residence successor religion nationality birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
tuba city , arizona incumbent native american church navajo nation usa 1928 7th chairman of the navajo nation january 20 , 1970 peter macdonald.jpg peter macdonald -lrb- navajo leader -rrb-
 january 19 , 1989 peter macdonald
peter macdonald -lrb- navajo leader -rrb-

peter macdonald -lrb- born 1928 -rrb- is a native american politician and the only four term chairman of the navajo tribe .
macdonald was born in arizona , u.s.a. and served the u.s. marine corps in world war ii as a navajo code talker .
he was first elected navajo tribal chairman in 1970 .
in 1989 , macdonald was removed from office by the navajo tribal council , pending the results of federal criminal investigations headed by the bureau of indian affairs .
macdonald was sent to federal prison in 1990 for violations of us law and subsequently convicted of more u.s. federal crimes , including fraud , extortion , riot , bribery , and corruption .
