Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río (27 November 1893 – 31 October 1969) was President of Ecuador from 1940 to 1944. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party. During his term, the country lost the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War. 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 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War 1893 births 1969 deaths People from Guayaquil Ecuadorian people of Spanish descent Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party politicians Presidents of Ecuador Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Ecuador Presidents of the Senate of Ecuador World War II political leaders