Background
Carlos was born on 27 November in 1893 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Carlos was born on 27 November in 1893 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Carlos graduated from the University of Guayaquil and received a doctorate of jurisprudence in 1914.
Carlos was appointed secretary of the board of education of the province of Guayas in 1913, and in 1917 he became secretary of the council of the canton of Guayaquil. A year later Arroyo became a member of the provincial board of education and was a member of the board of public welfare in 1920. In 1921 and 1922 he was head of the canton of Guayaquil.
Arroyo's career as an educator began when he was offered a chair of sociology at the University of Guayaquil in 1918, later being appointed professor and dean of civil law and rector of the university.
In 1922 and 1923 he was elected to the national legislature from the province of Guayas and then became president of the chamber of deputies. In 1924 he was elected to the Senate.
When, on Nov. 17, 1939, President Mosquera Narvaez died, Arroyo was president of the Senate and in that capacity became acting president. He was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Liberal Party in 1939, a nomination he had refused at previous elections.
He was elected president of Ecuador on Jan. 12, 1940. Throughout his career, Arroyo championed democracy and Pan-Americanism.
In January 1942 his country broke diplomatic relations with the Axis powers.
He was forced to resign on May 29, 1944, by revolutionary forces supporting former president JoséJose Velasco Ibarra, who succeeded him. Arroyo subsequently resumed teaching and law practice in Guayaquil.
Carlos was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Liberal Party in 1939, a nomination he had refused at previous elections. Throughout his career, Arroyo championed democracy and Pan-Americanism.