Ian Smith

"'All the soul of man is resolution, which in valiant men shan't falter until their final breath.'" Ian Smith (8 April 1919 - 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian colonial administrator, colonist, farmer, military officer, pilot and soldier. He was a veteran of the Second World War and the Second Anglo-Zulu War. During his career, he served as the eighth Premier of the Colony of Rhodesia, the first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Rhodesia and the first Commander-In-Chief of the Army of Rhodesia.

Smith's administration governed the plateau of Zambesia for fifteen years, between 1964-1979, during which time the Crown abandoned the nation's imperial possessions, the Second Anglo-Zulu War began and ended and the Dominion of Rhodesia was abolished. During his tenure, he authored and issued