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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.
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...
Ian Smith 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. Smith attended local schools and entered.
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Nov 20, 2007 · Ian Smith, the former prime minister of Rhodesia, died in a retirement home in Cape Town on Tuesday, according to family members. He was 88 years old.
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...
Nov 20, 2007 · The former leader of white-ruled Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has died in South Africa aged 88, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on its website on Tuesday.
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.
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