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Smith, Ian Douglas, 1919-2007

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Personal name headingSmith, Ian Douglas, 1919-2007
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Variant(s)Smith, I. D. (Ian Douglas), 1919-2007
Associated countryZimbabwe
Associated placeSouth Africa
Birth date1919-04-08
Death date2007-11-20
Place of birthSelukwe (Zimbabwe)
Place of deathCape Town (South Africa)
Field of activityZimbabwe--Politics and government--1965-1979 Zimbabwe--Politics and government--1979-1980
AffiliationRhodesian Front (Political party)
Profession or occupationPoliticians Prime ministers Farmers Fighter pilots
Found inJoyce, P. Anatomy of a rebel, 1974.
Report of a speech in the Rhodesian Parliament on 17th May 1967 by the Prime Minister, the Hon. I.D. Smith, 1967.
Wikipedia WWW site, Nov. 20, 2007 (under Ian Smith: Ian Douglas Smith, GCLM, ID; b. Apr. 8, 1919, Selukwe, Southern Rhodesia; d. Nov. 20, 2007, South Africa; prime minister of Southern Rhodesia, Apr. 13, 1964-Nov. 11, 1965; prime minister of Rhodesia, Nov. 11, 1965-June 1, 1979)
Wikipedia, November 17, 2018 (Ian Smith; Ian Douglas Smith, GCLM ID; politician, farmer, and fighter pilot; as Prime Minister, oversaw Rhodesia's security forces during most of the Bush War; held found the all-white, conservative Rhodesian Front (RF), which called for independence from the United Kingdom without an immediate shift to majority rule; following Zimbabwe's recognized independence in 1980, he was Leader of the Opposition during Mugabe's first seven years in power; as Mugabe's reputation plummeted amid Zimbabwe's economic ruin, reckoning of Smith and his legacy improved; in 2005 he moved to Cape Town, South Africa for medical reasons, where he died two years later, age 88)
Associated languageeng