José Lucas do Carmo da Silva (born 2 March 1970) is an East Timorese politician, marine biologist and academic, and a member of the Fretilin political party.

From 1990 to 1993, Silva completed a marine and fisheries science training program at Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kelautan dan Perikanan in Jakarta, Indonesia.

[1] From 2003 to 2005, Silva worked as the National Program Officer of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in East Timor with responsibility for the planning, implementation and monitoring of projects in the countryside and for the development of agriculture.

Additionally, he was the coordinator of the trilateral cooperation between East Timor, Japan and the Philippines under the leadership of JICA for the development of alternative agricultural products.

[1] In 2006 and 2007, Silva was responsible for the national census of 2010, for coordinating research on the assessment of population development, and for projects on gender equality, such as the law against domestic violence.