Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arroyo and the second or maternal family name is 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.

Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río
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	(1893-11-27)November 27, 1893 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Died	October 31, 1969(1969-10-31) (aged 75) Quito, Ecuador
Political party	Radical Liberal
Spouse	Elena Yerovi Matheu ​ ​ (m. 1922; died 1968)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Guayaquil

During his term, the country decisively lost the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.^[2] Ecuador was forced to sign highly unfavorable peace terms at the 1942 Inter-American Conference in Rio de Janeiro, renouncing 200,000 square kilometres of territory.^[2]

He engaged in repression against the political opposition.^[2] His use of dictatorial powers was supported by his supporters in parliament.^[2] A popular revolt on led to his ouster.^[2]

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. He was elected He won the 1940 Ecuadorian presidential election, where he benefitted from electoral fraud.^[2]

See also

• Ecuadorian–Peruvian War