What is Ian Smith?
{{Infobox Prime Minister | honorific-prefix =[[The Right Honourable]] | name = Ian Smith | honorific-suffix = [[Legion of Merit (Rhodesia)|GCLM]] [[Independence Decoration (Rhodesia)|ID]] | image = Ian Smith 1975.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Smith in 1975 | alt = A black and white photograph of Ian Smith | order = 8th | office = Prime Minister of Rhodesia | term_start = 13 April 1964 | term_end = 1 June 1979 | monarch = {{plainlist| *[[Elizabeth II]] *(to 1965 or 1970)}} | president = {{plainlist| *[[Clifford Dupont]] (1970–75) *[[John Wrathall]] (1976–78)}} | predecessor = [[Winston Field]] | successor = [[Abel Muzorewa]] | order2 = [[Leader of the Opposition]] of Zimbabwe | term_start2 = 18 April 1980 | term_end2 = May 1987 | president2 = [[Canaan Banana]]{{sfn|Oxford DNB}} | primeminister2 = [[Robert Mugabe]] | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1919|4|8}} | birth_place = [[Shurugwi|Selukwe]], [[Southern Rhodesia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|11|20|1919|4|8}} | death_place = [[Cape Town]], South Africa | party = {{plainlist| *[[Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party|Liberal]] <small>(1948–53)</small> *[[United Federal Party|United Federal]] <small>(1953–61)</small> *[[Rhodesian Front]] <small>and successors (1962–87)</small>}} | alma_mater = [[Rhodes University]] | footnotes = <!-- Military service --> | allegiance = {{plainlist| *{{flag|Southern Rhodesia}} *{{flag|United Kingdom}} }} | branch = [[Royal Air Force]] | serviceyears = 1941–45 | rank = Flight Lieutenant | battles = [[World War II|Second World War]] }} '''Ian Douglas Smith''' was a politician from the [[United Kingdom]]. He was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Rhodesia]] (today called [[Zimbabwe]]) from [[1964]] to 1979. Smith was the first Prime Minister to be born in Rhodesia. Smith was [[White people|White]] [[British people|British]] while most people in Rhodesia were l