Miguel Reis Antunes Frasquilho is a Portuguese economist, politician, and executive, currently serving as Chairman of the Board of

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, Portugal's

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airline. He also serves on the Olympic Committee of Portugal. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Frasquilho served in the

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for 13 years, where he was vice-president of the PSD Parliamentary Group.Portuguese Presidency of the Republic - Dia de Portugal 2014 Despacho Vogais
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's short-lived government prior to becoming president of the

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. He was the president and CEO of AICEP Portugal Global, the Portuguese Government's Trade & Investment Agency, from 2014 to 2017.

Education and 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

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and the

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, 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

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in 1988 and a master's in economic theory from the Nova School of Business and Economics of the

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in 1997. He taught various disciplines in economics and quantitative methods at the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics and the Nova School of Business and Economics.

Politics

Frasquilho started his political career as an advisor to the State Secretary of Trade from 1993 to 1995 in the XII Government. In 1996, he joined

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, where he served as Coordinating Director of Espírito Santo Research. He is a member of the

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and was first elected to the

in 2002, in the IX Legislature of the

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(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. Frasquilho entered the XV Constitutional Government as secretary of state for treasury and finance, from 2002 to 2003. 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.

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

AICEP

In April 2014, Frasquilho was chosen to be President of AICEP, the Portuguese Government's Trade & Investment Agency.

TAP Portugal

In March 2017, Frasquilho was appointed to be Chairman of the Board of

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, Portugal's

airline.

Published works

Sole authorship: * ''“As Raizes do Mal, a Troika e o Futuro”'' (2013). Co-authorship: * ''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)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frasquilho, Miguel 1965 births Living people Members of the 9th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 10th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 11th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Members of the 12th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) People from Lisbon Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians