Marga van Praag (born 14 September 1946) is a Dutch

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and television presenter. Van Praag attended the academy of dramatic art in Amsterdam, and worked for

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television from 1968 onwards. She was the host of the television programs ''Fanclub'' and ''De Jonge Onderzoekers'' (The Young Researchers), and did editing work for the shows ''Twee voor Twaalf'' (Two to Twelve) and ''Hoe bestaat het?'' (freely translated: ''How can it be?''). In 1981, she joined the NOS to work on the children's news programme ''

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'' (Youth Journal) as a reporter and presenter, later becoming a commentator. She switched to the main ''

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'' in 1996 as an anchor and latterly, a features reporter and commentator. Van Praag announced her departure from the NOS in October 2008 and signed off from her final ''NOS Journaal'' report on 7 November 2008. At a farewell party, she was made a knight (5th grade) of the

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Family

Her brother is and her uncle is the former chairman of football club Ajax Amsterdam Jaap van Praag and her cousin is Michael van Praag.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Praag, Marga Van 1946 births Living people Dutch journalists Dutch people of Jewish descent Dutch television news presenters Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau Writers from Amsterdam