Name Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX

Date and place of 12th April 1912 / Sompilan, Ngasem,

birth Yogyakarta

Father’s name Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII

Mother’s name Raden Ajeng Kustilah

Siblings 9
National Hero
Accomplishments Father of Indonesian Scouts
Chairmans of the national scouts

2 October 1988 / Washington DC,

Date and place of
America Serikat and buried in Imogiri,
death
Bantul, DIY
Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX
Since he was four years old, he was raised
by the Mulder family to get discipline
education and simple life even though he
was the Crown Prince. HB IX is an
example of a democratic nobleman. His
western education gives many cultural
alternatives. He also changed the old
tradition where the king is not an
authority controller but a democratic
leader.
His services to the Republic of Indonesia are
worth remembering. When Indonesia first
sought a diplomatic solution with the Dutch
Government, Hamengkubuwono IX was part
of the Indonesian delegation.
Hamengkubuwono IX was elected as Vice
President alongside Suharto who had also
been re-elected to a 2nd term as President.
As Vice President, Hamengkubuwono IX was
put in charge of welfare and was also given
the duty of supervising economic
development.
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX was born in
Sampilan, Ngasem,Yogyakarta on April 12th, 1912.
His given name was Bendoro Raden Mas
Djorodjatun. Hamengkubuwono IX is the ninth child
of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII and Raden Ajeng
Kustilah. He obtained his education in Yogyakarta,
MULO in Semarang, and AMS in Bandung. In 1930 he
enrolled at Rijkuniversiteit (now Universiteit Leiden),
the Netherlands. Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX
crowned as the Sultan of Yogyakarta on March 18th,
1940 with a degree "Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang
Sinuhun Kanjeng Sultan Hamengkubuwana Senapati-
ing-Ngalaga Abdurrahman Sayidin Panatagama
Khalifatullah ingkang Jumeneng Kaping Sanga".
Various unfavorable court tradition abolished and the
new cultural alternatives. In addition, Sri Sultan
Hamengkubuwono IX also has a high national
understanding . Although he had an western education
since the age of four years make sultan found many
alternatives for organizing cultural Keraton Yogyakarta
later in the day. In his coronation speech as Sri Sultan
Hamengkubuwono IX there are two important things
that show that attitude. First, is the sentence which
reads: "Although I have been educated Westerners
actually, but first of all I was and still is the
Javanese."Second, is the words that contain the promise
of a struggle, "Let me finish my speech with a promise,
that I may work for memuhi interests of the homeland,
limited knowledge and abilities that I have.”
It is difficult to find a leader like Sri Sultan
Hamengkubuwono IX. A lot of things had done to
this Nation, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX was
named a National Hero of Indonesia on June 8th,
2003 by President Megawati Soekarnoputri. Sri
Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX is one example of a
leader who once owned Yogyakarta and Indonesia.
Hope can be an inspiration to us all. Especially for
the future of young people.