Rosalía Arteaga

Rosalía Arteaga
39th President of Ecuador
In office
February 6, 1997 – February 11, 1997
Preceded by Abdalá Bucaram
Succeeded by Fabián Alarcón
Vice President of Ecuador
In office
August 10, 1996 – February 6, 1997
President Abdalá Bucaram
Preceded by Eduardo Peña
In office
February 11, 1997 – March 30, 1998
President Fabián Alarcón
Succeeded by Pedro Aguayo Cubillo
Personal details
Born Lupe Rosalía Arteaga Serrano
(1956-12-05) December 5, 1956
Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
Political party Alfarista Radical Front (Before 1995)
Independent Movement for an Authentic Republic (1995–2001)
Spouse(s) Pedro Fernández de Córdova Álvarez (divorced)
Residence Quito, Ecuador
Education Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
University of Cuenca
Occupation

Rosalía Arteaga Serrano (born December 5, 1956) is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the country's first female head of state as acting president for a few days in 1997.[1]

She was born in Cuenca, Ecuador. She became Vice President in 1996, following the election of Abdalá Bucaram as President.[2] On February 6, 1997, however, President Bucaram was declared unfit to govern by Congress. Arteaga and congressional leader Fabián Alarcón became locked in a dispute over who should succeed Bucaram since the constitution was vague on the issue. Initially, Alarcón was sworn in with the support of Congress. On February 9, however, Arteaga, who had insisted that as vice president she should become president, was sworn in instead as Ecuador's first female president. Two days later, however, on February 11, with the support of Congress and the army, Alarcón was sworn in again, and Arteaga resigned.

Arteaga continued to clash with Alarcón and resigned from her post as vice president in March 1998. She then ran for president in the elections that were held in May 1998 but received only 3% of the vote.

Arteaga was secretary-general of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization until 2007 and is a member of the editorial board of the Encyclopædia Britannica.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica - About the Editorial Board
  2. ↑ "Vicepresidentes en la historia" (PDF). www.vicepresidencia.gob.ec. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica - About the Editorial Board
Political offices
Preceded by
Eduardo Peña		 Vice President of Ecuador
1996–1998		 Succeeded by
Pedro Aguayo Cubillo
Preceded by
Fabián Alarcón
Acting		 President of Ecuador
1997		 Succeeded by
Fabián Alarcón
Acting
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