Byron Ivar Mallott (April 6, 1943 – May 8, 2020) was an American politician, elder,[2] tribal activist, and business executive from the state of Alaska.

[6] His Tlingit name was Dux̱ da neiḵ, K'oo del ta', which means "'a person who would lead us into the future'".

[8] At age 13, Mallott began attending Pius X Mission, a Catholic boarding school located in Skagway, Alaska.

[10] Mallott's political career began in 1965 when his father, who served as Yakutat's mayor for the vast majority of the position's existence, died.

His job in the governor's office was focused on local government affairs, one of the few constitutionally mandated executive functions in Alaska.

[12][better source needed] After Egan was defeated for re-election by Walter Hickel in 1966, Mallott returned to Yakutat and served on the city council.

[17] In 1982, Mallott was appointed to the board of trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation by Governor Jay Hammond to replace Elmer Rasmuson.

He resigned from office after he was selected to serve as the executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation.

[28] In 2016, Raven Radio reported that Mallott had logged 280,000 Alaska Air Miles in the first two years of his tenure as lieutenant governor.

He was succeeded as lieutenant governor by Valerie Davidson, the former commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.

He served as a director of Alaska Air Group and on the board of the National Alliance of Business.

[12] Mallott was appointed by Governor Tony Knowles as a co-chair of the Alaska Commission on Rural Governance and Empowerment.

Mallott suffered a heart attack at his home in Juneau on May 7, 2020, and was flown by a medical charter to Anchorage, where he died the following day at the age of 77.