Froyla Tzalam | |
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![]() Tzalam in 2022 | |
3rd Governor-General of Belize | |
Assumed office 27 May 2021 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Prime Minister | Johnny Briceño |
Preceded by | Sir Colville Young |
Personal details | |
Born | San Antonio, Toledo, British Honduras (now Belize) |
Spouse | Daniel Mendez[1] |
Children | 2[2] |
Alma mater | Trinity University University of Sussex |
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.[3][4]