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.
[6] Tzalam was shortlisted for nomination to the Senate in January 2017, but declined in order to concentrate on her work with SATIIM.
[12] Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, Tzalam became the first governor-general of Belize to have served under two monarchs.
[14] Alongside Minister Francis Fonseca she represented Belize at the Coronation of King Charles III in 2023.