{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Jonathan Nez
| image               = Jonathan Nez - 2020.jpg
| caption             = Nez in 2020
| office              = 9th [[President of the Navajo Nation]]
| vicepresident       = [[Myron Lizer]]
| term_start          = January 15, 2019
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Russell Begaye]]
| successor           = 
| office1             = 9th [[Vice President of the Navajo Nation]]
| president1          = [[Russell Begaye]]
| term_start1         = May 12, 2015
| term_end1           = January 15, 2019
| predecessor1        = [[Rex Lee Jim]]
| successor1          = [[Myron Lizer]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1975|05|26}}
| birth_place         = [[Tuba City, Arizona|Tuba City]], [[Arizona]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = Phefelia Herbert
| education           = [[Northland Pioneer College]]<br>[[Northern Arizona University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])
}}
'''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" />

== Life and career ==
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" />

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>

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>

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>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="USHR_2017_nezbio">{{cite web
| url           = https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP06/20170516/105949/HHRG-115-AP06-Bio-NezJ-20170516.pdf
| title         = Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan M. Nez
| website       = United States House of Representatives
| access-date   = 2018-11-09
| archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20170519062553/https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP06/20170516/105949/HHRG-115-AP06-Bio-NezJ-20170516.pdf
| archive-date  = 2017-05-19
| url-status      = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="navajotimes_20150512_inauguration">{{cite news
| last          = Donovan
| first         = Bill
| url           = https://www.navajotimes.com/rezpolitics/a-number-of-firsts-at-navajo-presidential-inauguration/
| title         = A number of firsts at Navajo presidential inauguration
| date          = 2015-05-12
| access-date   = 2018-11-09
| work          = [[The Navajo Times]]
| archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20150517070921/https://www.navajotimes.com/rezpolitics/a-number-of-firsts-at-navajo-presidential-inauguration/
| archive-date  = 2015-05-17
| url-status      = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="ABQJournal_2018-11-07_generalresults">{{cite news
| last          = Smith
| first         = Noel Lyn
| title         = Voters on the Navajo Nation elect president, council delegates
| url           = https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/08/midterm-elections-2018-navajo-nation-new-mexico-results/1921939002/
| work          = [[Farmington Daily Times]]
| date          = 2018-11-08
| access-date   = 2018-11-09
| 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
| archive-date  = 2018-11-08
| url-status      = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="navajotimes_20181107_nezwin">{{cite news
| last          = Becenti
| first         = Arlyssa
| title         = Nez wins by 19,000 votes
| url           = https://www.navajotimes.com/reznews/nez-wins-by-19000-votes/
| work          = [[The Navajo Times]]
| date          = 2018-11-07
| access-date   = 2018-11-10
| archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20181107230224/https://www.navajotimes.com/reznews/nez-wins-by-19000-votes/
| archive-date  = 2018-11-07
| url-status      = live
}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
{{Commons cat}}
* [http://www.opvp.navajo-nsn.gov/About-Us/President-Jonathan-Nez Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President]

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