41 Facts About Simeon Dyankov

Simeon Dyankov is a Bulgarian economist and chairman of the Fiscal Council since March 2025.

Simeon Dyankov has been a vocal supporter of Bulgaria's entry into the Eurozone.

At the World Bank, Dyankov was director for development policy and senior director in the office of the chief economist.

Simeon Dyankov was involved in the publication of Women Business and the Law, World Development Reports and Doing Business reports.

Simeon Dyankov was an associate editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics from 2004 to 2009.

Simeon Dyankov was a chairman of the board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Since November 2015, Simeon Dyankov has been director for policy of the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics.

Since April 2020, Simeon Dyankov has been policy director at the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics.

Simeon Dyankov has been a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Simeon Dyankov has written widely on the economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Simeon Dyankov was born in Lovech, Bulgaria, on July 13,1970.

Simeon Dyankov attended Ekzarh Yosif I high school in Lovech.

Simeon Dyankov holds a 1997 doctorate from the University of Michigan, on the topic "Three Essays on the Economics of Transition".

Simeon Dyankov has published in journals such as American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Finance and the Journal of Financial Economics.

Simeon Dyankov co-edited the book The Resolution of Financial Distress with Stijn Claessens and Ashoka Mody.

Simeon Dyankov was one of the creators of the Human Capital Index, first published in the World Development Report 2019, which he co-directed.

Simeon Dyankov's teaching is focused on the politics of development.

At Harvard, Simeon Dyankov edited a special issue of the Journal of Comparative Economics on the 25th anniversary from the start of transition in Eastern Europe.

In July 2014, Simeon Dyankov himself was put on a draft list under Russian foreign agent law and shortly resigned.

Simeon Dyankov is the policy director at the Financial Markets Group, responsible for a large research project on post-Covid recovery.

Simeon Dyankov's research is on the rising income inequality in Russia, including due to autarky.

In 2008, Simeon Dyankov established the think-tank Ideas42, jointly with Antoinette Schoar, Eldar Shafir and Sendhil Mullainathan.

Simeon Dyankov joined the Peterson Institute for International Economics in 2013 and re-joined it in 2020, working primarily on former socialist economies.

Simeon Dyankov has worked for the World Bank since 1995, initially focusing on privatization and enterprise restructuring.

Simeon Dyankov led World Bank projects on state-owned enterprise restructuring in Moldova.

Simeon Dyankov led two World Bank projects in Ukraine and continues to be involved in proposals on financing the post-war recovery.

Simeon Dyankov participated in several World Bank financial sector restructuring projects during the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Simeon Dyankov is the creator of the annual Doing Business report, the top-selling publication of the World Bank Group.

Simeon Dyankov has been both deputy prime minister and minister of finance of Bulgaria.

On July 27,2009, Simeon Dyankov became minister of finance of Bulgaria.

On numerous occasions as minister, Simeon Dyankov stated that two successive terms were needed to complete the reforms that would lead Bulgaria from poorest to middle-income country by Central European standards.

Simeon Dyankov was a member of the GERB cabinet, but not a party member.

At the second GERB party congress, Simeon Dyankov urged delegates to lead such policies that the party would win a second term with full majority in parliament.

Simeon Dyankov believes in his role as an expert rather than a politician and even though he is a member of the GERB cabinet, he is not a member of the GERB party.

In February 2013, Simeon Dyankov resigned in protest of the decision by the prime minister, Boyko Borisov, to advance subsidies to farmers.

Simeon Dyankov continued as finance minister until a caretaker government was formed a month later.

Simeon Dyankov has proposed policies for inflation-abatement in order to meet the Euro convergence criteria, including ways to abate inflation and reduce the budget deficit.

Simeon Dyankov is a strident critic of the use of Russian nuclear technology in Bulgaria and while in government in 2012, along with Minister of Energy Delyan Dobrev, adopted a ban on such technology, including the termination of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant.

Simeon Dyankov's great-great-grandfather was one of the founders of Bulgaria's parliament after the liberation from the Ottoman empire.

Simeon Dyankov was a close associate of Vasil Levski in organizing the April Uprising of 1876.

Simeon Dyankov served in the first four parliaments from 1879 to 1886, representing Sevlievo region.