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+{{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]
+
+{{s-start}}
+{{s-off}}
+{{s-bef|before=[[Russell Begaye]]}}
+{{s-ttl|title=[[President of the Navajo Nation]]|years=2019–present}}
+{{s-inc}}
+{{s-ppo}}
+{{s-bef|before=[[Elizabeth Warren]]}}
+{{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]]}}
+{{s-non|reason=Most recent}}
+{{s-end}}
+
+{{Presidents of the Navajo Nation}}
+{{Vice Presidents of the Navajo Nation}}
+
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Nez, Jonathan}}
+[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:Native American politicians]]
+[[Category:Northern Arizona University alumni]]
+[[Category:Presidents of the Navajo Nation]]
+[[Category:Vice Presidents of the Navajo Nation]]
+[[Category:Arizona Democrats]]
+[[Category:People from Tuba City, Arizona]]
+[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
+[[Category:2020 United States presidential electors]]
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