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About Ian Douglas Smith
Ian Douglas Smith was a Rhodesian and Zimbabwean politician, farmer, and 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.
Everything about Ian Douglas Smith →- Occupation
- politician, farmer, head of government
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe
- Born
- April 8, 1919
- Died
- November 20, 2007