| Post: | Speaker |
| Body: | the Navajo Nation Council |
| Incumbent: | Crystalyne Curley |
| Flag: | Navajo flag.svg |
| Flagsize: | 150px |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Navajo Nation |
| Insignia: | Great Seal of the Navajo Nation.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 95px |
| Insigniacaption: | Great Seal of the Navajo Nation |
| Incumbentsince: | January 23, 2023 |
| Residence: | Window Rock, AZ |
| Termlength: | Two years |
| Constituting Instrument: | Navajo Nation Code & Treaty of 1868 |
| Website: | https://www.navajonationcouncil.org/speaker-otto-tso-biography/ |
| Inaugural: | Chee Dodge |
| Style: | Madam Speaker (informal) Honorable Speaker (formal) |
| Status: | Presiding Member of the Navajo Nation Council |
| Seat: | Navajo Nation Council Chamber |
| Appointer: | The Navajo Nation Council |
| Salary: | ~$55,000.00 USD per year |
The office of the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council was created in 1991 following restructuring of the Navajo Nation government.[1] The Speaker is the head of the legislative branch and presides over sessions of the council.[2] The Speaker of the council serve a term of two years during the administration of the incumbent President. The Office of the speaker is located in Window Rock, AZ at the Council Chambers.
| 1 | Nelson Gorman Jr. | Chinle | 1995 – 1997 | Albert Hale | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kelsey Begaye | Kaibito | 1997 – 1999 | |||
| Thomas Atcitty | ||||||
| Milton Bluehouse Sr. | ||||||
| 3 | Edward T. Begay | Church Rock | 1999 – 2003 | Kelsey Begaye | ||
| 4 | Lawrence T. Morgan | Pinedale | 2003 – 2011 | Joe Shirley Jr. | ||
| 5 | Johnny Naize | 2011 – September 2014 | Ben Shelly | |||
| 6 | Lorenzo Bates | Burnham | September 2014 – | |||
| 7 | Kee Allen Begay Jr. | – | ||||
| 8 | Lorenzo Bates | Burnham | – | |||
| Russell Begaye< | -- If anyone can get the table to display both Ben Shelly and Russel Begaye under Lorenzo Bates' second term, be my guest. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but the table isn't displaying properly. --> | |||||
| 9 | Seth Damon | – | Jonathan Nez | |||
| 10 | Otto Tso | Tuba City | – | |||
| 11 | Crystalyne Curley | – present | Buu Nygren |