Jack Lang Resigns: 600+ Mentions in Epstein Files Exposed

Jack Lang is a prominent French politician, born Jack Mathieu Émile Lang on September 2, 1939, in Mirecourt, Vosges, France, making him 86 years old as of 2026. A longtime member of the Socialist Party, he is best known for serving as France’s Minister of Culture under President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993, where he famously initiated the Fête de la Musique (World Music Day) in 1982 and oversaw major cultural projects like the Louvre Pyramid. He also held the position of Minister of National Education in the early 1990s and early 2000s. Lang later served as a deputy in the National Assembly and, since 2013, as president of the Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute) in Paris until his recent resignation amid controversies involving past financial links to Jeffrey Epstein and an ongoing French tax fraud investigation. He is married to Monique Buczynski since 1961 and has two children.

Epstein Files: 600+ Mentions & Counting

Jack Lang, the 86-year-old former French Minister of Culture, features prominently in the recently released Jeffrey Epstein files by the U.S. Department of Justice on January 30, 2026, with his name appearing over 600 times (some reports cite around 673 mentions) across documents spanning intermittent correspondence from 2012 to 2019. The files reveal ongoing contacts with Epstein, including requests for favors such as the use of his car, private plane, and discussions involving a luxury villa in Marrakech, as well as a posed photo or video of Lang with Epstein at the Louvre pyramid; additionally, Lang’s daughter Caroline Lang is linked to an offshore company (Prytanee LLC or similar) co-established with Epstein in 2016 for acquiring emerging French artists’ works, with her name also appearing in Epstein’s will shortly before his death.

Lang, who claims he was introduced to Epstein around 2012 via Woody Allen and knew nothing of his crimes (despite Epstein’s 2008 conviction), has denied wrongdoing, insisting the relationship was not close and that he cut ties upon learning details. These revelations triggered a French financial prosecutors’ preliminary investigation into Lang and his daughter for suspected “aggravated tax fraud laundering” tied to the Epstein connections, leading to intense pressure, his summons by the Foreign Ministry, and his resignation as president of the Institut du Monde Arabe in early February 2026; no formal charges have been filed, and mentions in the files do not inherently imply criminal involvement in Epstein’s sex trafficking activities.