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][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.

[1][4] In June 2023, she joined the Denkov government as minister of Labour and Social Policy.