Francisco Kalbuadi Lay | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of East Timor | |
Assumed office 1 July 2023 Serving with Mariano "Assanami" Lopes | |
Prime Minister | Xanana Gusmão |
Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs | |
Assumed office 1 July 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Xanana Gusmão |
Preceded by | Joaquim Amaral |
Minister of Tourism and Environment | |
Assumed office 1 July 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Xanana Gusmão |
Preceded by |
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Personal details | |
Born | Francisco Lay February 7, 1954 |
Political party | National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) |
Nickname | Chico |
Francisco Kalbuadi "Chico" Lay (né 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.