Manuel Fernando Zurita was President of Nicaragua in 1950.^[1]

Zurita later served in the Chamber of Deputies of Nicaragua and was the president of the chamber from 1952 to 1953.^[2] 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.^[3]

In 1958 Zurita was appointed the Nicaraguan ambassador to Spain.