Biography
Early years
Edward L. Romero was born on January 2,1934 [1] in Alamosa,Colorado after his family moved there from Albuquerque,New Mexico. [2] His mother was a precinct chairwoman in Southern Colorado for thirty-seven years and a delegate for Adlai Stevenson. [3]
Some of his ancestors were Spanish settlers from Corral de Almaguer,a municipality of Toledo,Castilla La Mancha, [1] and settled in New Mexico in 1598. [2] [4] His grandfather was a Fraternity brother of New Mexico. [1]
His first language was Spanish, [3] but he currently speaks both English and Spanish fluently. [1]
In his youth,he fought in the Korean War, [1] [3] then studied at Los Angeles State College and Citrus College. He moved to New Mexico after he graduated. [1] [3]
During the Vietnam War,he was particularly critical of the war and helped form an activist group called "Veterans Against Vietnam."
Political career
After the Vietnam War,he became a county chairman of Democratic Party. [3]
He has been a member of the Advisory Committee for the U.S. Trade Representative's Services Policy,leading a number of U.S. delegations to Mexico. [1] [5]
During the Carter administration he served as a member of the Federal Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and of the U.S. Delegations on the Helsinki Accords. [6] [5]
Ambassador of Andorra and Spain
On April 2,1998,President Bill Clinton announced he would like to nominate Edward L. Romero as the next U.S. Ambassador of Spain,and on June 1,Clinton named him to also serve concurrently as Ambassador to Andorra. [1] [4] He was confirmed by the Senate on June 23.
On June 28,Ambassador Romero arrived in Madrid,Spain and on June 30,he presented his credentials to King Juan Carlos. [5]
In 2001 he was replaced by George Argyros as ambassador of Spain.
Entrepreneur
He is one of the founders of "Valor Telecommunications Southwest,LLC." He was the founder,chairman,and chief executive officer of Advanced Sciences,Inc., [1] [4] an international environmental engineering and waste management corporation. He continued as the president and director after the company merged with Commodore Applied Technologies,Inc. [1]
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