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Melanie Benjamin
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| Occupation | Chief executive, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe |
Melanie Benjamin is chief executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, a sovereign, federally-recognized American Indian tribal government in the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation in east-central Minnesota, USA.
Biography
Benjamin was originally elected chief executive of the band in 2000, and re-elected in 2004 and 2008. In October 2008, shortly after the start of her third term, she was removed from office following accusations of misappropriation of tribal funds. She was again elected chief executive in 2012 and in 2016. In 2020, Benjamin was again re-elected by the citizens of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe to her sixth consecutive four-year term. ..... In January 2024, Benjamin announced that she would not seek a seventh term in office.
| Preceded by Marge Anderson |
Chief Executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe 2012–present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Marge Anderson |
Chief Executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe 2000–2008 |
Succeeded by Marge Anderson |
| Preceded by Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe |
Commissioner of Administration of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe 1989-1997 |
Succeeded by Cheryl Miller |
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Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe 1986-1989 |
Succeeded by Commissioner of Administration of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe |
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