Ivanka Nikolova Shalapatova

Public record

Compiled from publications and official records as of 23.10.2026. Every statement links to its source; claims made by others are marked as such, with who makes them. Quotations in English are our translation.

Corruption and scandals

• Funding approved for the foundation she used to run. 24 Chasa reports that the foundation За нашите деца, of which she had been executive director, was approved for 390,074.50 leva under the procedure Бъдеще за децата. Shalapatova had recused herself and the approval came from caretaker minister Lazarov, yet doubts about a conflict of interest arose. — 24 Chasa, 03.08.2023
• Spending of the political cabinet. In a statement from the parliamentary rostrum ITN alleges that over 167 working days her political cabinet cost nearly 197,000 leva, on devices, coffee and trips among other things, and demands her resignation. — Obektivno, 23.02.2024
• A deputy minister resigns with an open letter. Deputy minister Desislava Stoyanova left on 18 December 2023 with an open letter to the media making accusations against the ministry. Sega calls them vague and lacking specifics. — Sega, 18.12.2023
• KNSB accuses her of email votes at the NOI supervisory board. KNSB accuses Shalapatova, as chair of the NOI supervisory board, of seeking email votes without a meeting, among them on the appointment of a sole candidate as chair of the board of directors of Профилактика, рехабилитация и отдих. The candidate was proposed by the minister and, according to KNSB, the board had not seen him. KNSB's representative on the board refused to vote without a meeting. — Sega, 15.03.2024
• Kadiev's calculation on the foundation's spending. Georgi Kadiev writes on Facebook that, by the foundation's 2021 cash-flow statement, 66% of donations go to salaries and social contributions, noting that the report is not detailed enough. — Bulgarian Novini, 21.06.2023