Miguel Frasquilho

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 economics and quantitative methods at the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics and the Nova School of Business and Economics. ==Politics==

George Papandreou (center) and Helder Antunes (right), Silicon Valley executive; Lisbon Web Summit, 2016. 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 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 the 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. 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 Catholic University of Portugal. 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 TAP Portugal, Portugal's flag carrier 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) ==References==