Edward Lucien Bobinski

{{short description|Canadian former diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Edward Lucien Bobinski is a Canadian former diplomat. He was appointed concurrently as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Saudi Arabia,{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wy5XAAAAMAAJ | title=Diplomatic Representation | journal=The Middle East and North Africa | year=1977 | volume=24 | pages=617 | ISBN=9780905118116}} the Yemen Arab Republic{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZV0VAQAAIAAJ | title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide | publisher=P.G. Normandin | author=Pierre G. Normandin, A. Léopold Normandin | year=1979 | pages=1009}} and to the People's Republic of Yemen and later to Somalia then the Philippines.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NaFlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BowNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3585,127129 | title=Envoy presents credentials | work=Vancouver Sun | date=3 August 1979 | agency=Reuters | accessdate=9 April 2013 | page=A2}}

After retirement Bobinski settled in Vancouver, British Columbia. He became an avid golfer.{{cite news |title= Now on the first tee: A longer life|url= https://vancouversun.com/sports/first+longer+life/8323848/story.html|first=Brad |last=Ziemer |date= May 3, 2013|work= Vancouver Sun }}