Princess Mangkubumi

Princess Mangkubumi (Javanese: ꦩꦁꦑꦸꦨꦸꦩꦶ, born Gusti Raden Ajeng Nurmalitasari) is the first child and daughter of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X of Yogyakarta and his consort, Queen Hemas. On 5 May 2015 she was proclaimed Crown Princess by her father. She married Prince Wironegoro, a businessman and philanthropist.

In 2015, Princess Pembayun was elected as the head of the Scout Movement for the Province of Yogyakarta. In the interview that took place right after her official appointment, she mentioned her intention to promote Scout Movement in Yogyakarta and widen their outreach. She also mentioned her intention to further promote Scout Movement for disaster preparedness and awareness.

In August 2015 the chamber of commerce of Yogyakarta elected Mangkubumi as the chairman. In her inaugural speech she mentioned her vision to advance the economy of yogyakarta by promoting local industry and reducing dependency to foreign support.

On 5 May 2015, following a Royal Decree issued by the Sultan, Princess Mangkubumi (previously known as Princess Pembayun) received the new name Mangkubumi Hamemayu Hayuning Bawana Langgeng ing Mataram. This denotes her as the heiress presumptive to the throne. The title Mangkubumi was formerly reserved for senior male princes groomed for the throne, including the reigning Sultan. The decree thus admits female royals into the line of succession for the first time since the inception of the Sultanate. According to the current Sultan, this was in line with his prerogatives; his action was nonetheless criticized by more conservative male family members such as his siblings, who were thus displaced in the line of succession.

She has two children: 1) R.A. Artie Ayya Fatimasari Wironegoro and 2) R.M. Drasthya Wironegoro. Her firstborn "Artie" has recently gone through rites of passage tetesan on 22 December 2013 and tarapan both rituals signify her daughter has reached the age of majority.

At the beginning of 2012, Princess Mangkubumi present a proposal to establish Yogyakarta as the first cyber province. This proposal was further revealed when she gave a keynote speech in the Education World Forum. In the same forum she further commit herself to bring mobilize 1 million student for deforestation.

Princess Mangkubumi married Prince Wironegoro on May 28, 2002. Since she is the first princess this gained a lot of public attention. The Javanese rituals and ceremonies in this wedding have also been codified as future reference for the wedding of her younger siblings.

The wedding ceremonies started with the ritual called "Nyantri", whereby the bridegroom Prince Wironegoro enter the palace on May 27, 2002.

Princess Mangkubumi has served as the chairman of Karangtaruna of Yogyakarta Province for 10 years (2002 - 2012) where she directed to organization to harness leadership and improved livelhood of youth. In collaboration with UNFPA and national agency for family planning she is also active on promoting youth reproduction health and gender equality. She sits as honorary board member of the Red Cross Chapter.

Princess Mangkubumi was born in Bogor on 24 February 1972. She is the first of five siblings. She spend her early childhood mostly in Yogyakarta. She went to BOPKRI 1 high school and continued her high school education in ISS International School in Singapore. She went to college in California, USA, before finally completing her undergraduate study in Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia.