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Jul 06, 1947 Thoreau, New Mexico, United States 76 years old
President of the Navajo Nation
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About Ben Shelly
- Ben Shelly (born July 6, 1947) was the 7th one term President of the Navajo Nation.
- Shelly was the first President to have been elected both President and Vice President of the Navajo Nation.
- He is also the first New Mexican Navajo to hold the Navajo Presidency.On November 2, 2010, Shelly was voted in as the Navajo Nation's President-elect during the 2010 Navajo Nation Presidential Elections, defeating opponent New Mexico State Senator Lynda Lovejoy of the Navajo Nation. On August 16, 2014 Shelly lost the Navajo Nation Primaries to former Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr and newcomer Christopher Deschene.
