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

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Mirjam Van Praag
Mirjam van Praag in 2019
President of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Personal details
Born	(1967-11-11) November 11, 1967 (age 56) Schiedam
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Academic

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

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.