Manuel Frasquilho

Dr. Manuel Alcindo Antunes Frasquilho (died 8 August 2015, in Lisbon) was a Portuguese transportation executive and politician.

[3] After his time serving as the President of the Metro, Frasquilho continually appeared in Portuguese parliament to defend public spending in the transportation sector.

[8][9] Frasquilh was elected President of the RETE – Association for the Collaboration between Ports and Cities in 2005.

[10][11][12][13] Frasquilho was a representative of the Portuguese branch of the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest (CEEP) and served as chairman of the board of directors for Comboios de Portugal, Portugal's state-owned rail company, between 1996 and 1997.

Dr. Manuel Frasquilho was also uncle of Miguel Antunes Frasquilho, politician and current TAP Air Portugal CEO, and cousin to Helder Fragueiro Antunes, Silicon Valley executive.