Miguel Frasquilho

Miguel Frasquilho
President of AICEP
Assumed office
24 April 2014
Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho
(2014-2015)
António Costa
(2015-Present)
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
Lisbon, Portugal
Political party Social Democratic Party
Alma mater Catholic University of Portugal

Dr. Miguel Frasquilho is a Portuguese economist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, Frasquilho served in the Portuguese Parliament for 13 years, also serving as Secretary of State of the Treasury and Finances from 2002 to 2003. He currently serves as the President of AICEP, the Portuguese Government's Trade & Investment Agency.[1]

Early life

Miguel Jorge Reis Antunes Frasquilho was born on 12 November 1965, in Lisbon. He is cousin to Portuguese-American business 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.[2][3][4]

Frasquilho entered the XV Constitutional Government, as Secretary of State for Treasury and Finance, from 2002-2003.[5][6]

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.[7]

AICEP

In April 2014, Frasquilho was chosen to be President of AICEP, the Portuguese Government's Trade & Investment Agency.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Published works

Sole authorship:

Co-authorship:[16][17]

References

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