Abstract

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.