| Ivanka Shalapatova | |
| Native Name Lang: | bg |
| Office1: | Ministry of Labour and Social Policy |
| Term Start1: | 6 June 2023 |
| Term End1: | 9 April 2024 |
| Primeminister1: | Nikolay Denkov |
| Predecessor1: | Lazar Lazarov |
| Successor1: | Ivaylo Ivanov |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 1974 |
| Party: | Independent |
| Children: | 3 |
Ivanka Nikolova Shalapatova (Bulgarian: Иванка Николова Шалапатова; born in November 1974) is a Bulgarian politician, serving as Minister of Labour and Social Policy since 2023 in the Denkov Government.
Shalapatova holds a master's degree in Bulgarian and English philology.[1] She earned her PhD in 2020.[2]
In 1997, Shalapatova started working for the British charity European Children's Trust, and after its withdrawal from Bulgaria in 2000, she became the head of its successor, For Our Children.[3]
In 2013, she held the position of deputy minister of labour and social policy.[4]
In June 2023, she joined the Denkov government as minister of Labour and Social Policy.[5]