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Edmond Lulja (International Phonetic Alphabet; Fier, April 28th, 1946 .[1] ) was an Albanian professor, mathematician, a politician, and former Minister of Education and Sports in Albania.

Biography
Lulja was born in Fier, central Albania in 1946. He graduated from the University of Tirana sometime between 1963 and 1967. Afterwards, he taught mathematics at the faculty of the university until 1975. After 1975, and until 1990, he taught at the Janaq Kilica High School in Fier. He was an active participant in the program for the reform of mathematics at the Pedagogical Research Institute (Instituti i Studimeve Pedagogjike). From 1990 to 1993, he was the director of the Fieri Directorate of Education. In 1993, he joined the staff of the Ministry of Education in Tirana, and until 1996, he specialised in the Department of Secondary Education.

In 1996, he became a politician for the Albanian Democratic Party; later becoming a member of the Albanian National Assembly for one year. Under Aleksandër Meksi, he was the Minister of Education and Sport.

After that, he returned to teaching, working as a research fellow at the edagogical Research Institute from 1997 to 2005. From 2005-2007, he was the head of the Secondary Education Department at the institute. In March of 2007, he was appointed as Director of the Central Agency for the Assessment of Studies (Agjencia Qëndrore e Vlerësimit të Arritjeve të Nxënësve). During his extensive career, he wrote several high school mathematical textbooks.