The Prime Minister of Rhodesia , Ian Smith, at a conference in Geneva


The Prime Minister of Rhodesia , Ian Smith, at a conference in Geneva

HARARE, Zimbabwe — 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 — died Tuesday.


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Ian Smith continued to farm in Zimbabwe, maintaining a keen interest in politics, until his death on 20 November 2007. Read more. Continue reading Read less. Previous page. Print length. 462 pages. Language. English. Publisher. Blake. Publication date. May 1, 2008. Dimensions. 6 x 1.5 x 9 inches. ISBN-10. 1857826043. ISBN-13.


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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.


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ZANU won the election and Mugabe became the first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe on 18 April 1980, when the country achieved internationally recognised independence. Background


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Prime Minister Ian Smith ordered the arrest and detention of the leaders of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), including the Reverend Ndabaningi and Robert Mugabe, on August 26, 1964.


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26 D an Van der Vat gave a good account of the history and personality of Ian Smith, the former prime minister of Rhodesia ( Obituary, November 21). For Zimbabweans of all races, Smith's.


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Ian Smith, the former Rhodesian prime minister who unilaterally declared independence from Britain to preserve white rule has died aged 88 after a long illness. Smith governed the country,.


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Ian Smith, the former prime minister of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, who has died at the age of 88. Photograph: Dave Caulkin/AP World news Former leader of Rhodesia Ian Smith dies Xan Rice in.


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The former prime minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has died aged 88. The cause of his death is unknown but he had been ill for some time at a residential home in South Africa. He illegally.


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Also known as: UDI Learn about this topic in these articles: declaration by Rhodesian government In Zimbabwe: Rhodesia and the UDI.independence, Smith's government announced the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) on November 11, 1965. economic and social effects history of Zimbabwe In Zimbabwe


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Former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith returns a week tomorrow to his home in Zimbabwe. He says he relishes the prospect of facing charges of genocide threatened by President Robert Mugabe,.


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Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979. He was the country's first leader to be born and raised in Rhodesia, and 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.


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The farm of former white minority leader Ian Smith has been seized by Zimbabwe's government. Mr Smith led Rhodesia, as Zimbabwe was known, when its forces battled Robert Mugabe's.


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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.


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Reuters. HARARE (Reuters) - Ian Smith, who defied the world in 1965 when he led 270,000 white Rhodesians in a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain rather than accept moves to black.


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The Rhodesian government of Ian Smith was slapped with sanct i ons on December 16, 1966 after it had initiated the Unilateral Declaratio­n of Independen­ce ( UDI) on November 11, 1965. For Zimbabwe, the sanctions under the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZIDERA) came into effect on December 22, 2001, followed by the EU sanctions.