Ruler · 1919 – 2007

Ian Smith

Lived 1919 – 2007; politician. President of Rhodesia (Rhodesia), 1964 – 1979. The atlas files them under British Empire.

Wikidata's English label: Ian Douglas Smith.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1919 – 2007; 88 years
In office: 15 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Rhodesia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Rhodesia

Rhodesia · the 2nd of 4 dated reigns · 1958 – 1979

Edgar Whitehead1958 – 1962

Ian Smith1964 – 1979

Clifford Dupont1970 – 1975

John Wrathall1976 – 1978

died in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1964 – 1979 · 15 years · came to it aged 45

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1979; they died in 2007

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