Ian Smith
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Demographics
Gender Male
Birth Name Ian Douglas Smith
Birthplace Selukwe, Southern Rhodesia
Birth Date April 8, 1919
Ethnicity Northwestern European
Overview English
Nationality Rhodesian
Career Politician, farmer, fighter pilot
Color Season Light Summer
Notes and Motifs
Served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and now known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979
The country's first leader to be born and raised in Rhodesia
Led the predominantly white government that unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom in November 1965 in opposition to the UK's demands for the implementation of majority rule as a condition for independence
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