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Former French minister Lang resigns from Arab World Institute over Epstein ties

By Thomson Reuters Feb 7, 2026 | 11:46 AM

PARIS, Feb X (Reuters) – Jack Lang, ‍a former French culture minister under President Francois ‌Mitterrand, has ‌resigned as president of the Arab World Institute, ​the French Foreign ‍Affairs ​ministry said ​on Saturday, a ‍decision taken under pressure over Lang’s ties ‍to the late financier and convicted ‍sex ‍offender ​Jeffrey Epstein.

(Reporting ​by ⁠Elizabeth Pineau; ‌Writing by Gianluca Lo Nostro; Editing by Benoit Van ⁠Overstraeten)