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| | Ian Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Ian Douglas Smith, GCLM, ID (born April 8, 1919) was the Premier of the British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia from April 13, 1964 to November 11, 1965 and the Prime Minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from November 11, 1965 to June 1, 1979, when Rhodesia was ruled by its white minority. |
 | | Smith demanded that the election be declared null and void because of widespread intimidation of voters and candidates during the election campaign. |
 | | Smith claimed he was determined to avoid the same fate for Rhodesia until "the African populace were fully prepared", and this argument served as an important basis behind his white minority government. |
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