Manuel Fernando Zurita

Manuel Fernando Zurita was President of Nicaragua in 1950.

Zurita later served in the Chamber of Deputies of Nicaragua and was twice the president of the chamber - 1941 and 1949. He was serving in the chamber at the time of Somoza's death in 1956 and was the representative of the Chamber at Somoza's funeral.

In 1958 Zurita was appointed the Nicaraguan ambassador to Spain.