Record Details

Name :

Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwana IX

Nickname :

HB IX

Gender :

[Data tidak dicantumkan]

Place of Birth :

Sompilan Ngasem, Yogyakarta

Date of Birth :

12 April 1912

Took Office :

1973

Years of Retirement :

1978

Brief History :

Description Born in Yogyakarta by name G.R.M Dorojatun on April 12, 1912, Hamengkubuwana IX is the son of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwana VIII and Raden Ajeng Kustilah. At the age of 4 years Hamengkubuwana IX lived separated from his family. He received education at HIS in Yogyakarta, MULO in Semarang, and AMS in Bandung. In the 1930s he enrolled at Rijkuniversiteit (now Universiteit Leiden), Netherlands (Sultan Henkie). Hamengkubuwana IX was crowned as the Sultan of Yogyakarta on March 18, 1940 with a degree Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuhun Kanjeng Sultan Hamengkubuwana Senapati-ing-Ngalaga Abdurrahman Sayidin Panatagama khalifatullah ingkang Jumeneng Kaping Sanga. He is the sultan who opposed the Dutch colonial and encourage independence of Indonesia. In addition, he also pushed for the government of Indonesia gives special status for Yogyakarta with special predicate.

Before crowned as the Sultah, the Sultan was 28 years old negotiate tough for 4 months by a senior Dutch diplomat Dr. Lucien Adams about the autonomy of Yogyakarta. In times of Japan, Sultan prohibit delivery romusha by conducting local projects of irrigation ditch Mataram. Sultan and Pakualam are the first local authorities that merged into the Republic of Indonesia. Sultan who invited the President to lead from Yogyakarta, after Jakarta controlled by the Dutch in the Dutch Military Aggression I.
Sultan Hamengku Buwana IX in his position as Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia (1973-1978).

Role of Sultan Hamengkubuwana IX in General Attack on March 1, 1949 by the National Army is still not accordance with the Suharto version. According to Sultan, he was the fighting spirit of the people who look weaker and advocate general attack. Meanwhile, according to Mr. Harto, he just met the Sultan even after the transfer of sovereignty. Sultan used his personal funds (from the palace of Yogyakarta) to pay the salaries of the employees of the republic which don�t get a paycheck since the 2nd Military Aggression. Since 1946 he has served several times a minister in the cabinet led by President Soekarno. His official position in 1966 was the Chief Minister in the field of economic affairs. In 1973 he was appointed as vice president. At the end of his term in 1978, he refused to be re-elected as vice president for health reasons. However, there are rumors saying that the real reason he did not like the retreat is due to President Suharto's repressive as in the event Malari and float on the Corruption, collation and nepotism. He attended the celebration of 50 years of rule of Queen Wilhelmina in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1938. Sunday night, October 2, 1988, he died at George Washington University Medical Center, the United States and was buried in the cemetery of the sultan of Mataram in Imogiri, Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Sultan Hamengku Buwana IX was recorded as the longest-serving governor in Indonesia between 1945 - 1988 and the longest King of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta between 1940-1988.

Genealogy:
The Ninth child of Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII and his fifth wife of RA Kustilah / KRA Adipati Anum Amangku Negara / Kanjeng Alit.

Having five wives:
1. BRA Pintakapurnama / KRA Pintakapurnama, 1940
2. RA Siti Kustina / BRA Windyaningrum / KRA Widyaningrum / Ray Adipati Anum, daughter of Prince Mangkubumi, 1943
3. Raden Gledegan Ranasaputra / KRA Astungkara, daughter of Raden Lurah Ranasaputra and Sujira Sutiyati Ymi Salatun, 1948
4. KRA Ciptamurti
5. Norma Moses / KRA Nindakirana, daughter Handaru Widarna 1976

Have fifteen sons:
1. BRM Arjuna Darpita / KGPH Mangkubumi / KGPAA Mangkubumi / Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X from KRA Widyaningrum
2. BRM Murtyanta / GBPH Adi Kusuma / KGPH Adi Kusuma from KRA Pintakapurnama, married to Dr. Sri Hardani
3. BRM Ibn Prastawa / GBPH Adi Winata from KRA Widyaningrum, married to Aryuni Utari
4. BRM Kaswara / GBPH Adi Surya from KRA Pintakapurnama, married with Andinidevi
5. BRM Arumanta / GBPH King Kusuma from KRA Astungkara, married to Kuswarini
6. BRM Sumyandana / GBPH Jaya Kusuma from KRA Windyaningrum
7. BRM Kuslardiyanta of KRA Astungkara, married to Jeng Yeni
8. BRM Anindita / GBPH Paku Ningrat from KRA Ciptamurti, married to Nurita Afridiani
9. BRM Sulaksamana / GBPH Yudha Ningrat from KRA Astungkara, was married to Raden Roro Endang Hermaningrum
10. BRM Abirama / GBPH Chandra Ningrat from KRA Astungkara, married to Hery Iswanti
11. BRM Prasasta / GBPH Chakradiningrat from KRA Ciptamurti, married to Lakhsmi Indra Suharjana
12. BRM Arianta from KRA Ciptamurti, married to Farida Indah.
13. BRM Sarsana from KRA Ciptamurti
14. BRM Harkamaya from KRA Ciptamurti
15. BRM Svatindra from KRA Ciptamurti

Have seven daughters:
1. BRA Gusti Sri Murhanjati / GKR Anum from KRA Pintakapurnama, married to Col. Budi Permana / KPH Adibrata who became Governor of South Sulawesi
2. BRA Sri Murdiyatun / GBRAy Murda Kusuma from KRA Pintakapurnama, married to KRT Murda Kusuma
3. BRA Dr Sri Kuswarjanti / GBRAy Dr. Riya Kusuma from KRA Widyaningrum, married to KRT Riya Kusuma
4. BRA Dr Sri Muryati / GBRAy Dr. Dharma Kusuma from KRA Pintakapurnama, married to KRT Dharma Kusuma
5. BRA Kuslardiyanta from KRA Ciptomurti
6. BRA Sri Kusandanari FROM KRA Astungkara
7. BRA Sri Kusuladewi / BRAy Padma Kusuma from KRA Astungkara, married to KRT Padma Kusuma

Education
� kindergarten or Frobel School upbringing Juffrouw Willer in Bintaran Kidul
� Eerste Europese Lagere School (1925)
� Hogere Burger School (HBS, equivalent to Junior High and High School) in Semarang and Bandung (1931)
� Rijkuniversiteit Leiden, Major Of Indologie (science of Indonesia), then the economy

Position:
Sultan Hamengkubuwana IX in the Indonesian National Revolution in the late 1940's.
� Chief and Military Governor of Yogyakarta Special Region (1945)
� Minister of State at the Sjahrir Cabinet III (October 2, 1946 to June 27, 1947)
� Minister of State at the Amir Sjarifuddin Cabinet I and II (July 3, 1947 to 11 November 1947 and 11 November 1947 to 28 January 1948)
� Minister of State at the Hatta Cabinet I (January 29, 1948 to August 4, 1949)
� Minister of Defense / Homeland Security Coordinator in the Hatta Cabinet II (August 4, 1949 to 20 December 1949)
� Secretary of Defense at the time of RIS (20 December 1949 to 6 September 1950)
� Deputy Prime Minister at the Natsir Cabinet (6 September 1950 to 27 April 1951)
� Chairman of the Board of Curators University of Gajah Mada University in Yogyakarta (1951)
� Chairman of Indonesian Tourism Council (1956)
� Chairman of the 4th Session of ECAFE (Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East) and Chairman of the 11th Regional Meeting of the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee (1957)
� Chairman of the ASEAN Federation Games (1958)
� Minister / Chairman of the Supreme Audit Board (July 5, 1959)
� Chairman of the Indonesian delegation in the United Nations meeting on Travel and Tourism (1963)
� Coordinating Minister for Development (February 21, 1966)
� Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy (March 11, 1966)
� Chairman of the national scouts (1968)
� Chairman of the Indonesian National Sports Committee / KONI (1968)
� Chairman of the Indonesian delegation at the Conference of the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA) in California, United States (1968)
� Vice President of Indonesia (March 25, 1973 to March 23, 1978)

National Heroes:
Hamengkubuwana IX became a national hero of Indonesia on June 8, 2003 by President Megawati Sukarnoputri.

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