Miguel Fonseca is a full-time councillor at Coimbra City Council, responsible for Economy, Accounting and Finance; Control and Planning; Assets and Supplies; Administrative Offences and Tax Enforcement; Trade and Industry; Municipal Markets and Fairs; and Entrepreneurship, Investment and Employment.
He has a degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, a Master's degree in International Economics and a PhD in Economics from the Higher Institute of Economics and Management/University of Lisbon (ISEG).
He was an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto, a researcher in the scientific area of Internationalisation and a member of ISEG's Centre for Studies on Africa and Development, as well as a member of the board of the Centre and Alentejo Regional Delegation of the Order of Economists. He is currently a member of the National Board of the Order of Economists.
He has experience in local government, having been president of the Sé Nova Parish Council (2001-2005 and 2005-2009) and a member of the Coimbra Municipal Assembly (2009-2013), elected by the CDS.
He has strong ties to Coimbra's cultural and sporting institutions, being 1st Tenor of the Choir of the Former Orpheonists of the University of Coimbra and a founding member of CLASSE T - O Teatrão's Amateur Theatre Group. He was a member of the Supervisory Board of Associação Académica de Coimbra-Organismo Autónomo de Futebol and Associação Académica de Coimbra-Organismo Autónomo de Futebol, SDUQ, Lda.