Humberto Lay

Who is Humberto Lay?

Pastor Humberto Lay Sun is a Peruvian evangelical minister of the Iglesia Biblica Emmanuel, architect, and a politician. He is of Chinese descent. He studied at the Colegio San Andrés. He was also a commissioner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that investigated abuses by the Shining Path, Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, and the Military of Peru during the 1980s and 1990s. He is a Congressman representing Lima for the 2011-2016 term.

From 1953 to 1957 he studied at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería and received an architecture degree. He started his professional career in his family's import business.