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Froyla Tzalam
Dame Froyla Tzalam.jpg
Tzalam in 2022
3rd Governor-General of Belize
Assumed office
27 May 2021
Monarch 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
Children 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.

Education

Tzalam is from the village of San Antonio, Toledo. She graduated with a BA in Anthropology from Trinity University, Texas. This was followed by a MA in Rural Development from University of Sussex.

Career

She was the executive director of the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM).

Tzalam was shortlisted for nomination to the Senate in January 2017, but declined in order to concentrate on her work with SATIIM.

Governor-General of Belize

Viceregal styles of
Dame Froyla Tzalam
(2021–present)
Flag of the Governor-General of Belize.svg
Reference style Her Excellency
Spoken style Your Excellency
Platinum Jubilee- Belize bilateral
Dame Froyla meeting Dame Cindy Kiro, Governor-General of New Zealand, in London, 2022

It was announced on 22 April 2021 by Prime Minister of Belize John Briceno that she was nominated to be the next Governor-General of Belize following the retirement of Sir Colville Young. She is the third Governor-General and the second woman appointed to the role.

On 21 March 2022, she was invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on behalf of Elizabeth II, Queen of Belize, during the Platinum Jubilee royal tour of Belize.

Realms Lunch Coronation Event (52872247956)
Tzalam with the Duchess of Gloucester and the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace during her visit for the coronation of King Charles III

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Froyla Tzalam para niños

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