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Rosalia Arteaga Serrano de Fernandez de Cordova is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the country's first female president for only two days in 1997.
She was born in Cuenca, Ecuador. She became Vice President in 1996, following the election of Abdala Bucaram as President. On February 6, 1997, however, President Bucaram was declared unfit to govern by Congress. Arteaga and congressional leader Fabian Alarcon became locked in a dispute over who should succeed Bucaram, as the constitution was vague on the issue. Initially, Alarcon was sworn in with the support of Congress. On February 9, however, Arteaga, who had insisted 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, Alarcon was sworn in again and Arteaga resigned.
Arteaga continued to clash with Alarcon 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 Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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