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 | |
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| 26th President of Ecuador | |
| In office 1 September 1940 – 28 May 1944 | |
| Preceded by | Julio Enrique Moreno |
| Succeeded by | José María Velasco Ibarra |
| Acting President of Ecuador | |
| In office 18 November 1939 – 10 December 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Aurelio Mosquera |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Córdova |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 27, 1893 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Died | October 31, 1969 (aged 75) Quito, Ecuador |
| Political party | Radical Liberal |
| Spouse |
Elena Yerovi Matheu
(m. 1922; died 1968) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University 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.
See also
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edit- ^ Blanksten, George I. (23 September 2022). Ecuador: Constitutions and Caudillos. Univ of California Press. pp. 43–67. ISBN 978-0-520-34994-0.
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