Humberto Lay
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Pastor Humberto Lay Sun |
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| Peruvian Congressman | |
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Assumed office 2011 |
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| Constituency | Lima |
| Personal details | |
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25 September 1934 Lima, Peru |
| Political party | National Restoration Party |
| Alma mater | National University of Engineering |
| Profession | Architect, cleric |
| Religion | Evangelicalism |
Pastor Humberto Lay Sun (born 25 September 1934 in Lima) is a Peruvian evangelical minister of the Iglesia Biblica Emmanuel, an architect, and a politician (National Restoration Party). He is of Chinese descent. He studied at the Colegio San Andrés (Anglo-Peruvian School). 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.
From 1979 on Lay was an important pastor in Alianza Cristiana y Misionera Church, whose largest temples he designed, thanks to his profession. Later, in October 1987, he founded the Iglesia Bíblica Emmanuel in Lima, capital of Peru. Since then, this Christian church has developed successfully, and Pastor Lay has got a top position among the Christian leaders and pastors in Perú. This church works with young people, families and is a well-known missionary church.
Lay is the president of Unión Nacional de Iglesias Cristianas Evangélicas del Perú - UNICEP. He is also a member of the Fraternidad Internacional de Pastores Cristianos - FIPAC.
After the downfall of Alberto Fujimori's dictatorial regime in 2001, Lay was active in the National Anti-corruption Initiative and Commission of Truth and National Reconciliation.
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