Lublin Dilja
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Lublin Dilja was an Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

n Ambassador
Ambassador
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 to the United Nations
United Nations
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Dilja was post-communist
Post-Communism
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 Albania's first ambassador to the United States from 1993 to 1997, then a member of the Democratic Party of Albania
Democratic Party of Albania
The Democratic Party of Albania is a center-right, Conservative, political party in Albania and the leading party in the governing coalition since the 2005 parliamentary elections...

 from 2001 to 2004.

He represented his country as Ambassador to the U.N. on an ad interim
Ad interim
The Latin phrase ad interim literally means "in the time between" denotes the meaning of "in the meantime", "for an intervening time" or "temporarily" in the English language...

 basis, as chargé d'affaires
Chargé d'affaires
In diplomacy, chargé d’affaires , often shortened to simply chargé, is the title of two classes of diplomatic agents who head a diplomatic mission, either on a temporary basis or when no more senior diplomat has been accredited.-Chargés d’affaires:Chargés d’affaires , who were...

, until he was replaced in 2006 by Adrian Neritani
Adrian Neritani
Adrian Neritani is the Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations. He assumed the position in 2006, replacing Agim Nesho.- Education :Adrian Neritani received a political science degree, and law degree from the University of Tirana, Albania...

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Dilja died aged 51 in New York
New York
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, United States on February 2, 2009 following a long illness.
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