Amy W. Diaz Assumes U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Role in Georgia
The U.S. Embassy announced on July 30 that Amy W. Diaz has assumed the position of Chargé d’Affaires in Georgia, becoming the embassy’s top diplomatic representative as Washington has yet to appoint a new ambassador to Tbilisi.
She replaces Alan Purcell, who has served as Chargé d’Affaires and acting U.S. ambassador to Georgia since Ambassador Robin Dunnigan retired from the diplomatic service and departed the country in July 2025.
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Diaz previously served as Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi; Deputy Director of the Department of State’s Office of Policy and Global Issues for Europe; Consular Section Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe; and head of U.S. Embassy Kabul’s Counternarcotics Team.
“Other postings include Rule of Law Advisor and Coordinator for the Summit of the Americas at U.S. Embassy Panama City; Internal Political Unit Chief at U.S. Embassy Tbilisi; Vice Consul at the U.S. Embassy Harare; and Vice Consul at the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey, Mexico,” the U.S. Embassy said.
Diaz joined the U.S. State Department in 2002 as a Presidential Management Fellow and entered the Foreign Service in 2005. She is graduate of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, and received her Juris Doctor from University of Arizona.
On July 30, Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili held an introductory meeting with Diaz, during which the two sides discussed Georgia–United States relations and prospects for further bilateral cooperation, according to Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ministry added that the parties also exchanged views on future steps and reaffirmed their commitment to further deepening bilateral ties.
Her appointment comes as relations between the two countries remain strained despite recently intensified contacts, including visits by Georgian officials to Washington and State Department representatives to Tbilisi. The Georgian Dream government has repeatedly said it wants to reset ties with the United States “from a clean slate” and restore the strategic partnership through a “specific roadmap.”
The Biden administration suspended the U.S.- Georgia strategic partnership in November 2024 following the GD government’s decision to abandon the country’s EU bid until 2028, which triggered widespread protests. Later that year, Washington imposed sanctions on Georgian Dream founder and billionare honorary chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili. The Trump administration has not reversed those decisions.
The news was updated on July 31 to include information about Botchorishvili’s meeting with Diaz.
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