Biography
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX was born in Dalem Pakuningratan, Sompilan Ngasem Village on Saturday, 12 April 1912. He called Dorodjatum. His Europese Lagere School and offered on 1925. He continued his education in Hogere Burger School ( like junior high school or senior high school ) in Semarang and Bandung.
On 1931 he went to Netherland to study in Rijkuniversiteit Leiden, he took Indologie direction then economy. He came back to Indonesian on 1939. A year later he was be a king of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat with a title Sampeyandalem Ingkang Sinuwun Kanjeng Sultan Hamengkubuwono, Senopati Ing Ngalogo, Abdurrahman Sayidin Panoto Gomo, Kalifatullah Ingkang Kaping IX.
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX was a democratic nobility. Kesultanan Yogyakarta Government got many different than before. The occident education that he studied made him to found any alternative culture to build Yogyakarta Palace next time. Any tradition of palace that not good were deleted by him and were changed with the better. In spite of the fact, he didn’t lose the substantion must be hold out. His Cultural Concept were far and could found new penetration to cured Yogyakarta Palace’s glory.
After Indonesian Proclamation he sent advice to Indonesian’s President. He explained Yogyakarta Palace’s desirability to advocated Indonesian’s Government when Jakarta was hometown of Indonesian experienced critical situation, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX didn’t mind if Indonesian’s hometown moved to Yogyakarta. Was the same when Indonesian’s hometown was attack by enemy.
23 March 1978 he dropped out of Indonesian’s vice president because of his healthn and he passed away in George Washington Hospital University USA at 04.30. On 8 October 1988 Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX’s mortal remains was graved at Astana Saptarengga, resting place of Mataram’s King at Imogiri, 17 km south of Yogyakarta City.
