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Ivan iskrov
Ivan Iskrov (Bulgarian: Иван Искров) (born 26 March 1967 in Pirdop) was the governor of the Bulgarian National Bank from October 2003 to July 2015.
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Ivan Iskrov, Governor, BNB
Biography
Ivan Iskrov was born on 26 March 1967 in Pirdop. He graduated from the University of National and World Economy, Sofia and obtained an MSc in economics (finance and credit) in 1992. From 1992 to 1993 he taught Banking Management at the University of National and World Economy. In 1994 he specialised Business Communications, educational program organised in Sofia by the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Ivan Iskrov took postgraduate studies on Mortgage Securities and Markets in USA (1999).
He was an MP at the Bulgarian National Assembly from 2001 to 2003, Chairman of the Budget and Finance Commission, Member of the European Integration Commission, and Member of the Bulgaria-EU Joint Parliamentary Commission. In October 2003 Ivan Iskrov was appointed to the position Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank.
His work was recognized with Commander of the Order of Leopold by the Belgian government. On 15 July 2010 he was made a Commander of the Belgian Order of Leopold.
The Corporate Commercial Bank collapsed in the summer of 2014, which subsequently led to his replacement by Dimitar Radev one year later. A video surfaced showing his close relation with Corporate Commercial Bank's owner Tsvetan Vasilev, despite Iskrov's claims that the two bankers did not know each other. In 2017, the largest corruption case in Bulgarian history related to Corporate Commercial Bank entered the courts.
Family
Ivan Iskrov is married to Ginka Iskrova, senior manager at PwC (Bulgaria). They have a child.