Slobodan Lang

In 2012, Lang criticized the statements of Croatia President Ivo Josipović when the latter addressed the Israeli Knesset in February 2012 and apologized for the crimes committed against the Jews in Croatia during World War II. Lang accused Josipović of left wing antisemitism, and of insulting Croats, Jews and Franjo Tuđman for not recognising the communist crimes of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia against the Croats and Jews.

Lang was a personal adviser to President Franjo Tuđman for humanitarian affairs in the period from 1993 until 2000. Lang was a member of the Zagreb Jewish community. On February 12, 2010, he was seriously injured in a car accident, but he recovered from his injuries.

From 1986 to 1990, Lang was a member of the executive council of the city of Zagreb and secretary of the secretariat of health. He co-organized the Libertas convoy in 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence to bring humanitarian aid to besieged Dubrovnik. In 1991, Lang organized a protest against the JNA in Zagreb and a protest against anti-semitism.

Slobodan Lang (8 October 1945 – 23 February 2016) was a Croatian physician, professor, diplomat, Member of Parliament, politician and Adviser for Humanitarian Issues of the first Croatian president, Franjo Tuđman.

Lang was born on 8 October 1945 in Zagreb. His father was a prominent Croatian university professor, Rikard Lang, and his mother was from the notable Sorkočević family of Dubrovnik. Lang's paternal grandfather Ignjat Lang was president of the Jewish community of Vinkovci and his grandmother Terezija was a housewife.

In 1941, a Dominican priest Hijacint Bošković, attempted to rescue the Langs from Nazi persecution. Bošković traveled from Dubrovnik to Vinkovci with a special permit that allowed him to relocate the Langs to Dubrovnik. Lang's grandfather refused to leave, saying he "was the president of Jews in peace and he will stay one in the war". Both of Lang's grandparents were killed at Jasenovac during the Holocaust.