Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río

Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río (27 November 1893 – 31 October 1969) was President of Ecuador from 1940 to 1944.[1] He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party. During his term, the country lost the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.

Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río
26th President of Ecuador
In office
1 September 1940 – 28 May 1944
Preceded byJulio Enrique Moreno
Succeeded byJosé María Velasco Ibarra
Acting President of Ecuador
In office
18 November 1939 – 10 December 1939
Preceded byAurelio Mosquera
Succeeded byAndrés Córdova
Personal details
Born(1893-11-27)November 27, 1893
Guayaquil, Ecuador
DiedOctober 31, 1969(1969-10-31) (aged 75)
Quito, Ecuador
Political partyRadical Liberal
Spouse
Elena Yerovi Matheu
(m. 1922; died 1968)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Guayaquil

Arroyo was President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1922 to 1923, and President of the Senate in 1935 and from February 1939 to August 1940.

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References

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  1. ^ Blanksten, George I. (23 September 2022). Ecuador: Constitutions and Caudillos. Univ of California Press. pp. 43–67. ISBN 978-0-520-34994-0.
Political offices
Preceded by President of Ecuador
1939
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Ecuador
1940-1944
Succeeded by