter | Term | President |
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1 | Nelson Gorman Jr. (born TBA) | Chinle | 1995 – 1997 | Albert Hale | |
2 | Kelsey Begaye (1951–2021) | Kaibito | 1997 – 1999 | ||
Thomas Atcitty | |||||
Milton Bluehouse Sr. | |||||
3 | Edward T. Begay (1935–2022) | Church Rock | 1999 – 2003 | Kelsey Begaye | |
4 | Lawrence T. Morgan (born TBA) | Pinedale | 2003 – 2011 | Joe Shirley Jr. | |
5 | Johnny Naize (born TBA) | 2011 – September 2014 | Ben Shelly | ||
6 | Lorenzo Bates (born TBA) | Burnham | September 2014 – January 15, 2015 | ||
7 | Kee Allen Begay Jr. (born TBA) | January 15, 2015 – January 26, 2015 | |||
8 | Lorenzo Bates (born TBA) | Burnham | January 26, 2015 – January 28, 2019 | ||
Russell Begaye | |||||
9 | Seth Damon (born TBA) | January 28, 2019 – November 4, 2022 | Jonathan Nez | ||
10 | Otto Tso (born TBA) | Tuba City | November 16, 2022 – January 10, 2023 | ||
11 | Crystalyne Curley (born TBA) | January 23, 2023 – present | Buu Nygren |
See also[edit]
- President of the Navajo Nation
- Vice President of the Navajo Nation
- Navajo Nation Council
- 2006 Navajo Nation presidential election
- 2010 Navajo Nation presidential election
- 2015 Navajo Nation presidential election
- 2018 Navajo Nation presidential election
- 2022 Navajo Nation presidential election
References[edit]
- ^ Wilkins, David E. (2013-10-25). The Navajo Political Experience. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 125–128. ISBN 978-1-4422-2669-2.
- ^ Austin, Raymond Darrel (2009). Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-governance. U of Minnesota Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8166-6535-8.