The Royal Highest Princess Mooryati Soedibyo of Surakarta Sunanate, also known as Hj. DR. BRA. Mooryati Soedibyo, S.S., M. Hum. (born January 5, 1928), is a member of the Surakarta Sunanate royal family in Indonesia, president director of , and the Vice Chairman II of the

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(term of office: October 1, 2004 - October 1, 2009), and the national director for

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, which sends contestants to

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. She's also ranked number 7 on the list of the 99 most influential women in

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2007 by the Globe Asia magazine. Mooryati Soedibyo was recorded by MURI-

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as the winner of the oldest doctorate in

, and as "Empu Jamu".

Personal life

A member of a Javanese royal family, she was born in Surakarta, Central Java and grew up in the palace of Surakarta Sunanate. She learned about herbal medicine and traditional Javanese cosmetics from her grandmother; the

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preserved by the royal family is considered to be superior to that known by the common people. Soedibyo received a bachelor's degree in English literature from the

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, a master's degree in English literature from the Sebelas Maret University and a PhD in strategic management from the School of Economics at the

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. In 1956, she married Soedibyo Purbo Hadiningrat. The granddaughter of

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she received a traditional education at the palace that emphasized manners, classical dance,

karawitan Gamelan () ( jv, ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀, su, ᮌᮙᮨᮜᮔ᮪, ban, ᬕᬫᭂᬮᬦ᭄) is the traditional ensemble music of the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese peoples of Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments. T ...

batik Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth. This technique originated from the island of Java, Indonesia. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a ''ca ...

, saliro ngadi busono, knowing nutritious plants, concocting herbs, and traditional cosmetics from natural ingredients, Javanese literary language, songs with mocopat style, Old Javanese script, and other arts. In 1973, the hobby of drinking herbal medicine Mooryati Soedibyo, which had been done since she was young, finally developed as a business. The concoction of the recipe for Surakarta Sunanate, which was originally given to his friends, turned into a business. 800 products were exported to approximately 20 countries, including

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. Soedibyo founded the cosmetics company Mustika Ratu in 1975. The company also operates its own spa resorts. In 2002, she was named Entrepreneur of the Year by

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Indonesia. She has served as a member of the Regional Representative Council and as a member and vice chairperson of the People's Consultative Assembly. In 1990, Soedibyo acquired the license for the

beauty pageant and established herself as the national director. In 2016, she published an autobiography ''Menerobos Tradisi Memasuki Dunia Baru, The Untold Story''.

References

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