Pedro José de Arteta

Pedro José de Arteta y Calisto (1797 in Quito – 24 August 1873 ) was Vice President of Ecuador from 1865 to 1869 and served briefly as interim President from 6 November 1867 to 20 January 1868. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as President of the Senate in 1839, and was also the brother of Nicolás Joaquín de Arteta y Calisto, first Archbishop of Quito.

Early life

Pedro José de Arteta was born in Quito to Joaquín de Arteta de Larrabeytia, a native of Guayaquil, and Leonor Calisto Muñoz. The couple had sixteen children, including Nicolás de Arteta y Calisto, who would go on to be the future Archbishop of Quito.

Vice presidency

Arteta, being the vice president of Jerónimand the process began to erect the commemorative pyramid on the site of the Battle of Pichincha.o Carrión, took charge of the executive branch on November 7, 1867 when the latter resigned. He remained in this position for 74 days, until Juan Javier Espinosa was elected to fill out the remainder of the term. He retained his post as vice president until 1869, when Espinosa was ousted by Gabriel García Moreno.