Miguel Frasquilho

Miguel Reis Antunes Frasquilho is a Portuguese economist, politician, and executive, currently serving as Chairman of the Board of TAP Air Portugal, Portugal's flag carrier airline.[1][2] He also serves on the Olympic Committee of Portugal.

Miguel Frasquilho
Frasquilho speaking at the 2018 World Travel and Tourism Council Summit
Chairman of TAP Air Portugal
Assumed office
10 June 2017
President & CEO of AICEP Portugal Global
In office
24 April 2014 – 9 May 2017
Preceded byPedro Reis
Succeeded byLuís Filipe de Castro Henriques
Secretary of State
of the Treasury and Finances
In office
8 April 2002 – 8 April 2003
Prime MinisterJosé Manuel Durão Barroso
Preceded byRodolfo Vasco Lavrador
Succeeded byFrancisco 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 partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materCatholic University of Portugal

A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Frasquilho served in the Portuguese Parliament for 13 years, where he was Vice-President of the PSD Parliamentary Group.[3] 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 was the President and CEO of AICEP Portugal Global, the Portuguese Government's Trade & Investment Agency, from 2014 to 2017.[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. His uncle was Manuel Antunes Frasquilho, former president of the Port of Lisbon and the Lisbon Metro, and his cousin is Portuguese-American executive Helder Fragueiro Antunes.

He attained a bachelor in economics from the 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 of 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 with former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou (center) and Helder Antunes (right), Silicon Valley executive; Lisbon Web Summit, 2016.

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]

Career

Frasquilho has served as Chairman of the Board of João Mata, Lda, a Portuguese multinational insurance consultancy and brokerage, since 2017. He is also a lecturer at the Catholic University of Portugal.

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 Agora (2017)
  • Portugal e o Futuro – Homenagem a Ernâni Lopes (2011)
  • As Farpas da Quarta (2009)
  • 4R – Quarta República (2007)
  • Produtividade e Crescimento em Portugal (2002)
  • Portugal Europeu? (2001)

References
  1. Expresso - Miguel Frasquilho troca presidência da AICEP pela TAP
  2. Observador - Miguel Frasquilho vai ser “chairman” da TAP
  3. Portuguese Presidency of the Republic - Dia de Portugal 2014 Despacho Vogais
  4. Económico - Miguel Frasquilho é o novo presidente da AICEP
  5. Parlamento - Biografia: Miguel Frasquilho
  6. "Deputados - Grupo Parlamentar Partido Social Democrata". www.gppsd.pt. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  7. "Government Are Committed to Bailout Plan: Portuguese MP". CNBC. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  8. TVI 24 - Ferreira Leite assume Finanças e Miguel Frasquilho a secretaria de Estado do Tesouro e Finanças
  9. Jornal de Negócios - Miguel Frasquilho nomeado secretário de Estado do Tesouro
  10. "Presidente da AICEP pede consenso na reforma IRC". DN (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  11. "AICEP à procura de novos investimentos no tecido empresarial". Económico. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  12. "AICEP promove investimento e Web Summit nos EUA - OJE Digital". OJE Digital (in Portuguese). 2016-04-12. Archived from the original on 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  13. "Cinco maiores tecnológicas mundiais interessadas em Portugal". Observador. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  14. ""Portugal nunca mais será o mesmo" depois da WebSummit". TSF Rádio Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  15. "AICEP angariou €1,7 mil milhões de investimento em 2015". Jornal Expresso. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  16. "Portugal debe continuar su trayectoria de reformas para ser más competitivo". abc (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  17. Privados da TAP aprovam Miguel Frasquilho como "chairman"
  18. "Frasquilho lança livro As raízes do mal, a troika e o futuro". www.jornaldenegocios.pt. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  19. "As Raízes do Mal, a Troika e o Futuro, Miguel Frasquilho - WOOK". www.wook.pt. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  20. "Portugal e o Futuro - Livraria Vida Económica". livraria.vidaeconomica.pt. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  21. "4R - Quarta República, Vários - WOOK". www.wook.pt. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
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