Chairman of the Navajo Nation explained

The Chairman of the Navajo Nation was the head of the government at the formation of the Tribal Council and the government entity to interact with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The office was replaced by the President of the Navajo Nation in 1991 during restructuring of the Tribal Government into a three-branch national government.

Officeholders

No.		Image	Name	Term	Party	Election	Vice Chairman
1			Chee Dodge	1923 – 1928	Unknown		colspan="2"
2			Deshna Chischillige	1928 – 1932	Unknown	1928		Maxwell Yazzie
3			Thomas Dodge	1932 –	Unknown	1932		Marcus Kanuho
4			Henry Taliman Sr.	1937 – 1938	Unknown			Roy Kinsel
5			Jacob C. Morgan	1938 – 1942	Unknown	1938		Howard Gorman
6			Chee Dodge	1942 – 1946	Unknown	1942		Sam Ahkeah
7			Sam Ahkeah	1946 – 1954	Unknown	1946		Chee Dodge (died before taking office)
								Zealy Tso (1946–1950)
						1950		John Claw (1951–1952)
								Adolph Maloney (1952–1954)
8			Paul Jones	1955 – 1963	Unknown	1954		Scott Preston
						1958
9			Raymond Nakai	1963 – 1970	Unknown	1962		Nelson Damon
						1966
10			Peter MacDonald	1971 – 1982	Republican	1970		Wilson Skeet (1971–1979)
						1974
						1978		Frank E. Paul (1979–1982)
11			Peterson Zah	1983 – 1987	Democratic	1982		Edward T. Begay
12			Peter MacDonald	1987 – 1989	Republican	1986		Johnny R. Thompson
–			Leonard Haskie	1989 – 1991	Unknown	–		Irvin Billy

Notes

See also

• President of the Navajo Nation
• Vice President of the Navajo Nation
• Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council