Ian Douglas Smith

✶April 8, 1919

†November 20, 2007

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About their life

Ian Douglas Smith was a Rhodesian and Zimbabwean politician, farmer, and former fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979. He led the predominantly white-minority government that unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom in November 1965 after rejecting British demands for a transition to majority rule. His premiership was marked by international non-recognition, United Nations sanctions, and the Rhodesian Bush War.

Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1919–2007)

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Biography from the article Ian Douglas Smith on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.