en.wikipedia.org/Jonathan_Nez/article.txt

   1 {{Infobox officeholder
   2 | name                = Jonathan Nez
   3 | image               = Jonathan Nez - 2020.jpg
   4 | caption             = Nez in 2020
   5 | office              = 9th [[President of the Navajo Nation]]
   6 | vicepresident       = [[Myron Lizer]]
   7 | term_start          = January 15, 2019
   8 | term_end            =
   9 | predecessor         = [[Russell Begaye]]
  10 | successor           =
  11 | office1             = 9th [[Vice President of the Navajo Nation]]
  12 | president1          = [[Russell Begaye]]
  13 | term_start1         = May 12, 2015
  14 | term_end1           = January 15, 2019
  15 | predecessor1        = [[Rex Lee Jim]]
  16 | successor1          = [[Myron Lizer]]
  17 | birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1975|05|26}}
  18 | birth_place         = [[Tuba City, Arizona|Tuba City]], [[Arizona]], U.S.
  19 | death_date          =
  20 | death_place         =
  21 | party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
  22 | spouse              = Phefelia Herbert
  23 | education           = [[Northland Pioneer College]]<br>[[Northern Arizona University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])
  24 }}
  25 '''Jonathan Nez''' (born May 26, 1975<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/NezLizer2018/posts/2223500467915484|title=Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navajotimes.com/reznews/nez-youngest-ever/|title=Nez: Youngest ever|date=2018-11-08|website=Navajo Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>) is the 9th and current president of the [[Navajo Nation]]. He was elected [[President of the Navajo Nation]] on [[Navajo Nation presidential election, 2018|November 6, 2018]].<ref name="ABQJournal_2018-11-07_generalresults" /> Before his election, Nez served as Vice President from 2015 until his inauguration in early January 2019.<ref name="USHR_2017_nezbio" /> At 43 years of age, Nez is the youngest person to have ever been elected President of the Navajo Nation.<ref name="navajotimes_20181107_nezwin" />
  26
  27 == Life and career ==
  28 Nez was born in [[Tuba City, Arizona|Tuba City]], [[Arizona]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opvp.navajo-nsn.gov/About-Us/President-Jonathan-Nez|title=President Jonathan Nez|website=www.opvp.navajo-nsn.gov|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> and attended [[Northland Pioneer College]] and [[Northern Arizona University]].<ref name="USHR_2017_nezbio" /> He attained both a [[Bachelor of Science|BS]] in [[Political science]] and a [[Master of Public Administration|Masters of Public Administration]] from NAU.<ref name="USHR_2017_nezbio" />
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  30 Before being elected Vice President of the Navajo Nation, Nez served as vice president of the Shonto chapter, delegate to the [[Navajo Nation Council]] representing the [[Oljato–Monument Valley, Utah|Oljato]], Ts'ah Bii' Kin, [[Navajo Mountain (Chapter)|Navajo Mountain]], and [[Shonto, Arizona|Shonto]] chapters.<ref name="USHR_2017_nezbio" /> He was sworn in to the office of Vice President of the Navajo Nation on May 12, 2015,<ref name="navajotimes_20150512_inauguration" /> and sworn in to office of President on January 15, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/c67321942211477294a63ca4bf16f752|title=The Latest: Jonathan Nez sworn in as Navajo Nation president|date=2019-01-15|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref>
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  32 Nez was selected as one of seventeen speakers to jointly deliver the [[keynote]] address at the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Democrats Unveil A New Kind of Convention Keynote |url=https://www.demconvention.com/press-releases/democrats-unveil-a-new-kind-of-convention-keynote/ |website=2020 Democratic National Convention |accessdate=16 August 2020 |date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
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  34 He was one of the [[List of 2020 United States presidential electors|electors for Arizona in 2020 for the presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Arizona Certificate of Ascertainment |url=https://www.archives.gov/files/electoral-college/2020/ascertainment-arizona.pdf |publisher=National Archives |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
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  36 ==References==
  37 {{reflist|refs=
  38
  39 <ref name="USHR_2017_nezbio">{{cite web
  40 | url           = https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP06/20170516/105949/HHRG-115-AP06-Bio-NezJ-20170516.pdf
  41 | title         = Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan M. Nez
  42 | website       = United States House of Representatives
  43 | access-date   = 2018-11-09
  44 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20170519062553/https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP06/20170516/105949/HHRG-115-AP06-Bio-NezJ-20170516.pdf
  45 | archive-date  = 2017-05-19
  46 | url-status      = live
  47 }}</ref>
  48
  49 <ref name="navajotimes_20150512_inauguration">{{cite news
  50 | last          = Donovan
  51 | first         = Bill
  52 | url           = https://www.navajotimes.com/rezpolitics/a-number-of-firsts-at-navajo-presidential-inauguration/
  53 | title         = A number of firsts at Navajo presidential inauguration
  54 | date          = 2015-05-12
  55 | access-date   = 2018-11-09
  56 | work          = [[The Navajo Times]]
  57 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20150517070921/https://www.navajotimes.com/rezpolitics/a-number-of-firsts-at-navajo-presidential-inauguration/
  58 | archive-date  = 2015-05-17
  59 | url-status      = live
  60 }}</ref>
  61
  62 <ref name="ABQJournal_2018-11-07_generalresults">{{cite news
  63 | last          = Smith
  64 | first         = Noel Lyn
  65 | title         = Voters on the Navajo Nation elect president, council delegates
  66 | url           = https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/08/midterm-elections-2018-navajo-nation-new-mexico-results/1921939002/
  67 | work          = [[Farmington Daily Times]]
  68 | date          = 2018-11-08
  69 | access-date   = 2018-11-09
  70 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20181108211639/https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/08/midterm-elections-2018-navajo-nation-new-mexico-results/1921939002/?from=new-cookie
  71 | archive-date  = 2018-11-08
  72 | url-status      = live
  73 }}</ref>
  74
  75 <ref name="navajotimes_20181107_nezwin">{{cite news
  76 | last          = Becenti
  77 | first         = Arlyssa
  78 | title         = Nez wins by 19,000 votes
  79 | url           = https://www.navajotimes.com/reznews/nez-wins-by-19000-votes/
  80 | work          = [[The Navajo Times]]
  81 | date          = 2018-11-07
  82 | access-date   = 2018-11-10
  83 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20181107230224/https://www.navajotimes.com/reznews/nez-wins-by-19000-votes/
  84 | archive-date  = 2018-11-07
  85 | url-status      = live
  86 }}</ref>
  87
  88 }}
  89
  90 ==External links==
  91 {{Commons cat}}
  92 * [http://www.opvp.navajo-nsn.gov/About-Us/President-Jonathan-Nez Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President]
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  94 {{s-start}}
  95 {{s-off}}
  96 {{s-bef|before=[[Russell Begaye]]}}
  97 {{s-ttl|title=[[President of the Navajo Nation]]|years=2019–present}}
  98 {{s-inc}}
  99 {{s-ppo}}
 100 {{s-bef|before=[[Elizabeth Warren]]}}
 101 {{s-ttl|title=Keynote Speaker of the [[Democratic National Convention]]|years=[[2020 Democratic National Convention|2020 ]]|alongside=[[Stacey Abrams]], [[Raumesh Akbari]], [[Colin Allred]], [[Brendan Boyle]], [[Yvanna Cancela]], [[Kathleen Clyde]], [[Nikki Fried]], [[Robert Garcia (California politician)|Robert Garcia]], [[Malcolm Kenyatta]], [[Marlon Kimpson]], [[Conor Lamb]], [[Mari Manoogian]], [[Victoria Neave]], [[Sam Park]], [[Denny Ruprecht]], [[Randall Woodfin]]}}
 102 {{s-non|reason=Most recent}}
 103 {{s-end}}
 104
 105 {{Presidents of the Navajo Nation}}
 106 {{Vice Presidents of the Navajo Nation}}
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 108 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nez, Jonathan}}
 109 [[Category:Living people]]
 110 [[Category:Native American politicians]]
 111 [[Category:Northern Arizona University alumni]]
 112 [[Category:Presidents of the Navajo Nation]]
 113 [[Category:Vice Presidents of the Navajo Nation]]
 114 [[Category:Arizona Democrats]]
 115 [[Category:People from Tuba City, Arizona]]
 116 [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
 117 [[Category:2020 United States presidential electors]]