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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 from the Commonwealth.
Nov 20, 2007 · Ian Smith, the former prime minister of Rhodesia – now Zimbabwe – has died at the age of 88, convinced that history had vindicated his decision to break with Britain to preserve white-minority...
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 that Africa without whites...
Nov 20, 2007 · Ian Smith, the former Rhodesian prime minister who unilaterally declared independence from British rule, has died aged 88. Smith ruled the country for 15 years from 1964 to 1979, in an...
A Life in Focus: Ian Smith – last white leader of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, who fought to preserve minority rule. The Independent revisits the life of a notable figure. This week, from Thursday...
Nov 21, 2007 · The former prime minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has died aged 88. The cause of his death is unknown but he had been ill for some time at a residential home in South Africa. He illegally...
Nov 21, 2007 · Ian Smith, who led white Rhodesians throughout the notorious UDI period that marked the country's unhappy transition from being a British colony to achieving full independence as Zimbabwe in...
