Froyla Tzalam

Froyla Tzalam
Tzalam in 2022
3rd Governor-General of Belize
Assumed office
27 May 2021
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Prime MinisterJohnny Briceño
Preceded bySir Colville Young
Personal details
BornSan Antonio, Toledo, British Honduras (now Belize)
SpouseDaniel Mendez
Children2
Alma materTrinity University (BA)
University of Sussex (MA)

Dame Froyla Tzalam GCMG is a Belizean Mopan Maya anthropologist and community leader, who has served as the third governor-general of Belize since 27 May 2021.

She is the first indigenous person of Maya descent to serve as governor-general of any country in the history of the Commonwealth of Nations.