Education: Nikolina Angelkova is a Harvard business school alumni 2010, graduated from the Leadership development program. In April 2023 she completed Harvard Kennedy School of
Government Executive Program for “Global Leadership and Public Policy in the 21st century.” She is Master in Law from the University for National and World Economy(UNWE), Sofia and she has specialized financial management of the EU structural funds, regional policy and government to the Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht and the Regional Institute for Public Administration in Nantes, France. She has done a number of executive education programs in Harvard business school for real estate development, negotiations and mergers and acquisitions. Currently she is doing Master of Finance Management in UNWE
Career: Nikolina Angelkova started in the private sector founding in 2002 the Association of legal development, and then her own consultancy office and was managing international companies in the real estate, energy and infrastructure sector. From 2005 till 2007 she was blue book trainee in DG “Environment” in the European Commission and then continued in the European Parliament, as advisor to the BG Chair of the Bulgarian group in EPP. From 2010 till 2014 she was Member of the Board of the Road Infrastructure Agency, then Vice Minister of Regional Development and EU policy advisor to the President of the Republic. In 2014 she became the first woman Minister of transport, telecommunications and information technologies. In Nov.2014 she became the first Minister of Tourism and hold that position until 2020. From 2017 till 2022 she was elected Member of the Parliament in the 44th,45th,46th,47th Bulgarian National Assembly form PP ”GERB”.
In 2014 she was elected Young Global Leader of WEF. In 2018 was awarded with “Stella d ”Italia” by the Italian President.
Currently she is a part time Advisor on tourism, sport and culture at the Ministry of Investment in KSA, Owner and CEO of Angelkova Law and Consultancy Office; Lawyer and Investment consultant of international companies in the area of tourism, sport, real estate, infrastructure and deal structures, Chairwoman of the Center of Empowerment of Women in Politics in Bulgaria; President of the Social Sport School of Real Madrid Foundation in Bulgaria; Founder and Honorary Chairwoman of "Friends of Sport" Foundation local partner of Real Madrid Foundation.
She speaks English, Italian and Spanish and has working knowledge of French and Russian.