or the Rector Magnificus of the EUR. Notable staff Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureates Jan Tinbergen (recipient of the inaugural prize in 1969) Guido Imbens (recipient in 2021) Politics Jan Peter Balkenende (former Prime Minister of the Netherlands) Pim Fortuyn (politician) Alexander Rinnooy Kan (former president of the Dutch Social-Economic Council) Jo Ritzen (former Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science; alumnus as well) Cees Veerman (former Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Business Hans Wijers (former CEO of AkzoNobel; former Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs) Scientists Eelco van Asperen (computer scientist) Klaas Bom (medical engineer and inventor of the portable ultrasound scanner) Michael Braungart (chemist holding the Cradle-to-Cradle chair) Frank Grosveld (molecular biologist, recipient of Spinoza Prize in 1995) Jan Hoeijmakers (molecular biologist, recipient of Spinoza Prize in 1998) Albert Osterhaus (virologist and influenza expert; head of the National Influenza Centre, and head of the world reference center for measles of the World Health Organization) Gerrit van Poelje (founder of the Public Administration in the Netherlands) Mihir Rakshit (economist known for his work on fiscal and monetary policy related to the developing economy) Henri Theil (successor of Jan Tinbergen; together with Jan Tinbergen founder of the Econometric Institute in 1956) Philosophy Luce Irigaray (feminist theorist) Notable alumni Head of states Jelle Zijlstra (former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, former President of De Nederlandsche Bank) Ruud Lubbers (former Dutch Prime Minister and UN High Commissioner) Meles Zenawi (former prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) Mohammad Hatta (a proclamator of Indonesia's independence, 1st vice-president and prime minister of the Republic of Indonesia) Business leaders Maarten Fontein (former CEO, AFC Ajax) Cor Herkströter (former chairman Royal Dutch Shell, President Commissioner of the ING Group) Frans Muller (CEO, Ahold Delhaize Group) Frans van Houten (CEO, Philips) David Knibbe (CEO, NN Group) Steven van Rijswijk (CEO, ING Group) Robert Swaak (CEO, ABN AMRO) Piet Moerland (CEO, Rabobank) Peter Hartman (CEO, KLM) Martin van Rijn (CEO, PGGM Pension Fund) Pieter Korteweg (CEO, Robeco) Ronald Wuijster (CEO, APG) Marco Keim (CEO, Aegon the Netherland) Peter Bakker (CEO, TNT N.V.) Bart Becht (CEO, Reckitt Benckiser) Johan H. Andresen Jr. (CEO, Ferd) Hans Wijers (former CEO of AkzoNobel) Jeroen van der Veer (Chairman of Philips, former CEO of Royal Dutch Shell) Henri Termeer (former president, CEO and chairman of Genzyme) Feike Sijbesma (CEO, DSM N.V.) Economists and Researchers Jan Tinbergen (first