Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río

Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río
Interim President of Ecuador
In office
November 18, 1939  December 10, 1939
Preceded by Aurelio Mosquera
Succeeded by Andrés Córdova
26th President of Ecuador
In office
September 1, 1940  May 28, 1944
Preceded by Julio Enrique Moreno
Succeeded by José María Velasco Ibarra
Personal details
Born (1893-11-27)November 27, 1893
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Died October 31, 1969(1969-10-31) (aged 75)
Quito, Ecuador
Nationality Ecuadorian

Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río (27 November 1893 – 31 October 1969) was President of Ecuador from 1940 to 1944, during World War II. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party. During his term, the country lost the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War. After trying to set up a police state, he was forced out of office by a popular uprising.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Aurelio Mosquera
President of Ecuador
1939
Succeeded by
Andrés Córdova
Preceded by
Julio Enrique Moreno
President of Ecuador
1940-1944
Succeeded by
Julio Teodoro Salem


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