Froyla Tzalam

Froyla Tzalam is a Belizean Mopan Maya anthropologist and community leader.
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 would be the third Governor-General and the second woman appointed to the role, and the first Indigenous American Governor-General in the Commonwealth.
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.
She is currently 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.