Miguel Frasquilho

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Miguel Frasquilho
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Frasquilho speaking at the 2018 World Travel and Tourism Council Summit
Chairman of TAP Air Portugal
Assumed office
10 June 2017

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's in economics from the Lisbon School of Business & Economics of the Catholic University of Portugal in 1988 and a master's 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 Methods in the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics and Nova School of Business and Economics. [3]

Politics

Frasquilho with former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou (center) and Helder Antunes (right), Silicon Valley executive; Lisbon Web Summit, 2016. Miguel Frasquilho, George Papandreou, Helder Antunes.jpg
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, which 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:

Co-authorship: [20] [21]

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References

  1. ↑ Expresso - Miguel Frasquilho troca presidência da AICEP pela TAP
  2. ↑ Observador - Miguel Frasquilho vai ser “chairman” da TAP
  3. 1 2 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 European Portuguese). Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  11. ↑ "AICEP à procura de novos investimentos no tecido empresarial". Económico. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
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  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 European Portuguese). 14 April 2016. 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 European Spanish). 2 October 2015. 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.
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