Georgi Stoilov | |
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![]() Stoilov in 2012 | |
Minister of Architecture and Public Works | |
In office 9 July 1971 – 24 July 1973 | |
Preceded by | Georgi Belichki (as Minister of Construction and Building Materials) |
Succeeded by | Grigor Stoichkov (as Minister of Construction and Architecture) |
Mayor of Sofia | |
In office 20 September 1967 – 11 November 1971 | |
Preceded by | Georgi Petkov |
Succeeded by | Ivan Panev |
Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria | |
In office 11 March 1966 – 3 April 1990 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Georgi Vladimirov Stoilov 3 April 1929 Kondofrey , Bulgaria |
Died | 14 December 2022 Sofia, Bulgaria | (aged 93)
Political party |
BCP (1949–1990) BSP (1990–2022) |
Education | Moscow Architectural Institute |
Occupation | Architect |
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 in 1944. Stoilov became a full member of the Bulgarian Communist Party by 1949. [2] He graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1954 before beginning his career at the Glavproekt Institute in Sofia. [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 from 1971 to 1973. [6]
Stoilov died in Sofia on 14 December 2022, at the age of 93. [7]