Paku Alam VIII
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File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Schilderij van Zijne Hoogheid Prins Pakoe Alam VIII in officieel tenue TMnr 10001894.jpg
Portrait of Paku Alam VIII
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Born | Yogyakarta, Dutch East Indies |
10 April 1910
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Citizenship | Indonesian |
Spouse(s) | Kanjeng Raden Ayu (KRAy) Retnaningrum Kanjeng Raden Ayu (KRAy) Purnamaningrum |
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Sri Paku Alam VIII (10 April 1910 – 11 September 1998) was the son of Sri Paku Alam VII and Gusti Bendara Raden Ayu Retno Poewoso. His child name was Gusti Raden Mas Harya Sularso Kunto Suratno and his adult name was Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Prabu.
He acceded to the throne of the Pakualaman principality Kadipaten Pakualaman on 12 April 1937 with the official name Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Paku Alam VIII. The Pakualaman dates from 1812 and is an enclave within the Yogyakarta Sultanate.
He died in office in 1998, and was buried in the family graveyard at Girigondo.
Paku Alam VIII was a major figure in the independence struggle. His contribution, together with that of Hamengkubuwono IX, led to Yogyakarta gaining status as a Special Region where the sultan and the prince serve respectively as governor and vice-governor for life.[1][2]
Notes
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- ↑ For additional details on history and heraldry, see Paku alaman
Literature
- Stefan Huebner, Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913-1974. Singapore: NUS Press, 2016, chapter 6 (on Paku Alam VIII, as a politician and sports official, postcolonial Indonesia, and the Fourth Asian Games: Jakarta 1962).
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Preceded by | Governor of Yogyakarta 1 October 1988 – 11 September 1998 |
Succeeded by Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X |
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Preceded by | Prince of the Pakualaman 1938–1998 |
Succeeded by Sri Paku Alam IX |