Fernando Enrique Rondon

Fernando Enrique Rondon (May 6, 1936 Los Angeles, California) was the American Ambassador to Ecuador (1985-1988) and served concurrent appointments as Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros.

Biography Born to a Mexican mother and Peruvian father, his family moved to Mexico City when he was thirteen. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1960.

From 1964 until 1966, he studied French and Maghrebian Arabic. During his field training, he asked to be assigned to Algeria due to the reputation of John D. Jernegan and Lewis Hoffacker. He became Principal Officer in Constantine, Algeria in 1966 and 1967. During the Six-Day War, they were evacuated and finished the tour in Algiers as members of the American Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland.