Correspondent Member Ivan Iliev - One of the most prominent Bulgarian economists

January 24, 2015 marked the 90th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Dr. Ic. Ivan Stoyanov Iliev, Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. It is a fitting moment to mark such an important anniversary of this great Bulgarian scientist in the field of economics. I have known Ivan Iliev since 1952, when I entered the Karl Marx Institute, and especially since 1953, when he lectured us on industrial economics. He is known as a respected university lecturer of long standing and a distinguished businessman of the highest rank. He has been Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the Karl Marx Institute of Economics, Vice-Chairman and Chief Scientific Secretary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Minister in several Ministries, twice Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Chairman of the Planning Committee.