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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.
Ian David Stockley Smith MBE (born 28 February 1957) is a New Zealand cricket and rugby commentator and former cricketer. He played as a wicket-keeper for New Zealand throughout the 1980s and part of the 1990s.
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.
Ian Smith (born 19 June 1938) is an Australian actor, television producer and screenwriter. Smith is best known for his television roles most especially his lengthy tenure on serial Neighbours as Harold Bishop from 1987 until 1991, he returned as a regular again in 1996 and left in 2009, though has returned in guest parts in 2011 2015 and 2022 ...
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...
6 days ago · Ian Smith was in the commentary box when MS Dhoni fell just short of his crease, being run out by a direct hit from Martin Guptill in the deep, during the World Cup semifinal in 2019. Smith's ...
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...
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. He faced guerrilla attacks from Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo through most of the 1970s.
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 20, 2007 · Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last white prime minister whose attempts to resist black rule dragged the country now known as Zimbabwe into isolation and civil war, has died at age 88.
