Ben Shelly
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About
After serving a four-year term as Vice President of the Navajo Nation, this Democratic Party politician took office as seventh President of the Navajo Nation.
Before Fame
Before becoming involved in Native American politics, he worked for a heavy equipment corporation in Chicago, Illinois.
Trivia
In the early 1990s, he became a member of the Thoreau Navajo Nation Council.
Family Life
His many-decades-long marriage to Martha Shelly produced five children.
Associated With
He and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Annie Wauneka were both high-ranking members of the Navajo Nation.