Serhiy Sobolyev  Serhiy Vladyslavovych Sobolev (; born September 5, 1961 in Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian politician. He is a member of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) and acting Batkivshchyna faction leader. Sobolev graduated from the Zaporozhye State Pedagogical Institute (now – Zaporizhzhya National University in 1983 with a specialty in History, before earning a second degree from the Law School at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1996. His work experience began in 1978, at the Zaporozhye defense plant "Gamma". From 1983–1985 he served in the Armed Forces. From 1985 to 1986 he worked at the Dnieper electrode plant in Zaporozhye. In 1986–1990 was teaching history in Zaporozhye Pedagogical School number 1. By July 1990, he had become a member of the Communist Party. He later moved to the opposition bench. From 1990–1994, he was national deputy of Ukraine 1st Convocation by Khortitskiy Constituency number 184, Zaporizhzhya region. He was the leader of the group "Democratic Revival of Ukraine" (a member of the same party) and a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Science. From 1994–1998 he was the National Deputy of Ukraine's 2nd Convocation. He headed the parliamentary group "Reforms". He was a member of the Committee on Legal Policy and Legal Reform and Deputy Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on privatization. At his suggestion a special parliamentary committee investigated the management of the Black Sea Shipping Company (Company "Blasko") that suspended the presidential decree of Leonid Kravchuk on government bonds. He participated in the development of the Ukraine Constitution and various laws. In October 1997 he was one of the leaders of the newly formed center-right party "Reforms and Order". From December 1999 to April 2001 he served as adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko. From 2002–2006 he was national deputy of Ukraine fourth convocation, selected by Yushchenko's "Our Ukraine" (16th on the list). He was Chairman of the Subcommittee on Legislative Support of executive power and civil service (in administrative reform) Committee on Legal Policy. From 3 March to 22 September 2005 he was the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada.