Paku Alam IX, 9th Duke of Pakualaman (7 May 1938 – 21 November 2015) was the Duke (Pangeran Adipati) of Pakualaman, a Javanese Principality in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 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, on 11 September 1998,Cahoon, Ben. Indonesian Traditional States World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 2010-04-28. and was formally installed as Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Paku Alam IX on 26 May 1999.Negoro, Suryo S. The Coronation of K.G.P.A.A. Paku Alam IX Joglosemar. PT Sangga Sarana Persada. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
Like his predecessor, he was also served as the vice-governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta 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.Yogyakarta's Pakualam IX Dies at Age 77, The Jakarta Globe, 21 November 2015.
On 7 January 2016, his eldest son Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Haryo (KGPH) Suryodilogo succeeded him as Paku Alam X.Who is Paku Alam X, 7 January 2016. Also Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, 'Pakualam has a new monarch', The Jakarta Post, 7 January 2015.
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