Vice President of the Navajo Nation

Vice-President of the
Navajo Nation
Vice-President of the ; Navajo Nation
	Great Seal of the Navajo Nation
	Flag of the Navajo Nation
	Incumbent; Richelle Montoya; since January 10, 2023
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.	Name	Term	Party	Election
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 24–August 1998)				–	Milton Bluehouse Sr.
4	Frank Chee Willeto (1925–2012) ^[7]	August 1998 – January 12, 1999	Unknown	–	Milton Bluehouse Sr.
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	Joe Shirley Jr.
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	2014–15	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