Hamengkubuwono X

Hamengkubuwono X
Sri Sultan
Formal portrait, 1989
3rd Governor of Yogyakarta
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 October 1998
Vice Governor
Preceded byPaku Alam VIII
10th Sultan of Yogyakarta
Reign7 March 1989 – present
PredecessorHamengkubuwono IX
Heiress presumptivePrincess Mangkubumi
BornBendara Raden Mas Herjuno Darpito
(1946-04-02) 2 April 1946 (age 78)
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Spouse
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(m. 1971)​
Issue
Names
Ngarsa Dalem Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuwun Sri Sultan Hamengkubawana Ingkang Jumeneng Kasepuluh Suryaning Mataram Senapati Ing Ngalaga Langgenging Bawana Langgeng Langgenging Tata Panatagama Ing Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat
HouseHamengkubuwono
FatherHamengkubuwono IX
MotherWindyaningrum
SignatureHamengkubuwono X's signature

Sri Sultan Hamengkubawono X (Hanacaraka: ꦯꦿꦶꦯꦸꦭ꧀ꦡꦟ꧀ꦲꦩꦼꦁꦑꦸꦨꦮꦟ꧇꧑꧐꧇, also spelled as Hamengkubawana X, often abbreviated as HB X; born Bendara Raden Mas Herjuno Darpito, 2 April 1946) is the Sultan of the historic Yogyakarta Sultanate in Indonesia and is currently also the Governor of the modern Yogyakarta Special Region (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta).[1]

Hamengkubawono X succeeded his father, Hamengkubuwono IX, as the Sultan of Yogyakarta when Hamengkubuwono IX died on 3 October 1988. Hamengkubuwono X was formally installed as Sultan on 7 March 1989. However, the position of the Governor of the Yogyakarta Special Region did not go to Hamengkubuwono X. Vice Governor Sri Paku Alam VIII, prince of the subordinate enclave of Paku Alaman within Yogyakarta was instead controversially elevated to the position of governor. This was contrary to the agreement made at the independence of Indonesia in recognition of Hamengkubuwono IX's support and role in the Indonesian War of Independence. Under the agreement, the Sultan holds the position of governor in the Yogyakarta Special Region, and the Paku Alam holds the position of vice governor.

On 30 August 2012, following a decade of talks between Yogyakarta and the central government, the national legislature of Indonesia formally enshrined in law the convention that the Sultan inherited the position of governor.[2]

  1. ^ "Profil Gubernur DIY". jogyaprov.go.id. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ N.O. (6 September 2012). "Yogyakarta's sultans – Carrying on". The Economist. Retrieved 8 December 2014.