Francisco Kalbuadi Lay

Francisco Kalbuadi Lay
Deputy Prime Minister of East Timor
Assumed office
1 July 2023
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs
Assumed office
1 July 2023
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Preceded byJoaquim Amaral
Minister of Tourism and Environment
Assumed office
1 July 2023
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Preceded by
Personal details
Born
Francisco Lay

(1954-02-07) February 7, 1954 (age 70)
Political partyNational Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT)
NicknameChico

Francisco Kalbuadi "Chico" Lay ( Francisco Lay; born 7 February 1954) is an East Timorese politician and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT).

He is the more senior of East Timor's two incumbent Deputy Prime Ministers, and also the incumbent Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs and Minister of Tourism and Environment, serving since July 2023 in the IX Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão.