Frans Lebu Raya (18 May 1960 – 19 December 2021) was an Indonesian politician who was the 8th Governor of East Nusa Tenggara between 2008 and 2018.

He was the second son of a local peasant couple, Paulus Ola Samon and Ina Maria Wae Peka.

The school was located ten kilometres away from his home village and Raya had to travel by foot alongside his friends.

When the 27 July 1996 incident occurred in the same year, Raya sided with Megawati Sukarnoputri, as opposed to the government-backed Suryadi.

[2] He was nominated as a candidate for the East Nusa Tenggara's Regional People's Representative Council (local parliament) in the 1999 Indonesian legislative election.

[5] Aside from his tasks as deputy governor, Raya was also active in the political party, being chosen to lead the 2005 PDI-P congress in Bali.

Although expecting that his deputy would become his running mate for a second term, Foenay decided to nominate himself as a governor amidst political pressures from his party.

Feeling disheartened, Raya then chose Deputy Regent of Central Southern Timor Regency, Benny Alexander Litelnoni.

[14] The program eventually ended as expected in 2017 and the management of the Anggur Merah funds was handed over to local cooperatives in every village.

[15] His successor's administration continued to supervise the management of funds by involving provincial bureaucracy and local NGOs.