Paku Alam IX

KGPAA Paku Alam IX (7 May 1938 – 21 November 2015) was the Duke of <a href="/facts/Pakualaman/5wzDmDvr">Pakualaman</a>, in central <a href="/facts/Java/2MNA2rLm">Java</a>, <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/Paku_Alam_VIII/0t73shaF">Paku Alam VIII</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Special_Region_of_Yogyakarta/DN8DM5Ja">Yogyakarta Special Region</a>, serving under Sultan <a href="/facts/Hamengkubuwana_X/DemfntX7">Hamengkubuwana X</a>.
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 <a href="/facts/Girigondo/AVoTCrRU">Girigondo</a> in the nearby <a href="/facts/Kulon_Progo_Regency/3US6ChrE">Kulon Progo</a> district.
On 7 January 2016, his eldest son Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Haryo (KGPH) Suryodilogo succeeded him as <a href="/facts/Paku_Alam_X/l7R4cA8w">Paku Alam X</a>.

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Paku Alam IX