Moreno Zuleta was born into a noble family in
Jerez de la Frontera. He studied economics and law at the
University of Deusto, where he also obtained a doctorate. A member of the
Conservative Party, he was first elected to the
Congress of Deputies in 1907 for the constituency of
Cádiz. He served as a deputy there until 1921, when he took a seat in the
Senate. At the wish of
Miguel Primo de Rivera, Moreno Zuleta joined the
Patriotic Union in 1926. The following year, he became a member of the
National Assembly. In 1928, he was appointed
Minister of National Economy in Primo de Rivera's dictatorship; he held this office until January 1930, when he was appointed
Minister of the Treasury. He resigned shortly after Primo de Rivera's resignation on 28 January. With the proclamation of the
Second Spanish Republic in 1931, Moreno Zuleta joined King
Alfonso XIII in exile in
Rome, where he served as head of the royal house from 1933. During the
Spanish Civil War, he was the unofficial representative of the
nationalist faction in the south of
France. During the
dictatorship of General
Francisco Franco, Moreno Zuleta was the representative of
Don Juan. He died in
Madrid in 1963. ==References==