Governance

Surakarta is located in Central Java province. Prior to joining Indonesia, Surakarta, ruled by the sultan. During controlled by the Dutch, Surakarta, known as a Vorstenland or principality. The current ruler of Surakarta palace Pakubuwono title XIII, which is still contested between the Prince and Prince Hangabehi Tedjowulan. Apart from the Surakarta palace, there are also governed by the palace Mangkunegaran Mangkunegara IX. Both the king has no political power in Surakarta.

• Mayor

  The mayor is currently Solo Joko Widodo, while his deputy is the FX Hadi Rudyatmo. June 16 is the anniversary of the City Government of Surakarta. The de facto date of June 16, 1946 established the Local Government Surakarta entitled to organize and manage their own household, as well as remove the power of the Kingdom of Kasunanan and Mangkunegaran.
  Surakarta legally formed in 1946 by Government Decision No. 16/SD, which was announced on July 15. With a variety of considerations previous historical factors, dated June 16, 1946 set as the anniversary of Surakarta City Government

•  Slogan

   Surakarta has the motto "Serial", an acronym of "Clean, Healthy, Neat, and Beautiful", as the slogan of maintaining the beauty of the city. For the purposes of tourism marketing, tourism Solo Solo took the slogan, The Spirit of Java (Java soul) in an attempt imaging the city of Solo as a center of Javanese culture. wikipedia.org