Diana Pilia

Diana Pilia is a judge of the Constitutional Court of Abkhazia and a former Head of the Cabinet Staff.

Early life Pilia was born on 15 September 1967 in Gudauta. In 1989 she graduated in jurisprudence from the Faculty for History and Law of the Abkhazian State University.

Following opposition protests against the government of Khajimba in December 2016, the opposition and the government reached an agreement whereby the opposition could nominate two members of the Constitutional Court. It selected Pilia after its two initial candidates respectively refused and were rejected by the People's Assembly. Pilia was elected on 10 February 2017 with 25 votes in favour, 2 against and 2 spoiled ballots.