# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-fernanda-lay
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:26:55.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-fernanda-lay"
name: "Maria Fernanda Lay"
slug: "maria-fernanda-lay"
description: "Maria Fernanda Lay is a politician in Timor-Leste. She has been a member of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste since 2007. In 2023, she was elected as president of the National Parliament, becoming the first woman to lead the body."
tagline: "East Timorese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Fernanda_Lay_small3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-11-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.41
  momentum:             15.08438818565401
  historical:           4.608604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Fernanda_Lay"
    title: "Maria Fernanda Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Fernanda_Lay"
    title: "Maria Fernanda Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Fernanda_Lay"
    title: "Maria Fernanda Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Fernanda_Lay"
    title: "Maria Fernanda Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Fernanda_Lay"
    title: "Maria Fernanda Lay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15833869"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump