Georgi Stoilov

Georgi Vladimirov Stoilov was a Bulgarian architect and politician best known for designing the Buzludzha Monument.

Early life

Stoilov was born on 3 April 1929 in the village of Kondofrey in western Bulgaria. As part of the Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II, he joined the Workers Youth League and the in 1944. Stoilov became a full member of the Bulgarian Communist Party by 1949. He graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1954 before beginning his career at the Glavproekt Institute in Sofia.

Career

Stoilov served in the National Assembly of Bulgaria from 1966 to 1990, was mayor of Sofia from 1967 to 1971, and was from 1971 to 1973.
Stoilov died in Sofia on 14 December 2022, at the age of 93.