HE comes from a long line of Yogyakarta kings. His father, Sultan Hamengku Buwono (HB) IX, is a well-known sultan, a respected statesman who held a number of important government positions in the Indonesian government: as Deputy Prime Minister (1966) and Vice President (1973-1978)

Today, Prince Mangkubumi-the late Sultan's eldest son-who ascended the throne on March 1989, is known as Sultan Hamengku Buwono X. Following his father's footsteps, he wa