Georgi Stoilov

Bulgarian architect
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IntroBulgarian architect
PlacesBulgaria
wasArchitect Politician
Work fieldEngineering Politics
Gender
Male
Birth3 April 1929, Kondofrey, Radomir Municipality, Pernik Province, Bulgaria
Death14 December 2022Sofia, Sofia Capital Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (aged 93 years)
Star signAries
Politics:Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Socialist Party
Positions Held
member of the Bulgarian National Assembly
member of the Bulgarian National Assembly
member of the Bulgarian National Assembly
member of the Bulgarian National Assembly
member of the Bulgarian National Assembly
Awards
Order of Stara Planina 
Order of Georgi Dimitrov 
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Biography

Georgi Vladimirov Stoilov (Bulgarian: 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 [bg] 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 Minister of Architecture and Public Works [bg] from 1971 to 1973.

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

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