Physical properties of the layered <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>f</mml:mi></mml:math> -electron van der Waals magnet <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>Ce</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>Te</mml:mi><mml:mn>5</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>

Layered van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials have attracted widespread attention as new platforms for understanding and controlling magnetism in the two-dimensional limit spintronic devices. In contrast to $3d$-electron vdW magnets, very few f-electron magnets been studied. Here, authors report physical properties of Ce${}_{2}$Te${}_{5}$ single crystals, a layered $4f$-electron magnet. Four consecutive (magnetic) phase transitions at \ensuremath{\sim} 5.2, 2.1, 0.9, 0.4 K are observed, suggesting competing antiferromagnetic ferromagnetic exchange interactions. The Hall effect indicates that is multiband system with relatively high electron mobility, providing opportunities future device applications.