What is Ben Shelly?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Ben Shelly |image = Ben Shelly.jpg |office = 7th [[President of the Navajo Nation]] |vicepresident = [[Rex Lee Jim]] |term_start = January 11, 2011 |term_end = May 12, 2015 |predecessor = [[Joe Shirley Jr.]] |successor = [[Russell Begaye]] |office1 = 5th [[Vice President of the Navajo Nation]] |president1 = [[Joe Shirley Jr.]] |term_start1 = January 9, 2007 |term_end1 = January 11, 2011 |predecessor1 = [[Frank Dayish]] |successor1 = [[Rex Lee Jim]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1947|7|6}} |birth_place = [[Thoreau, New Mexico|Thoreau]], [[New Mexico]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2023|3|22|1947|7|6}} |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Martha Shelly }} '''Ben Shelly''' (July 6, 1947 – March 22, 2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.nmai.si.edu/main/2013/06/meet-native-america-ben-shelly.html |title=Ben Shelly |access-date=2020-10-22 |archive-date=2020-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026123305/https://blog.nmai.si.edu/main/2013/06/meet-native-america-ben-shelly.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name=navajotimes>{{cite news|first=Carolyn|last=Calvin|title=Many firsts in primary, general elections|url=http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2010/1210/123110yearno4.php|work=[[Navajo Times]]|date=2010-12-31|access-date=2012-07-12|archive-date=2018-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194628/http://www.navajotimes.com/news/2010/1210/123110yearno4.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also the first [[New Mexico|New Mexican]] Navajo to hold the Navajo Presidency. Shelly died on March 22, 2023, at the age of 75.<ref>[https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/former-navajo-nation-president-ben-shelly-dies-at-17853958.php Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly dies