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    Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and now known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979. [n 2] He was the country's first leader to be born and raised in Rhodesia, and led the ...

  2. Apr 9, 2024 · Ian Smith (born April 8, 1919, Selukwe, Rhodesia [now Shurugwi, Zimbabwe]—died Nov. 20, 2007, Cape Town, S.Af.) was the first native-born prime minister of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and an ardent advocate of white rule, who in 1965 declared Rhodesia’s independence and its subsequent withdrawal from the British Commonwealth.

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  3. Nov 20, 2007 · Dour, tough as well as stubborn, Ian Douglas Smith was born in 1919 in Rhodesia, where his Scottish-born father was a butcher. Educated at Rhodes University in South Africa, he served as a Royal ...

  4. Nov 21, 2007 · Ian Smith, the former prime minister of Britain’s rebellious colony of Rhodesia, who once promised that white rule in Africa would endure for 1,000 years, died yesterday in South Africa. He was 88.

  5. The Independent revisits the life of a notable figure. This week, from Thursday 22 November 2007, Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article

  6. Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Ian Smith . Ian Smith, (born April 8, 1919, Selukwe, Rhodesia—died Nov. 20, 2007, Cape Town, S.Af.), First native-born prime minister of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (1964–65). An ardent advocate of white rule, in 1965 he declared Rhodesia’s independence and withdrew it ...

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  8. Nov 20, 2007 · By Alan Cowell. Nov. 20, 2007. Ian Douglas Smith, the former prime minister of Britain's rebellious colony of Rhodesia, who rose to power and slipped from it, committed to an unshakable belief ...

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