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   1 {{Short description|President of the Navajo Nation since 2022}}
   2 {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
   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 }}
  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"/>
  21
  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.
  23
  24 Nygren has worked in construction management. He is married to Arizona state representative [[Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren]].<ref name="wapo_20221109_nygrenwin"/>
  25
  26 ==References==
  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 }}
 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]]