Mirjam van Praag explained

Mirjam Van Praag
Office:President of
Birth Date:11 November 1967
Birth Place:Schiedam
Nationality:Dutch
Occupation:Academic

Mirjam van Praag (Schiedam, 11 November 1967)[1] is a Dutch econometrician. She is the President of the .[2] [3]

Van Praag was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.[4]

Biography

Mirjam van Praag is the younger daughter of the econometrician Bernard van Praag (born 1939) and Loes van Weezel (born 1940). Both of her parents are of Jewish descent and went into hiding to avoid capture by the Nazis and their collaborators.[5] She grew up with her older sister (born 1964) near Rotterdam.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KNAW kiest achttien nieuwe leden . https://web.archive.org/web/20200502084921/https://knaw.nl/nl/actueel/nieuws/knaw-kiest-achttien-nieuwe-leden . Dutch . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 2 May 2020.
  2. Web site: prof. dr. C.M. (Mirjam) van Praag . . 22 September 2019.
  3. Web site: Mirjam van Praag new president of the Executive Board of the VU . . 30 October 2017 . 22 September 2019.
  4. Web site: Mirjam van Praag . https://web.archive.org/web/20200502090357/https://knaw.nl/en/members/members/15826 . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 2 May 2020.
  5. Web site: VU-bestuursvoorzitter Mirjam van Praag: 'Deze pandemie is ook een groot experiment'. 13 December 2020. 13 December 2020. nl. Het Parool.

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