Ivan Dimov (scientist)

Ivan Dimov is currently an advisor to the Minister of Education and until September 2018, was the Deputy Minister for Education in the Ministry of Education and Science in Bulgaria. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has appointed prof. Dimov in April 2016 in the second Borissov government.

Dimov succeeded Prof. Nikolai Denkov on the post. Prof. Dimov remained on the position of Deputy Minister during the Interim government of Ognyan Gerdzhikov, as well as in the Third Borisov Government.

Prof. Dimov's portfolio as a Deputy Minister is Higher Education and Research. His responsibilities include among other, reform in the science sector, development of contemporary strategy for research development in synergy with innovations, market application and economic development as well as human potential enhancement. Additionally, his tasks involve transitioning to a progressively increasing performance based funding and internationalization of the Bulgarian research system as a whole.