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 | | Upon his victory, Mangkubumi became Sultan Hamengkubuwono I, the first sultan of Yogyakarta, under a contract with the VOC which had to be renewed each time a Sultan died; the colonial administrators would impose a new contract which successively reduced the power of the new ruler. |
 | | The ruler Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX (April 12, 1912 - 1988) held a degree from a Dutch university and held for a time the largely ceremonial position of Vice-President of Indonesia, a mark of his status, as well as Minister of Finance and Minister of Defense. |
 | | While Jogjakarta was undergoing "defeudalization," he says, Jakarta itself was being "refeudalized." Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX and his son granted more power to local village chiefs and modernized the management of the court, while Suharto was dispensing patronage to make the elite dependent on his power. |
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