New officers have served in the 21st century. On January 11, 2008, Carleton Naiche-Palmer was sworn in as the new president of the Mescalero Apache tribe. From 2014 to 2018, Danny Breuninger was president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe. Arthur “Butch” Blazer resigned as president in late 2019, having served in the office of president from January 2018. Gabe Aguilar was sworn in as President to complete the Blazer tenure in October 2019. In November, Gabe Aguilar beat former President Mark Chino in election and now holds the Office of president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe (2020-2022 term) Mr. Aguilar previously served two terms as vice president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe since 2014.