Diana Pilia is a judge of the Constitutional Court of Abkhazia and a former Head of the Cabinet Staff.
[1] Since 1989, Pilia has worked in the Department for Public Administration and Law of the Abkhazian State University, as senior lecturer, associate professor and deputy head.
From 2003 until 2015, Pilia additionally worked as notary in Sukhumi and between 2007 and 2010, she completed a Candidate of Sciences programme at the Moscow State Law Academy.
[1] On 26 May 2015, Pilia was appointed as Head of the Cabinet Staff by President Raul Khajimba, succeeding Leila Dzyba.
It selected Pilia after its two initial candidates respectively refused and were rejected by the People's Assembly.