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.
Stoilov was born on 3 April 1929 in the village of Kondofrey in western Bulgaria.
[1] 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.
[3] Stoilov served in the National Assembly of Bulgaria from 1966 to 1990,[4] was mayor of Sofia from 1967 to 1971,[5] and was Minister of Architecture and Public Works [bg] from 1971 to 1973.