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.
See also
- List of presidents of the National Congress of Ecuador