Vladyslav Nosov

Vladyslav Nosov was born on April 19, 1946 in Sovetskaya Gavan, USSR to a family of civil servants. When he was a child his family moved to Ukraine. In 1964 he entered Radioengineering faculty of Lviv Polytechnic University and graduated from it in 1969. He was sent to work in Poltava defense factory "Znamia" by the administration of university.[4] He held the position of design engineer, then the position of chief engineer from 1969 to 1983. From 1983 to 1986 he worked as a head of electronic systems design sector of Poltava design technological institute. From 1986 to 1990 he worked as a senior electronics engineer in Poltava factory of artificial diamonds and diamond tools.

While working on engineering positions he had an active civil position, particularly in defending the rights of workers for getting housing from the state. He found himself in a conflict with the party leadership of the factory, which refused to provide housing to the workers that was guaranteed to them under current law. He got a big respect of his co-workers because of this and on the following parliamentary elections he was nominated as a parliamentary candidate.

On May 15, 1990 he was elected to Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in Oktyabrskyi electoral district No.318 in Poltava Oblast. He received 87.38% of votes. During his work in Verkhovna Rada he never was a member of any party. During the first convocation he was a member of the Parliamentary commission on law and order. He was the co-author of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine and Declaration of Independence of Ukraine. He joined the Commission on developing of Constitution. He also took part in Regulations of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine developing.

In 1994 he was reelected to Verkhovna Rada and became a member of parliament of the second convocation. He was appointed a member of the Parliamentary commission on budget. He continued to take part in developing of the Constitution as a member of the Commission on developing of Constitution. Together with the other members of this Commission he presented a draft of the Constitution to the Verkhovna Rada, which was later approved during the "constitutional night". During the second convocation he entered Law faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and studied there combining studying with his parliamentary and legislative activities. He graduated from the University with honours in 1996.