Francisco Kalbuadi Lay

Francisco Kalbuadi Lay
Deputy Prime Minister of East Timor
Assumed office
1 July 2023
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Preceded by
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
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
In office
16 February 2015  15 September 2017
Prime MinisterRui Maria de Araújo
Preceded by
  • Himself
  • (as Minister of Tourism)
  • Maria Isabel de Jesus Ximenes
  • (as Secretary of State for Art and Culture)
Succeeded by
Minister of Tourism
In office
8 August 2012  16 February 2015
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Preceded by
  • Gil Alves
  • (as Minister of Tourism, Commerce and Industry)
Succeeded by
  • Himself
  • (as Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture)
Personal details
Born
Francisco Lay

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

Francisco Kalbuadi "Chico" Lay ( Francisco Lay; born 7 February 1954) is an East Timorese politician, businessman and sports administrator, and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (Portuguese: Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor, 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.