KGPAA Paku Alam IX (7 May 1938 – 21 November 2015) was the Duke of

Pakualaman The Principality of Pakualaman (also written Paku Alaman; Dutch-spelling: Pakoe-alaman) is a minor Javanese princely state within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta. It was created in 1812 when Natakusuma (later Prince Paku Alam I) was rewarded for ...

, in central

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. His court name before he became ''Paku Alam IX'' was ''Bendara Raden Mas Ambarkusumo''. He succeeded as ''Paku Alam'' upon the death of the last ruler, his father

Paku Alam VIII Sri Paku Alam VIII (10 April 1910 – 11 September 1998) was Duke (''Pangeran Adipati'') of Pakualaman serving as the second Governor of Yogyakarta. He was the son of Paku Alam VII and ''Gusti Bendara Raden Ayu Retno Poewoso''. His child's name ...

, on 11 September 1998, and was formally installed as ''Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Paku Alam IX'' on 26 May 1999. Like his predecessor, he was also the vice-governor of the

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, serving under Sultan Hamengkubuwana X. Paku Alam IX resided in Paku Alaman palace in Yogyakarta. He died on 21 November 2015 after being admitted to a hospital five days earlier. He is buried in the family cemetery in Girigondo in the nearby Kulon Progo district. On 7 January 2016, his eldest son Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Haryo (KGPH) Suryodilogo succeeded him as

Paku Alam X Paku Alam X (born 15 December 1962) is the Duke (''Pangeran Adipati'') of Pakualaman, a Javanese Principality in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He succeeded as Paku Alam upon the death of the previous ruler, his father Paku Alam IX ...

.Who is Paku Alam X
7 January 2016. Also Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto,

''The Jakarta Post'', 7 January 2015.

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