Miguel Frasquilho

His Excellency Miguel Frasquilho
Chairman of the Board of TAP Portugal
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 June 2017
President & CEO of AICEP Portugal Global
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 April 2014
Preceded by	Pedro Reis
Secretary of State of the Treasury and Finances
In office 8 April 2002 – 8 April 2003
Prime Minister	José Manuel Durão Barroso
Preceded by	Rodolfo Vasco Lavrador
Succeeded by	Francisco Esteves de Carvalho
Deputy of the Assembly of the Republic Elections: 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011
In office 5 April 2002 – 22 October 2015
Constituency	(2009-2015) Porto District (2005-2009) Guarda District (2002-2005) Setúbal District
Personal details
Born	Miguel Jorge Reis Antunes Frasquilho 12 November 1965 Setúbal, Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	Catholic University of Portugal

Dr. Miguel Reis Antunes Frasquilho is a Portuguese economist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, Frasquilho served in the Portuguese Parliament for 13 years, where he was Vice-President of the PSD Parliamentary Group.^[1] He also served as Secretary of State of the Treasury and Finances from 2002 to 2003, in José Manuel Barroso's short-lived government prior to becoming president of the EU Commission.

He currently serves as the President and CEO of AICEP Portugal Global, the Portuguese Government's Trade & Investment Agency.^[2] In March 2017, Frasquilho was selected to be the Chairman of the Board of TAP Portugal, Portugal's flag carrier airline.^[3][4]

Early life

Miguel Jorge Reis Antunes Frasquilho was born on 12 November 1965, in Setúbal, Portugal, to Fernando José Antunes Frasquilho, an official in the merchant navy, and Maria Susete Reis Antunes Frasquilho, a professor. He is nephew to Manuel Antunes Frasquilho, former president of the Port of Lisbon and the Lisbon Metro, and cousin to Portuguese-American executive Helder Antunes.

He earned his degree in economics from the Faculty of Economics and Business (current Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics) of the Catholic University of Portugal in 1988 and a Masters in Economic Theory, from the Nova School of Business and Economics, in the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in 1997. He taught various disciplines in Economy and Quantitative Method in the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics and Nova School of Business and Economics.

Politics

Frasquilho started his political career as Advisor to the State Secretary of Trade from 1993 to 1995 in the XII Government. In 1996 he joined Banco Espírito Santo, where he served as Coordinating Director of Espírito Santo Research.

He is a member of the Social Democratic Party and was first elected to Portuguese Parliament in 2002, in the IX Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (2002-2005). He held his position as a deputy in Parliament in the following X (2005-2009), XI (2009-2011), and XII (2011-2015) Legislatures.^[5][6][7]

Frasquilho entered the XV Constitutional Government, as Secretary of State for Treasury and Finance, from 2002-2003.^[8][9]

He returned to the Portuguese Parliament where he was President of the Parliamentary Commission for Public Works, Transport and Communications between March 2005 and October 2008.

Frasquilho was also part of the Commission for Corporate Income Tax reform, that took place between January and July 2013.^[10]

AICEP

In April 2014, Frasquilho was chosen to be President of AICEP, the Portuguese Government's Trade & Investment Agency.^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]}

TAP Portugal

In March 2017, Frasquilho was appointed to be Chairman of the Board of TAP Portugal, Portugal's flag carrier airline.^[17]

Published works

Sole authorship:

• “As Raizes do Mal, a Troika e o Futuro” (2013).^[18][19]

Co-authorship:^[20][21]

• “Portugal Europeu?” (2001)
• “Produtividade e Crescimento em Portugal” (2002)
• “4R – Quarta República” (2007)
• “As Farpas da Quarta” (2009)
• “Portugal e o Futuro – Homenagem a Ernâni Lopes” (2011)

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