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Kristin Evelin Alegra Berchtold-Nankova ('s-Gravenhage, 8 december 1987) is a Dutch-Bulgarian ex-Politician. She is a criminologist and political scientist, and since 2022 she has been the founder of an non-governmental organization.

Career
Before entering politics, Berchtold-Nankova worked as a professional model. She is the winner of the special edition of Miss Bulgaria. Her political career began in 2007 in the centre-right Freedom Party. She later served as party chairman and led the party in elections with a new political vision. Her policy is characterized by a centre-right conservative ideology. Once established as a party leader, Berchtold-Nankova introduced a new democratic framework that combines multiculturalism and cultural nationalism as a matter of respect for self-identification in defence of political, religious and cultural pluralism.

Meanwhile, she is running a health campaign for drug addicts at the United Nations Population Fund Bulgaria. She actively supports and coordinates the implementation of an educational program to combat HIV / AIDS and participates in an education campaign for students aged 14-17. While she was party chairman, she received numerous threats that forced her to leave the party and decide to develop as a lawyer. She specializes in Criminal Law and works in Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, China, and Italy. During her term, she modified the party's vision, applying Western European values and principles, presenting them as an imperative for a democratic transition that provoked conflict between coalition partners. Despite her position, she is involved in many charitable activities in organizations such as United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Women, Red Cross, and World Wild Fund for Nature.

After returning to the Netherlands, Berchtold-Nankova continued her career as a lawyer and took a position as a political adviser in the Dutch nationalist Freedom Party. Her career underwent a transformation, and she turned to an academic career. After retraining as a dual-major political scientist and philosopher, she became a research assistant at the University of Amsterdam. She has assist multiple projects for various political parties in the Netherlands and Italy.