The Rector Awarded to Dimitar Radev the Honorary Title of Doctor Honoris Causa of UNWE

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund /IMF/ Paul Hilbers outlined in his speech: "It is an honour to be I could say at the world-renowned University of National and World Economy, and I would like to heartily greet Dimitar Radev on being awarded the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa of UNWE, also on behalf of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva. She is a graduate of the University and was very pleased that Mr. Radev was awarded this honorary degree. I would like to mention some of Mr. Radev's achievements in relation to the IMF over the last decades. He has a long history related to our institution. From 2001 to 2003 he was an Advisor to the Managing Director of the IMF and from 2003 to 2015 he was a senior staff member of the IMF in the Fiscal Affairs Department, where he prepared a number of important financial reports during those years". He added that Mr. Radev is a man with solid knowledge not only in the field of fiscal policy but also in the field of monetary policy, which in his opinion is very rare in the careers of the global economists but extremely valuable. "As Deputy Minister of Finance from 1992 to 2001 Mr. Radev contributed to the consolidation process of your country as well as to fiscal transparency and accountability. All this happened in the early years of Bulgaria's transition to a market economy and Mr. Radev had a leading role during those years. Later, as Governor of the BNB, he managed to organize the Currency Board very competently and he worked hard on the process of euro adoption in your country. It is also an important goal of the current government and the IMF strongly supports this very important project.“