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{{Short description|President of the Navajo Nation since 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Dr. Buu Nygren
| image               = Mark Kelly meets Buu Nygren (cropped).jpg
| caption             = 
| office              = 10th [[President of the Navajo Nation]]
| vicepresident       = [[Richelle Montoya]]
| office1             = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1986|12|25}}
| birth_place         = [[Blanding, Utah]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = 
| spouse              = [[Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren]]
| education           = [[Arizona State University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])<br>[[University of Southern California]] ([[Doctor of Education|Ed.D]])
| succeeding          = [[Jonathan Nez]]
| termstart           = January 10, 2023
}}
'''Buu Nygren, Ed.D.''' (born December 25, 1986) is the 10th [[President of the Navajo Nation|President]]-elect of the [[Navajo Nation]]. Nygren-Montoya received 34,890 votes, defeating the Nez-Abeyta campaign who received 31,339 votes in the [[2022 Navajo Nation presidential election|2022 election]].<ref name="wapo_20221109_nygrenwin"/><ref name="nngov_20220808_generalelection"/>

Nygren was born on December 25, 1986, in [[Blanding, Utah]]. He is of half [[Navajo]] and half southern [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] descent.<ref name="kunm_20221031_nygreninterview"/> Nygren is Táchii’nii clan born for Vietnamese.<ref name="lvnj_20221109_nygrenwin"/> He attended [[Red Mesa High School]].<ref name="nt_20180920_nygrenbio"/> Nygren was the running mate of [[Joe Shirley Jr.]] in the [[2018 Navajo Nation presidential election]].<ref name="dt_20220405_bio"/> At 35 years of age, Nygren is the youngest person to have ever been elected President of the Navajo Nation.

Nygren has worked in construction management. He is married to Arizona state representative [[Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren]].<ref name="wapo_20221109_nygrenwin"/>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="wapo_20221109_nygrenwin">{{cite news 
 |last1        = Fonseca 
 |first1       = Felicia 
 |title        = Buu Nygren wins Navajo Nation president, beats incumbent
 |date         = November 9, 2022
 |work         = Washington Post
 |agency       = AP
 |url          = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/navajos-electing-next-leader-who-wields-influence-nationally/2022/11/08/162bd376-5f5d-11ed-a131-e900e4a6336b_story.html
 |access-date  = December 31, 2022
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20221109232213/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/navajos-electing-next-leader-who-wields-influence-nationally/2022/11/08/162bd376-5f5d-11ed-a131-e900e4a6336b_story.html 
 |archive-date = November 9, 2022 
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="nngov_20220808_generalelection">{{Cite web 
 |title        = NN President Official Certified Results 2022 General Election
 |date         = 2022
 |website      = Navajo Election Administration  
 |url          = https://navajoelections.navajo-nsn.gov/Portals/0/2022%20NN%20Candidate%20Ballets/2022%20NN%20ELECTION%20RESULTS/Official%20Results/NN%20President%20Official%20Certified%20Results%202022%20General%20Election.pdf?ver=pkAaXwC7FsDa_vdFG3zhzg%3d%3d
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20221228193159/https://navajoelections.navajo-nsn.gov/Portals/0/2022%20NN%20Candidate%20Ballets/2022%20NN%20ELECTION%20RESULTS/Official%20Results/NN%20President%20Official%20Certified%20Results%202022%20General%20Election.pdf?ver=pkAaXwC7FsDa_vdFG3zhzg%3D%3D 
 |archive-date = December 28, 2022 
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="kunm_20221031_nygreninterview">{{Cite web 
 |last         = Gonzales 
 |first        = Antonia 
 |title        = Buu Nygren explains why he should get Navajo votes ahead of presidential election 
 |date         = October 31, 2022 
 |website      = KUNM 
 |language     = en 
 |url          = https://www.kunm.org/local-news/2022-10-31/buu-nygren-explains-why-he-should-get-navajo-votes-ahead-of-presidential-election 
 |access-date  = November 10, 2022 
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20221101000456/https://www.kunm.org/local-news/2022-10-31/buu-nygren-explains-why-he-should-get-navajo-votes-ahead-of-presidential-election 
 |archive-date = November 1, 2022 
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="lvnj_20221109_nygrenwin">{{Cite web 
 |last         = Silversmith 
 |first        = Shondiin 
 |title        = Navajo voters elect Buu Nygren as president, ousting Jonathan Nez
 |date         = November 9, 2022
 |website      = Longview News-Journal 
 |language     = en 
 |url          = https://www.news-journal.com/navajo-voters-elect-buu-nygren-as-president-ousting-jonathan-nez/article_6bf16e5e-3f48-5380-9e04-ef52e6c59d45.html 
 |access-date  = November 10, 2022
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20221110192229/https://www.news-journal.com/navajo-voters-elect-buu-nygren-as-president-ousting-jonathan-nez/article_6bf16e5e-3f48-5380-9e04-ef52e6c59d45.html 
 |archive-date = November 10, 2022 
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="nt_20180920_nygrenbio">{{cite news 
 |last1        = Denetclaw 
 |first1       = Pauly 
 |title        = Nygren never felt like he wasn’t Diné 
 |date         = September 20, 2018 
 |work         = Navajo Times 
 |url          = https://navajotimes.com/rezpolitics/nygren-never-felt-like-he-wasnt-dine/ 
 |url-access   = subscription 
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20221109114010/https://navajotimes.com/rezpolitics/nygren-never-felt-like-he-wasnt-dine/ 
 |archive-date = November 9, 2022 
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="dt_20220405_bio">{{cite news 
 |last1        = Smith 
 |first1       = Noel Lyn 
 |title        = Former vice president candidate Buu Nygren seeks to lead Navajo Nation 
 |date         = April 5, 2022
 |work         = Farmington Daily Times 
 |url          = https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2022/04/05/former-vice-president-candidate-buu-nygren-starts-navajo-nation-president-bid/7272196001/
 |access-date  = December 31, 2022
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20221128024440/https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2022/04/05/former-vice-president-candidate-buu-nygren-starts-navajo-nation-president-bid/7272196001/ 
 |archive-date = November 28, 2022 
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [https://www.opvp.navajo-nsn.gov Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President]

{{Presidents of the Navajo Nation}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nygren, Buu}}
[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Navajo Nation]]
[[Category:21st-century Native American politicians]]
[[Category:Native American people from Arizona]]
[[Category:American politicians of Vietnamese descent]]
[[Category:People from San Juan County, Utah]]
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c6dff070	1	{{Short description\|President of the Navajo Nation since 2022}}
1393b302	2	{{Use mdy dates\|date=December 2022}}
c6dff070 SBS	3	{{Infobox officeholder
	4	\| name = Dr. Buu Nygren
	5	\| image = Mark Kelly meets Buu Nygren (cropped).jpg
	6	\| caption =
	7	\| office = 10th [[President of the Navajo Nation]]
	8	\| vicepresident = [[Richelle Montoya]]
	9	\| office1 =
	10	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1986\|12\|25}}
	11	\| birth_place = [[Blanding, Utah]]
	12	\| death_date =
	13	\| death_place =
	14	\| party =
	15	\| spouse = [[Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren]]
	16	\| education = [[Arizona State University]] ([[Bachelor of Science\|BS]], [[Master of Business Administration\|MBA]])<br>[[University of Southern California]] ([[Doctor of Education\|Ed.D]])
	17	\| succeeding = [[Jonathan Nez]]
	18	\| termstart = January 10, 2023
	19	}}
4e0b75d0	20	'''Buu Nygren, Ed.D.''' (born December 25, 1986) is the 10th [[President of the Navajo Nation\|President]]-elect of the [[Navajo Nation]]. Nygren-Montoya received 34,890 votes, defeating the Nez-Abeyta campaign who received 31,339 votes in the [[2022 Navajo Nation presidential election\|2022 election]].<ref name="wapo_20221109_nygrenwin"/><ref name="nngov_20220808_generalelection"/>
c6dff070	21
4e0b75d0	22	Nygren was born on December 25, 1986, in [[Blanding, Utah]]. He is of half [[Navajo]] and half southern [[Vietnamese people\|Vietnamese]] descent.<ref name="kunm_20221031_nygreninterview"/> Nygren is Táchii’nii clan born for Vietnamese.<ref name="lvnj_20221109_nygrenwin"/> He attended [[Red Mesa High School]].<ref name="nt_20180920_nygrenbio"/> Nygren was the running mate of [[Joe Shirley Jr.]] in the [[2018 Navajo Nation presidential election]].<ref name="dt_20220405_bio"/> At 35 years of age, Nygren is the youngest person to have ever been elected President of the Navajo Nation.
c6dff070	23
4e0b75d0	24	Nygren has worked in construction management. He is married to Arizona state representative [[Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren]].<ref name="wapo_20221109_nygrenwin"/>
c6dff070 SBS	25
c6dff070 SBS	26	==References==
4e0b75d0 SBS	27	{{reflist\|refs=
	28
	29	<ref name="wapo_20221109_nygrenwin">{{cite news
	30	\|last1 = Fonseca
	31	\|first1 = Felicia
	32	\|title = Buu Nygren wins Navajo Nation president, beats incumbent
	33	\|date = November 9, 2022
	34	\|work = Washington Post
	35	\|agency = AP
	36	\|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/navajos-electing-next-leader-who-wields-influence-nationally/2022/11/08/162bd376-5f5d-11ed-a131-e900e4a6336b_story.html
	37	\|access-date = December 31, 2022
	38	\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221109232213/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/navajos-electing-next-leader-who-wields-influence-nationally/2022/11/08/162bd376-5f5d-11ed-a131-e900e4a6336b_story.html
	39	\|archive-date = November 9, 2022
	40	\|url-status = dead
	41	}}</ref>
	42
	43	<ref name="nngov_20220808_generalelection">{{Cite web
	44	\|title = NN President Official Certified Results 2022 General Election
	45	\|date = 2022
	46	\|website = Navajo Election Administration
	47	\|url = https://navajoelections.navajo-nsn.gov/Portals/0/2022%20NN%20Candidate%20Ballets/2022%20NN%20ELECTION%20RESULTS/Official%20Results/NN%20President%20Official%20Certified%20Results%202022%20General%20Election.pdf?ver=pkAaXwC7FsDa_vdFG3zhzg%3d%3d
	48	\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221228193159/https://navajoelections.navajo-nsn.gov/Portals/0/2022%20NN%20Candidate%20Ballets/2022%20NN%20ELECTION%20RESULTS/Official%20Results/NN%20President%20Official%20Certified%20Results%202022%20General%20Election.pdf?ver=pkAaXwC7FsDa_vdFG3zhzg%3D%3D
	49	\|archive-date = December 28, 2022
	50	\|url-status = live
	51	}}</ref>
	52
	53	<ref name="kunm_20221031_nygreninterview">{{Cite web
	54	\|last = Gonzales
	55	\|first = Antonia
	56	\|title = Buu Nygren explains why he should get Navajo votes ahead of presidential election
	57	\|date = October 31, 2022
	58	\|website = KUNM
	59	\|language = en
	60	\|url = https://www.kunm.org/local-news/2022-10-31/buu-nygren-explains-why-he-should-get-navajo-votes-ahead-of-presidential-election
	61	\|access-date = November 10, 2022
	62	\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221101000456/https://www.kunm.org/local-news/2022-10-31/buu-nygren-explains-why-he-should-get-navajo-votes-ahead-of-presidential-election
	63	\|archive-date = November 1, 2022
	64	\|url-status = live
	65	}}</ref>
	66
	67	<ref name="lvnj_20221109_nygrenwin">{{Cite web
	68	\|last = Silversmith
	69	\|first = Shondiin
	70	\|title = Navajo voters elect Buu Nygren as president, ousting Jonathan Nez
	71	\|date = November 9, 2022
	72	\|website = Longview News-Journal
	73	\|language = en
	74	\|url = https://www.news-journal.com/navajo-voters-elect-buu-nygren-as-president-ousting-jonathan-nez/article_6bf16e5e-3f48-5380-9e04-ef52e6c59d45.html
	75	\|access-date = November 10, 2022
	76	\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221110192229/https://www.news-journal.com/navajo-voters-elect-buu-nygren-as-president-ousting-jonathan-nez/article_6bf16e5e-3f48-5380-9e04-ef52e6c59d45.html
	77	\|archive-date = November 10, 2022
	78	\|url-status = live
	79	}}</ref>
	80
	81	<ref name="nt_20180920_nygrenbio">{{cite news
	82	\|last1 = Denetclaw
	83	\|first1 = Pauly
	84	\|title = Nygren never felt like he wasn’t Diné
	85	\|date = September 20, 2018
	86	\|work = Navajo Times
	87	\|url = https://navajotimes.com/rezpolitics/nygren-never-felt-like-he-wasnt-dine/
	88	\|url-access = subscription
	89	\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221109114010/https://navajotimes.com/rezpolitics/nygren-never-felt-like-he-wasnt-dine/
	90	\|archive-date = November 9, 2022
91	\|url-status = live
92	}}</ref>
93
94	<ref name="dt_20220405_bio">{{cite news
95	\|last1 = Smith
96	\|first1 = Noel Lyn
97	\|title = Former vice president candidate Buu Nygren seeks to lead Navajo Nation
98	\|date = April 5, 2022
99	\|work = Farmington Daily Times
100	\|url = https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2022/04/05/former-vice-president-candidate-buu-nygren-starts-navajo-nation-president-bid/7272196001/
101	\|access-date = December 31, 2022
102	\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221128024440/https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2022/04/05/former-vice-president-candidate-buu-nygren-starts-navajo-nation-president-bid/7272196001/
103	\|archive-date = November 28, 2022
104	\|url-status = dead
105	}}</ref>
106
107	}}
c6dff070 SBS	108
	109	==External links==
	110	* [https://www.opvp.navajo-nsn.gov Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President]
	111
	112	{{Presidents of the Navajo Nation}}
	113
	114	{{DEFAULTSORT:Nygren, Buu}}
	115	[[Category:1986 births]]
	116	[[Category:Living people]]
	117	[[Category:Presidents of the Navajo Nation]]
	118	[[Category:21st-century Native American politicians]]
	119	[[Category:Native American people from Arizona]]
	120	[[Category:American politicians of Vietnamese descent]]
	121	[[Category:People from San Juan County, Utah]]