António José de Castro Bagão Félix (born 9 April 1948) is a Portuguese economist and politician.

Education

Bagão Félix received his university degree in Finance from the

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's ISEG, formerly known as ISCEF (1970), and a diploma in management by

INSEAD INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

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, 1995).

Political life

Bagão Félix received administrative powers more than once. He took part in many governments formed in Portugal in his career. Bagão Félix was the Deputy in the

Assembleia da República The Assembly of the Republic (, ), commonly referred to as simply Parliament (), is the unicameral parliament of Portugal. According to the Constitution of Portugal, the parliament "is the representative assembly of all Portuguese citizens". Th ...

, elected by the Association of London (1983–1985); he was the Deputy to the

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; and he was a member of its Committee on Social Affairs and Health in the same years. He has been active also in the

anti-abortion Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its Abortion by country, legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in r ...

movement.

Publications

Félix is the author of several books and has joined the editorial boards of journals such as ''Citizenship'', ''New Labor'', ''Company'', ''Hyphen Magazine'', and ''Public Health''. He is a columnist in several newspapers such as Público, Jornal de Negócios, Correio do Vouga, Voz da Verdade, Revista Cais and Boletim Salesiano, among others, and he participates in the radio program ''Board'' on Antena1.

Career highlights

* (1973–1976) financial director of Companhia de Seguros Mundial * (1976–1979) member of the Management Board of Insurance Credit * (1979–1980) member of the Council Board of the National Insurance Institute * (1985–1987) director of the Bank of Commerce and Industry * (1992–1993) director of the

Bank of Portugal The Banco de Portugal (, ) is the national central bank for Portugal within the Eurosystem. It was the Portuguese central bank from 1846 to 1998, issuing the escudo. Since 2014, it has also been Portugal's national competent authority within E ...

* (1993–1994) Vice-Governor * (1994–2002) Director-General of the Portuguese Commercial Bank Additionally he served in various public institutions and social organizations. * (1997–2002) Chairman of the supervisory board of the Bank Against Hunger * (since 2001) Consultant to the Portuguese Episcopal Conference for Social Affairs and Ethical and board member of the

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(Association for Economic and Social Development). Teaching in higher education: * (1972–1973) teaching assistant in the Institute of Economic and Financial Sciences * (1975–1976) teaching assistant Institute of Labor and Company * (1986–1994) Assistant Professor in the

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Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

) * (since 1991) a member of the General Council of the

University of Aveiro The University of Aveiro () is a public university, in addition to providing polytechnic (Portugal), polytechnic education, located in the Portuguese city of Aveiro, Portugal, Aveiro. Founded in 1973, it has a student population of approximately ...

Government posts

* '' XV Constitutional Government'' ** Minister of Social Security and Labor * ''XVI Constitutional Government'' ** Minister of Finance

Personal life

Bagão Félix is a known member () and supporter of

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References

External links

Biography at Portugal.gov.pt
(Portuguese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagao Felix, Antonio 1948 births Living people 20th-century Roman Catholics 21st-century Roman Catholics People from Ílhavo Portuguese anti-abortion activists 20th-century Portuguese economists Portuguese Roman Catholic writers Members of the 3rd Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Government ministers of Portugal Finance ministers of Portugal Labour ministers of Portugal CDS – People's Party politicians Technical University of Lisbon alumni 21st-century Portuguese economists