What is Russell Begaye?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Russell Begaye |image = Russell Begaye in 2016.jpg |office = 8th [[President of the Navajo Nation]] |vicepresident = [[Jonathan Nez]] |term_start = May 12, 2015 |term_end = January 8, 2019 |predecessor = [[Ben Shelly]] |successor = [[Jonathan Nez]] |birth_date = |birth_place = [[Shiprock, New Mexico|Shiprock]], [[New Mexico]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |education = [[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''Russell Begaye''' is a [[Navajo]] politician. He was the 8th [[President of the Navajo Nation|president]] of [[Navajo Nation]] from May 2015 to January 2019. He was elected to the office on April 4, 2015<ref>{{cite web|last1=Skinner|first1=Curtis|title=Russell Begaye wins Navajo Nation presidency after delayed vote|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/22/us-usa-navajo-election-idUSKBN0ND0OD20150422|website=Reuters|access-date=19 May 2015|archive-date=20 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520015639/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/22/us-usa-navajo-election-idUSKBN0ND0OD20150422|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was sworn in on May 12, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Noel Lyn|date=2015-05-10|title=Navajo President-elect Russell Begaye to take office Tuesday|url=http://www.daily-times.com/four_corners-news/ci_28089137/navajo-president-elect-russell-begaye-take-office-tuesday|work=[[Farmington Daily Times]]|access-date=19 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514105027/http://www.daily-times.com/four_corners-news/ci_28089137/navajo-president-elect-russell-begaye-take-office-tuesday|archive-date=2015-05-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Begaye, Russell}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Politicians from New Mexico]] [[Category:Politicians from Arizona]] [[Category:Presidents of the Navajo Nation]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) p