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Ian Douglas Smith was a Rhodesian politician who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia during a pivotal and controversial period in the country's history. His leadership is historically significant because he declared Rhodesian independence from Britain in 1965 and resisted international pressure and sanctions over Rhodesia's racial policies, ultimately shaping the nation's path toward majority rule in the 1980s.
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Ian Douglas Smith, född 8 april 1919 i i nuvarande Midlands, Zimbabwe (dåvarande , Sydrhodesia), död 20 november 2007 i Kapstaden, Sydafrika, var en rhodesisk-zimbabwisk politiker, parlamentsledamot från 1948, premiärminister i den brittiska kolonin Sydrhodesia från 16 april 1964 tills kolonin utropade ensidig självständighet den 11 november 1965 och därefter i det självständiga Rhodesia fram till sin avgång den 1 juni 1979 till förmån för den svarte nationalistledaren Abel Muzorewa, som till följd av förhandlingar med den svarta oppositionen valts i allmänna val. Smith kvarstod i det zimbabwiska parlamentet till 1987.
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1919 births2007 deaths20th-century Presbyterians20th-century Zimbabwean politicians21st-century PresbyteriansAlumni of Chaplin High SchoolDefence ministers of RhodesiaDeputy prime ministers of RhodesiaFinance ministers of RhodesiaForeign ministers of RhodesiaIan SmithMembers of the Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia