{{Short description|Native American politician (1935–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Edward T. Begay | image = | order = 3rd Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council | term_start = January 1, 1999 | term_end = January 1, 2003 | predecessor = Kelsey Begaye | successor = Lawrence T. Morgan | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|1|8}} | birth_place = Tse Yaaniichii, New Mexico, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|6|12|1935|1|8}} | death_place = Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. | occupation = Government | office1 = 13th Vice Chairman of the Navajo Nation | term_start1 = 1983 | term_end1 = 1987 | predecessor1 = Frank E. Paul | successor1 = Johnny R. Thompson | president = Kelsey Begaye }}
'''Edward Thomas Begay''' (January 8, 1935 – June 12, 2022) was a Native American politician who served as the Speaker of the Navajo Nation from 1999 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituaries for June 16, 2022|publisher=Navajo Times|url=https://navajotimes.com/rezobits/obituaries-for-june-16-2022/|date=June 16, 2022|access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref> He also served as Vice-Chairman in 1983 under the Chairmanship of then Chairman Peterson Zah. Begay was a major influence in the {{spell-nv|Churchrock/Bááh Háálį́}} community, and was active within Chapter Affairs.<ref>[http://www.tribalgov.pdx.edu/bio_begay_edward.php "Edward T. Begay"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728164618/http://www.tribalgov.pdx.edu/bio_begay_edward.php |date=July 28, 2009 }}, Institute of Tribal Government, Portland State University, retrieved November 6, 2009</ref><ref>Peter Iverson, ''Dine: A History of the Navajos'', University of New Mexico Press (Aug 15, 2002), p. 49</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Becenti |first=Arlyssa |date=2022-06-13 |title=Former Navajo Nation vice chairman, council speaker Edward T. Begay dies at 87 |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/13/former-navajo-vice-chairman-council-speaker-edward-begay-dies/7614442001/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}</ref>
Begay served in the United States Army. He also served on the McKinley County Commission. He died on June 12, 2022, at the age of 87 in Albuquerque.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-06-13/former-navajo-nation-vice-charman-edward-t-begay-dies-at-87|title=Former Navajo Nation Vice Charman Edward T. Begay dies at 87|work=KNAU|date=13 June 2022|access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Noel Lyn |date=2022-06-13 |title=Former Navajo Nation vice chairman, council speaker Edward T. Begay dies at 87 |url=https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2022/06/13/navajo-edward-t-begay-dies-87-albuquerque-new-mexico/7610728001/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Farmington Daily Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Denetclaw |first=Pauly |date=2022-06-13 |title=Former Navajo Nation vice chairman dies at 87 |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/former-navajo-nation-vice-chairman-dies-at-87 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Indian Country Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=Ed T. Begay passes away on Sunday |url=https://navajotimes.com/reznews/ed-t-begay-passes-away-on-sunday/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Navajo Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://nnigovernance.arizona.edu/great-tribal-leaders-modern-times-edward-t-begay Interview by the Institute of Tribal Government] (2001)
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