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Ian Smith
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID (born 8 April, 1919) was the Premier of the British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia from 13 April, 1964 to 11 November, 1965, and Prime Minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from 11 November, 1965 to 1 June, 1979, when Rhodesia was ruled by its European minority. Smith declared Unilateral Independence (UDI) from the United Kingdom on November 11, 1965; the country failed to gain international recognition and United Nations economic sanctions were applied.
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