Dr. Jan Merk (b. 27 November 1953 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Uralican pastor, teacher, author, and politician. He is best known for being the only Mennonite to sign the Uralican Constitution, and for being a professor of Biblical exegesis and other Biblical studies at Uralikan Yliopisto, but he is also very active politically, having been elected to every term of the Uralican Tribal Council thus far.