Yogyakarta Inaugurates Pakualam X

Jakarta Globe, Fuska Sani Evani, January 07, 2016

A number of palace officials hoisting a palanquin containing the remains of the
Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Aryo, a Yogyakarta royal best known as
Pakualam IX, in a royal funeral ceremony in Girigondo Palace in Kulonprogo
district, Yogyakarta on Sunday. Pakualam IX, the second highest member of
 Indonesia's last reigning monarch after Yogyakarta sultan Hamengkubuwono X, died
at age 77 on Saturday from a respiratory ailment. (Antara Photo/Andreas Fitri Atmoko)

Yogyakarta. Indonesia's last reigning monarchy welcomed a new deputy governor on Thursday with Kanjeng Bendara Pangeran Haryo Prabu Suryodilogo being crowned as Pakualam X, the second highest position in the royal household after the Sultan of Yogyakarta.

Pakualam X, ascended to the post after his father Pakualam IX, died on Nov. 21 from a respiratory ailment at the age of 77.

The inauguration was presided by Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X held at the duchy's palace. Five ministers of Joko Widodo's administration also attended the Javanese ceremony.

Pakualam X promised to continue his father's legacy to take care of Yogyakarta's culture amid dynamic and massive development at the time, adding that he will try to collaborate tradition and innovation of the culture.

“As the one who's [been] given mandate, I told you honestly that [it's] a massive responsibility for me to hold this position,” Pakualam X told reporters after the ceremony.

A special mandate for Yogyakarta’s governance dictates that the hereditary sultan, currently Hamengkubuwono X, serves as the governor, while the post of deputy governor goes to the reigning Pakualam.