Georgi Stoilov

Georgi Vladimirov Stoilov (Георги Владимиров Стоилов; 3 April 1929 – 14 December 2022) 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 Radomir Partisan Detachment 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 Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (Bulgaria) from 1971 to 1973.

Stoilov died in Sofia on 14 December 2022, at the age of 93.