Petar Ganev is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Market Economics (IME) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mr.
Ganev has been with the Institute for more than 15 years. His interests are in the fields of growth and
the business cycle, fiscal policy and the role of government, regional development, free markets and
inequality. He is also studying the history of the Austrian School of Economics. Mr. Ganev served as
Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Macroeconomics Association (BMA) in 2016-2017. He has rich
experience in public policy debates and is author of numerous articles in Bulgarian media.
With the IME, he recently won the Europe Liberty Award (2024) for their successful campaign to bring a change in the Bulgarian constitution to curtail the powers of the prosecutor general, and reduce the length of their term from seven years to five. The think tank’s proposal, first introduced in 2019, laid the groundwork for ending unchecked corruption in the judicial system, limiting the power of unelected officials, and creating a stable economic environment for entrepreneurs and investors.
Mr. Ganev is also responsible for the educational initiatives of IME.After graduating from the University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria, he joined the Institute for Market Economics (IME) as a senior economist. Petar is an IES-Europe Alumnus as he took part to an IES-Europe Summer Seminar in Varna, Bulgaria in 2005. In 2011, thanks to his help, IES-Europe was able to go back to Bulgaria after 5 years of absence. Petar was the link between IES-Europe and IME as a local organizer.