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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}}

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[[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]]